Snow College — Local services in Ephraim

I have been at Snow College for less than a semester, so I may not be totally qualified to give it an accurate rating. Most of this will be purely my own opinion.

The classes at Snow I would give 5 stars. I mostly had psychology and education classes, and math. The teachers were great, the pacing was manageable. I didn't take any science classes. I can't speak for people who aren't psychology or education majors. The math program here is great though. They have math tutors available to help you for free until like 7:00 every day.

Cost-wise, this college is a steal. Super affordable housing. If you did pretty well in high school and got a pretty good ACT score you will most likely get an academic scholarship, but even if you don't, tuition is lower than any other in the state.

The advisors and offices I would give 3 or 4 stars, depending on the day and who is helping you. The student success office can be helpful if you're very persistent and are willing to wait a while to see someone. Make sure you know exactly what you need from them or they seem a little bit confused as to why you're there. Financial offices are similar.

The campus is nice, with pretty trees. It's very small. You will know all the buildings very quickly. The library is a lovely place to study and get food (ice cream). The cafeteria is pretty good, but a little pricey if you don't have "badger bucks." (I'll talk about badger bucks in the paragraph about housing.)

The town and the culture is where I really subtracted stars. This is purely because of my personality. If you don't like super small towns, do not go here. Run. Run away as fast as you can. This town is SMALL. You don't realize how small it is until you live here. There are probably 7 restaurants tops, including a McDonald's and Little Cesar's. There is a Wal-Mart, and it closes at midnight. The student body is super nice and you can make tons of friends if that's your goal. It's 2/3 girls so yeah everyone is super nice. Little tough to find guys to date if that's what you want, especially if you're not into "country guys." A lot of people here own loud trucks. There's some football players. A lot of people are the type that talk slightly too loud. I'm sure if you look hard enough there's friends here for every type of person. It feels pretty similar to high school here, to tell you the truth. The LDS wards are inviting and want you to get involved in the ward. Even if you're not LDS they have a lot of activities which is nice since there's not a lot to do in Ephraim.

I live on-campus, which has its pros and cons. Pricing is similar to off-campusz. Off-campus is usually just as far away as on-campus, because Ephraim is so freakin small. On-campus is more strict with more rules, but the Resident Assistants are super helpful if you ever have a problem. There's lots of people around, ALL the time, so if you don't like that, I would not recommend on-campus housing. The on-campus housing makes you buy "badger bucks," which is money you put on your student ID card at the same time you pay for rent. Depending on where you live on-campus, they could make you pay $200 of badger bucks or $900. The money goes into an account that can only be spent at places on-campus, like the cafeteria or the bookstore. It's convenient to pay with the student ID card and not have to worry about cash when buying things on-campus, but still kind of annoying to not have all your expenses come from the same place. You get all your unused Badger Bucks back, but I'm not sure when.

If you loved high school and you love people and small towns, you will love...

I will write two reviews because my experience with the school and my experience with cafeteria are two completely opposing ones. I love the school but the cafeteria system is ridiculous, do not EVER purchase a meal plan here: apart from only having fried options, apart from salad bar that does not function during weekends and occasional salads at the fridge that is often empty it is just not cut out for your needs. It is never open during holidays and while they warn you about this early on, you are not warned that during weekends it is only functioning 5pm-7pm, closing the register 5-10 mins earlier, so if you rush to get food till 7, you might not get it. It regularly lacks some options, usually if they run out of something on Tuesday/Wednesday, you won’t see it till next week. The swipe system is ridiculous as most prices are not even stated and you have to ask every time if you want to purchase a packaged something, and they get IRRITATED because you take up time. Hot drinks apparently are not substitutions for fountain ones even though workers stated differently previously. I had to talk to police because I was accused of theft while paying for a 17 (the highest possible) meal plan and being completely unsatisfied with the quality of food. Sometimes it is really great, they try to do themed days and daily specials are great but it is just not worth the money. Considering that most students cannot escape it while living on-campus (most dorms require it), this should be changed immediately. I have not met a single international student who was satisfied with it. As a friend of mine said, “you just eat for the sake of eating and your money, filling yourself up with something obviously unhealthy and unreasonably priced”. I understand that food service must not be easy with the inflation but maybe it is better to serve less options with better quality. I am grateful for most workers (people at the fry station and cashiers) as they do great job and are always there for you during work hours but the place lacks basic things like explanation of the prices, how lunches/breakfasts in here work. You just find everything out through apparently being accused of being a bad person while you just want to eat. Another scenario that I had was adding lettuce (as ALSO is described in another review dated FOUR months ago, obviously nothing changed), on top of a sandwich as we were told that it is for burgers only. The lady told me that it is stealing. How can it be if it was not stated anywhere at the time that this layout is for burgers ONLY and everybody does it anyway? Why is it easier for them to make you feel like a horrible person while you pay for everything and try to just go through your studies? I understand that this is an emotional review but I have had a horrible experience with this and I don’t want to stay...

The only reason for the 2 stars is because the professors are AMAZING to work with, especially if you have mental and or physical illnesses to deal with. If it wasn't for them, I'd give the college 0 stars if possible just because of all the issues. The administration office is a joke. Even if you cancel the automatic payments they will still keep trying to withdraw money from your account. Its cleat they don't care about you they just want their money. And good luck trying to communicate with them to set up some sort of payment plan. You have to call at least 5+ times to reach the person you are trying to talk to only to be placed on hold or be told that the person you need to talk to is unavailable. If you leave a message do NOT expect to be called back. If you send an email, don't expect a response unless YOU are extremely lucky. Finding jobs is next to impossible if you do not have a car. If there's a job available during the school year that's IN TOWN there is at least 20+ applicants for that job. Housing. 99% of the housing is as expensive as a semester of college if not more. If you have an ESA (Emotional Support Animal) that has been prescribed by a licensed physician, you are required to have a private room but you also have to pay for the extra cost (which usually ranges between $200-$500 a semester). The rules for the housing is also ridiculous! No boys over night, no drinking (even if you are over 21)/no alcohol (including cooking wine). Also, If you live on campus and you and/or your roommates set the smoke alarm off more than 2-3 times a semester (even if you are just cooking bacon or you burn the rice) EACH roommate is fined a certain amount each time. And if you do it often enough they can expel you...