Metropolitan State University — Local services in Saint Paul

Going to school here has been very challenging while paying out of pocket for the last 3 years, they do not work with you at all when it comes to financial matters unless you have financial aid. I’m graduating this semester and have not been able to register because of a balance from last semester I have a payment arrangement in place making payments yet I am unable to register for any classes. I called to get my hold lifted temporarily so I can register but no way after speaking to over 5 people I was told via email that they couldn’t help me. The financial aide cashier only operates via email which is rediculous. Now able to make payment in full 1/3 of my classes needed to graduate is full with only 2 provided classes for the whole semester.

Last summer they added a class to my degree at the very end which extended my time here after 5 years of working towards a degree and paying thousands of dollars out of pocket the last thing I want to hear is that my school wants some more money and I have more work to do. I wrote an appeal that was denied the very next day. I find out my degree was never declared after almost 2 years of classes and numberous sittings and appointments with my advisor and was never told that credits didn’t transfer correctly in my DARS requiring work that was completed until I caught it.

They must work with their students more, biggest headache. I'm so stressed when dealing this this school I don’t even want to walk at this point. I just want to be done and out of here.

I will say all the teachers are amazing to say the least. They all teach real world leadership skills combined with team work and analyzed thoughts that break bias and stimulate the mind to elevate to a greater level...

Very Racist school they will make you feel like you dont belong. I joined the video game committee and I got dogged out by the library staff as well as the video game committee they will tell the higher ups that you are causing a disturbance if you are just doing your job trying to get video game events set up. They will go behind your back and make complaints like you are just really trying to stop their business. When your just trying to do your part in bringing together students for the gaming events. Yes her name is Jennifer and she is white and she is in charge of the gaming committee and her and the rest of the staff are White and Asian and I was the only black one and I got treated like a trash because I am black! The asian students that are on staff in the gaming committee and library staff will help Jennifer and the other members to make you feel like you are just this huge problem. I really wish I had never joined because they will ruin your reputation and charecter and make you look like some kind of nuisance or problem. Black student DO NOT JOIN JENNIFERS GAMING COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY RACIST AND WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE BLACK AND THAT YOU DONT BELONG THERE AMONGST THEM ONE WAY OR ANOTHER! Trust me I know because I tried to be apart of the gaming committee and they will find a way to humiliate you and have library staff as well as other staff there at the school looking at you like you are some kind of problem or trouble maker just because you BLACK! Dont trust them, yes the asian students are minorities too but they are not going to be in your corner, trust me if you are black you are all alone with no friends or allies! And Jennifer and her white/asian gaming group WILL LET...

I received my undergrad from here in 2015 and it was a mediocre education then. It was much better once I began taking 400 and 500 level classes. I was able to tell that the professors actually cared.

I have recently gone back and the school is worse than it was before. Not only did I have a professor resign four weeks in to the semester but the school has no clue what they are telling students when it comes to financial aid. I was told after I began classes that I needed to switch my status to degree seeking and this was not a problem. Well I did that two weeks in and now its the end of March and they told me I can't get financial aid for the semester because I didn't have it set as degree seeking when I began.

I was completely unaware that it was that important and that is the financial aid offices job and the advisors job to help you get everything in order. I'm like every other person at a school like this and now I'm stuck with a credit cared bill with 25% interest for 12 credits worth of classes. I truly feel that they know these things but want to have max enrollment so they are willing the screw over students in order to fill classes.

Also, I don't know why I was surprised that my advisor was no help. I reached out to here at the beginning of the semester and it took her NINE days to respond to me. The school isn't going to approve time off at the start of a semester after winter break so where the hell was she even??

Lastly, my other two professors are amazing and do great work. Unfortunately they are being dragged down by a very...