Western Illinois University — Local services in Macomb

My fiancé and I go here, and we’re transferring out after this semester. The professors do not care about anyone and he was told last semester by a professor that since that professor was losing his job no one in the class should expect an A. This school jerks with your classes and if you go here you should keep in mind you might not graduate here due to them cutting every teacher and not replacing them since they’re in such a financial hole. The university does not feel as though it is one and seems more like a terrible highschool to me. Their enrollment is down and continues to plummet, for good reason. Also, no one will work with you and getting things done is almost impossible. I could go on and on, but then I would end up writing a book. Just please note, if you choose to go here, it’ll be the worst decision of your life. Also, if you are told they’re top 10 in law enforcement, know that they’re false advertising and that’s not true. I beg future students to do their research on this school before putting their future at risk. I wish I would have, other than trusting the falseness this...

There is a reason medical doctors, lawyers, and blue collar workers all respect their children's decision to go to WIU. It is a good university with excellent staff. While college is what you make it, the staff does everything they can to retain, prepare, train, educate, prepare, and graduate students to become business owners or land jobs/internships. Highly recommend you seriously consider this University. This is not University of Illinois but it is one of the better options of public schools in the state. You would be impressed with how organized and on top of things they are. The small town of Macomb is generally very safe. Much better than DeKalb, Champaign, and...

I got my first bachelors here in 2010 on scholarship and it was the best choice I've ever made. I found amazing friends and top-notch professors who weren't in it for the paycheck. I went on to pursue other things and a few years later decided to get my MA in music therapy, so I went to another school (since WIU didn't have a MA at the time). The education style was totally different and was a terrible decision but I grew from it and in the end decided to go back to WESTERN to get a 2nd bachelors in the field I wanted and ended up getting a MUCH better education and 1:1 instruction/supervision. You can learn the hard way and waste thousands of dollars-or you can just...