University of Central Missouri — Attraction in Warrensburg

An Absolutely Awful Experience... It seems to me that majority of the faculty and staff are there to make a buck and don't care about providing an education to the students. After many run ins with the Financial Aid Office, Admissions, Office of Accessibility and Disabilities, and many departments I realized that the whole school was just a big business that was in it for the money and I believe most of the issues that I faced were due to poor communication between departments, advisers, professors and students. I had multiple issues that occurred with class enrollment which was ultimately blamed on me. I was then required to pay for classes that I didn't even take. To notify me of these facts the Registrar's Office sent me a rude email about how these issues are not their problem and students need to be more responsible. I went in to the Financial Aid to pay this with a card and was then told that they only could accept cash or check because their system was down. I was able to pay online but then of course incurred a convenience fee. In other instance where I had issues I was run around between multiple advisers and departments unable to get answers and heard too often, "we don't have record of that." In my last year of school I changed my major from Aviation to General Studies. I hoped to change to a business major but the school didn't make this possible and stated the reason was because I would need to retake the businesses classes I had already taken. Supposedly even though the required classes and classes I had taken were the same title and course they were not comparable as there are classes of these courses specifically for business majors. The Aviation Department has a few nice people in it but has too few instructors and grounds students due to this. The department is very political and seems to only value students that are in the aviation clubs and organizations. I wish that my experience at UCM had been better as I met many friends and made some great memories. But students should only have to worry about passing classes and not how to escape the tangle of policies the school has in place making the whole college experience confusing, expensive, and unsatisfactory. I am...

As former student, dorms aren't great while staying in Ellis the floor tiles will come up on your feet if you walk barefoot in your dorm room (as in come unglued from the floor) and that's if you even get all your floor tiles in the first place. it is not uncommon to find mold in the air con system in the room and the school will ignore your concerns. The building does contain asbestos. Bugs are common to find walking down the hallway and the universities will not hesitate to charge you for every little thing including for the floor tiles that were never glued in the first place when they eventually crack from moving around the dorm floor and crack and turn into gravel and after this process starts if you don't immediately get it clean more floor tiles will crack as well. after being in the dorm for a year I realized it was easier to pull up the floor and relay it at the end of the year than it was to just deal with it throughout the year. other issues are parking enforcement as if you have your ID placard accidentally thrown up the wrong way or partly covered it is an immediate ticket within a few hours on average. you can appeal these tickets but good luck as I've never heard of anybody getting the ticket dismissed. I for one received a ticket because they could not tell if I had a student or teachers pass and was parked in the student lot So they decided to ticket me even though it was not a non-issue for faculty to be in a student lot and I had a student pass and a student loan I appealed this decision but you can probably guess what happened. honestly I don't feel like this university cares much about its students at least not in the degree path I have chosen I would look...

Worst communication ever. Do not stand behind their word to ensure students have the assistance they need. Documented "direct communication" with my student even after he no longer was attending college classes. He literly had not been on campus or had communication with anyone at the university and his mentor documented 15 accounts of communication. When I asked them to explain the communication and brought to their attention my student Haden even been on campus or spoken to anyone. His mentor did not respond. I guess that means he didn't have a response or justification of the false documentation of dates. They talk a good game but in the end truly only care about the money and not the student. I would not encourage anyone to attend this University. Very poor communication and no one wants to take accountability for false information. In the end it is more about geting the tuition money and not about providing the tools the student needs to be successful. As I have begun and ended this journey with UCM I have spoken to several mother's that have had the same experience with their student. Very sad and disheartening. I would give a lower rating...