Mount Saint Mary's University LA (Chalon Campus) — Attraction in Los Angeles

Do you enjoy sub-par classes? Do you enjoy being treated like an elementary school student? You you like it when your needs (medical, mental, etc.) are ignored? Do you just love gourmet meals such as "Apricot Chipotle Roast Beef? How about an administration that cares more about film productions and getting the college turned into a university? Do you like when your school raises tuition and puts your money into building a fountain? Do you like feeling like a useless waste of space that can never give people enough money? Do you enjoy not having any job opportunities because your chosen major does not have job/internship assistance support?

Then this is the school for you!

Do not be fooled by the great views. While they're nice, i's not worth the turmoil that you'll have to go through. The only reason this place gets even one star is because their art department, ISAE (this office is the only reason I graduated on time,) and work study programs are decent. They also offer quite a bit of scholarship assistance, which seems to be the prime reason so many students go here.

Oh, and by the way, once you graduate you'll be inundated with requests to donate money. I'm pretty sure all colleges do that, but this just seems over the top. Much like many other colleges, you'll need to track your own progress on which classes you need to take. It's very difficult to transfer in and out of this school because classes that they say will transfer never do. Or they'll catch you on the fact that while the number is the same, the class title isn't, and they'll make you retake it.

It's really not worth the money or effort, but I did get out in four years, with the potential to be out in three and a half. It's those required 5 religion/philosophy classes that always get you in the end. That happens to everyone who goes here, and the requirement is a bit overkill.

Apply at your own risk. You have been warned.

(By the way, Chalon applicants, despite what they tell you, you are only able to leave the hill at 3 different times a day, all in the afternoon. Good luck getting to your jobs unless you can drive. The damn place is like a boarding school. If you want the college experience, this is NOT the place to have it!)

EDIT, one year later, and still a one star review: I'm STILL unemployed. People laugh at me when they see Mount St. Mary's on my resume, and I've been rejected from a job just because I went there. I have 8 years of formal work experience, and 15+ years of volunteer experience, and I graduated cum laude from the honors program. I've been rejected from clerical jobs because I'm "not qualified enough" for a ground level CLERICAL POSITION and from McDonald's because I'm "overqualified" and they think I don't want to work for minimum wage. I had to move back home because I couldn't afford my rent. I eat once a day. I'd be GRATEFUL for a minimum wage job, and whenever I'm rejected I have to grovel, therefore burning my bridge with that company. The only chance of me getting a job is by going to another school and getting another degree (which I'm currently trying to do for a computer sciences degree. Heads up that MSMC, excuse me, MSMU only has an online degree for computer sciences, and it's only been there a few years. Same with Communications.) The Career Services office is still sending out my old resume to companies, which is nice, but I mostly get scams. I just recently got one from an architectural firm. Seeing as it might connect with part of my major, I got excited. Silly me, they just want to illegally funnel money through my bank account.

Going here was the worst decision of my life. I thought I'd have a job and be getting on with things by now. I'm sitting at home writing a review, calling up Career Services because I got contacted by another scam, applying for the 128th job this month, and working on things I can post on etsy/ebay just so I can have a bit of money for Christmas.

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I highly encourage you not to attend this college! I can't even begin to count the amount of issues I've had to endure and my experience has been more frustrating and unenjoyable then it has been good!

To highlight the most recent issue I had.... I received an email last Friday evening, April 1, 2016 stating that I have been PULLED FROM GRADUATION and my tickets are being withheld. To ad to that, the email was sent on a Friday evening at 4pm after the office was already closed so I was unable to speak with anyone. I didn't freak out too much because I knew that I was on track and it was a mistake on their part, but given that it is completely unacceptable for a University to send an email of such magnitude on a Friday evening saying I've been pulled from graduation and I am unable to speak to someone. That is just downright completely stupid and contained a lack of intelligence among the office.

Furthermore I went into the registrars office Monday morning and informed them of the issue. To no surprise they indicated it was an error on their part and I should be cleared fro graduation. 2 girls proceeded to fiddle around, laugh and even sure while trying to enter the correct information to clear me in their system. After about 5 minutes they said I was good to go. The next day I went online to proceed with the graduation steps. I found that I was still NOT on the graduation list and I was unable to reserve my tickets. I went back to the office and told them of the issue and they proceed to say they cleared me but can't fix the issue so I would have to contact someone else. So not only did THEY WRONGLY remove be from graduation they have now made it difficult for me to clear up THEIR MISTAKE.

Additionally, if the school is not already pretty expensive, tuition has increased every single year. Parking is also terrible, and though we had $400 for a parking permit, we are not guaranteed a parking spot and security is constantly driving around looking to give tickets.

I can't wait to leave this place and May can't...

Horrible! Horrible! Horrible! I had a horrible experience! Firstly, the school is not a real college/university at all. So you are paying a great deal of money to get an average education with none of the perks of going to a real university. You can try to convince yourself it does not matter but at the end of the day when you are paying for your education you want all the great things that should come with it. I was bullied my whole first year and finally was able to transfer. That was absolutely the best decision of my life. The Doheny campus is a glorified community college with dorms. You are seriously better of going to El Camino or Santa Monica College, SERIOUSLY! I cannot speak on the Chalon campus when I did visit it had a better feel to it. However, if you do not get into the Chalon campus and they offer you the Doheny route. Run as fast as you can in the opposite direction! It is basically a glorified scam. I understand that at the end of the day they're a business like any other organization but this truly was one of the biggest waste of money and time ever in my life. They are still ruining my life as I prepare to graduate from my new university. I understand no college is perfect but honestly my experience here in the rural south far out weighs my experience there. What upsets me most is that they prey on those who are first generation and may have had a tough time in high school and give them this glorified view of being the first to go to college and put them in huge amounts of debt when they typically come from a low-income background. Where do they expect them to find this money? I really hope my review saves someone from wasting their...