Wilmington University — Attraction in Pennsville Township

I've been attending this school since 2015 and the curriculum and convenience have been ok. My final semester here, its really been hell. It feels like they are looking for every reason to not allow me to graduate. First and foremost, they had switched their online portal which caused a discrepancy in regards to my status in school. I have attended as an undergraduate student (2015-2017 completion degree for I already held an associates) and thought I would be finished with my course work after taking two classes over the summer. I applied to Wilmu's MBA program for the fall 2017 semester. After reanalyzing my undergrad degree requirements, I saw that I had taken a couple unrequired courses and overlooked required courses. MY FAULT! understandable.

So, when I tried to register for the required undergrad courses (Fall of 2017 as an undergrad) it wouldn't allow me because they included me in their new system as a MBA student for the Fall 2017 semester. (completely disregarded the fact that I was already an undergraduate student and hadn't graduated yet). I tried to be understandable and contacted financial aid, admissions, and the information center in regards to getting this fixed.

Remind you, this was first initiated at the beginning of the summer of 2017. Its now Aug 16, a week away from the Fall semester and nothing has changed. Although, they did officially place me in their system as an undergraduate student and not graduate after I constantly nagged them, financial aid is still saying I must be fully admitted in order to receive financial aid. IVE BEEN A STUDENT SINCE 2015!!! Admission is completely clueless as to what's going on... and I am completely stressed.

I've worked my ass off my complete course load never receiving lower than a B in all my classes and now this. Its been so stressful that I am actually failing in a summer class because I've been spending so much time trying to get this corrected and pondering on whether I am going to be able to graduate, whether my time at this school has been in vain, and whether taking out the many loans was even worth it. ( just to add, went on an interview for a position aligned with my degree and she had the audacity to say... they don't typically hire people from this school because they look at Wilmu degrees as "bought degrees"... like what?? Employers are really out here thinking people just go to this school and buy their degrees??? more stress)

The representatives in the financial aid office are the worst. They really don't reply through email, and when they do they don't address the situation. They give vague responses, and when you try to call you're forwarded to a voicemail. I even tried to stop in once to see if that would make a difference. I spoke with a representative sitting at the front desk, wrote a letter explaining the situation, and I thought the problem would be resolved on their end, but nothing. I am so over it and honestly wish I would've invested my time at a different school. My word of advice to Wilmu, is to have better controls involved in your records system. I am now in the system as an undergrad which I already was ( I have been since I've attended starting in 2015, furthermore, received financial aid for every semester up until this one.) but still receiving problems in regards to being fully admitted which consequently is affecting my financial aid, my ability to graduate, and my stress levels..

I would like to add to my review that besides the unanswered questions and run around I received all summer from the many personnel I spoke to in the different departments, Felicia Quinn (Director of the UIC department) has been the most helpful. She follows up with questions and actually make it her objective to get the job done. I do appreciate her assistance. If you have an issue, contact her. Seems like she wear many hats and is the only person doing any work...

This school (Wilmington University) is a capital of racism. Real life event on the school's recent graduation (May 21, 2017); My brother graduated today with his MBA and the school literally derailed his family the opportunity to see him walk on the stage. Per the school policy, infants and toddlers are required to have a ticket, a policy which has never been communicated to the graduating class. We got to the door and told them all we have is four tickets (which will not cover my 2 nephews and 1 nicece). This quickly became a problem because the guy (Chris Foraker) was so rude in conveying their policy. To mitigate the situation , I asked what we can do to get inside, he said "We can stand by the door and might be able to get a seat once everyone with ticket has checked in". While waiting in line, I noticed another Caucasian family with 3 kids (more fully grown that my niece and nephews with ages ranging from 2 to 11 years) were checked in with only 2 tickets. I notified the police officer of what I just saw, he just blatantly ignored me. After waiting for one hour, Chris told the officer that the only choice that we have now is to go seat in the overflow and I could see that there were so much empty seats in auditorium. The new option he commuicate through the officer was very different from what he had communicated with us earlier. I had to make the ultimate sacrifice of letting my nicece and nephews check-in the ticket we have and wait outside for the commencement to be over. I wouldn't feel comfortable denying little kids the opportunity to see their Dad walk on the stage.I think policies should be applicable to ALL. The whole experience was a definition of White privilege and I will certainly write about this whole incident to the School President. Personally, I will not recommend Wilmington University to anybody and I don't have to ever worry about any of family attending this RACIST...

This is an amazing school, definitly the best in the state and on track to be on of the best on the entire east coast. To anyone considering going here and reading the negative reviews, consider a few things:

1. not everyone is cut out for college. Thats right, some of the sour grapes whining in the reviews likely just didnt have the mental capacity and discipline required to handle higher education. Believe me when i say idiotic lazy students who fail and then blame their teachers or the institution, it happens.
2. No the school isnt racist, theres no such thing as white privilege, not sure why that reviewer said that, he has no right to be upset, there was a graduation, which means the school did its job, so silence.
3. Wilmu really is the best, heres your choices in De: Del state, dont bother going there if your serious about your degree. Deltech: lazy staff, safety concerns and they (the institution itself) get tons of governement handouts for some reason. And then theres UD, snooty, over rated, super expensive, pompous teachers, and youll get lost in the crowd. Let me put it this way, most of my family went there, (Parents, some aunts and uncles, cousins, etc) based off what they told me, i never wanted to go.

As far as wilmu, great staff who cant do enough for you, 75% of teachers work in the field they teach, low cost, great programs, Dave Caffo heads up the work study/internship department, he and others will make sure you get a rewarding job in your field. Great advisors.

Basically, if your serious about your education, you cant do better than wilmu. For your information, there are many students who LEAVE U.D., Del tech and del state to come HERE to Wilmu. Whats...