Belmont Abbey College — Local services in Belmont

Our daughter attended BAC for one semester, fall of 23, as a student athlete. The dining hall could not accommodate her food allergy, even after numerous attempts to advocate for herself, meetings with the staff, and emails to the Dean of student life. They refused to give her an exemption from the meal plan or make any other accommodations. She had a terrible experience as an athlete as well. Losing record and AD doesn’t care. Refused to speak with some parents who shared concerns. On the bright side, she loved her classes, professors, roommate and made a handful of great friends. The campus is beautiful (Eucharistic Adoration Chapel, Grotto, Stations of the Cross, beautiful buildings). In the end, our daughter felt like she was just a number, a dollar really. Not the ideals/values you would expect from a small “supposedly” Catholic college. Even as an athlete, you may be just a number, to increase enrollment. So beware! My husband and I are both cradle Catholics, so we were so excited when our daughter chose to pursue her higher education at a Catholic College. What a disappointing and even embarrassing...

They don’t allow any students to live off campus unless you’re 22 years or older or have these weird qualifications. It’s a money pit with subpar dorms, and food. The food is highschool cafeteria food at best and the dorms for the majority are run down out of date and have mold.They charge you an arm and a leg and expect people to be happy with this. Students would save thousands of dollars if these restrictions were no more. I have known many people with teenagers who have looked at the school and can’t go because if this and would be able to if they could live off campus. Stop taking these young...

I'm a student here and it's been a great experience. As far as the campus goes, it is absolutely gorgeous. For the school itself, since the school is so small it's guaranteed that you will never feel like "just a number" here. They also are very determined to keep their teaching embedded in Catholic Social Thought, but by no means is there any discrimination against others who have different faiths and creeds....