Sullivan University - Lexington — Attraction in Lexington

I am currently studying IT through Sullivan University. The classes I took during my three quarters on the campus were not bad. I liked them. My only complaints are about financial planning and housing. My problem with housing was the main reason why I actually switched to online.

So let's start with financial planning. I only got about $300 or so in book credit to begin with, but most people got around $600. The $300 was not enough to cover my books for my first quarter so I ended up having to pay out of pocket a little bit. After that, my book credit stopped renewing (It was supposed to renew every quarter). I had to pay for all of my books out of pocket for my second quarter. At the end of my second quarter, I was gonna go ahead and buy my books for my third quarter so I could make sure that I had them on the first day of the winter 2016 quarter. I couldn't because my book credit did not renew again, so I went to financial planning and I ended up having to take out a $500 loan in order to get my books. I only used half of it during the winter 2016 quarter so I had close to $250 left. Once it was towards the end of the quarter, I went to order my books on the online bookstore so I was preared for the spring 2017 quarter. The remaining $250 had disappeared so once again, I was not able to buy my books. I went to financial planning and they told me that I lost my scholarship because my GPA reached below a 2.5, so they took away my book credit to make up the lost amount, but the thing is, my GPA never went below a 2.5. It was a 3.17 that quarter. And they didn't even bother to tell me ahead of time and that they were going to take my money out of my account to make up for it. They did not consult with me about the issue nor did I even have a hold on my account or an alert of any kind that showed up on the student portal.

Now on to housing. It was great during my first quarter. I got along with my roommates really well and everything was fine, but during my second quarter, I got new roommates (both culinary students with more money than what I had). Right as soon as they moved in, I noticed that my food was going missing so I started writing my name all over my things. Next, they invited over their friends and they stayed over until around about 2 or 3 in thE morning (visiting hours are over at 11 pm on school nights and midnight on weekends). All of them were really loud and obnoxious and they all ate my food. By the next day, I had almost no food left. This went on for the whole quarter and then finally, one of them moved somewhere else. It got a little quieter and my things weren't going missing anymore, but at about the middle of the quarter, I had a few things go missing again, but this time it was stuff that my parents let me borrow and it made me angry that someone had stolen my parents' things so I went to the student life coordinator and she said she'd talk to my roommate about it. Nothing ever happened. Later on, my roommate had brought the RA up to the apartment and gave her this big sob story about the things being her great grandfather's or whatever. She fake cried. She got her way and she got to keep my stuff.

I swear they pick favorites in housing. They only pick you if you're rich, in culinary, are pregnant, or a combination of the three. And more people than just me have said that. I've had friends in housing with similar experiences as well.

But other than that, Sullivan's not too bad. I would just be cautious if you're having to move...

In high school I already knew that I wanted to be a chef so I started a new program to sort of intern at the college to tour the classes before I actually commit. So every 2 weeks, I would get permission to leave school and stay all day at sullivan. When the pandemic hit, I had to stop but now I have been attending for a year and I love it. Ive improved so much that my mother and father no longer unstand my culinary vocabulary. I feel more confident cooking by heart rather than following the laws of a recipe. Im also in internationals now and they do a great job at touring each country, even if it is rushed cause uts smashed into a 12 week course. Speaking of, this college has very different schedules than other colleges. They follow the seasons. So instead of taking an entire year off of college, you can simply ask to withdraw for a spring, summer, fall, or winter quarter. I find it very easy to stay motivated when I'm constantly switching classes. I never get bored (though it can be very stressful with the quicker deadlines). We normally have 12 week classes with a week out after each semester unless there is a holiday like Thanksgiving in which we get all week off. I know people say culinary college can be self taught, but its just so comforting to have a mentor walk you through mistakes or questions you might have. Also having such big kitchens allows creativity to spark unlike if youre at home and forgot an ingredient and have to go out and grab it first. We normally have everything. Anyways, highly recommend. Don't forget that they have "plus friday" where students don't have school but students, friends, family, and etc can come in and cook. We serve at 11am every Friday and anyone is welcome to stop by and...

I currently am enrolled in sullivan university. The classes and courses are amazing, the plans they offer for taking classes and paying for school is amazing and truly helpful. However, I believe that everyone that works in the Lexington Facility that I attend needs a refresher on a non-discrimination course. The professor's there made snotty remarks regarding my mental health and disabilities, (i.e: 'well how are you going to work in the health care filed if you cant even go to campus?") The only reason I am not on campus is because they made a fuss about me requesting the use of my service dog on campus, not to mention that most of my classes are mainly online so theres no need for me to be on campus, they've also made offhand comments about me being unable to do these jobs due to my mental health, overall being very rude. The professors and housing managers refuse to use my preferred pronouns, as well as make comments about me not being a "real man." Overall, good school, rude staff who discriminate and make...