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I am so close to being done (I only have one more course left) but I wish I would have transferred to a different school I don't feel like I have learned much in my 2 years I've taken online, but have have a 3.7+ GPA. The teachers are there for grading, that is it. There is no lecture, but sometimes there is a random youtube video to watch. They tell you what chapters to read of the textbook and give you busy work. Some of the teacher are great, but you can't build any kind of relationship with them because... Read More they are a grading horse. They can't even make any changes to their courses if they wanted to. Then, to make it a "Christian education" they just add a second discussion board where they take a verse, say on the rapture, and try to make you relate it to whatever business topic the week is about. It's very "what does this verse mean to you" and that is an awful way to read the Bible. My advisor was wonderful, but I am really disappointed in MVNU. I did one semester on campus that was great besides the liberal leanings and slight weirdness in chapel.

I tried to keep an open mind throughout my time there because some of the professors were quite good especially once you get in your major, including my first adviser who has since moved on to another school. Some majors were better developed than others, and mine, while I think it taught me a lot of critical thinking and writing skills, was not very well developed. In theory, I was on a comparative politics track, but to my knowledge International relations was not offered the entire time I was there and... Read More the only comparative politics class they had operated as a general education class for cultural engagement or something like that. It was not at an upper divisional level. I was mostly put in history classes. The professor who replaced my initial adviser has restructured the major a lot to be more truthful to the brochure than the program I was enrolled it, eliminating tracks all together, but I think the critical thinking and writing skills I did gain under the first professor are not being taught as effectively under the new professor. Having graduated 2 years ago now, I realize how useless my degree was. MVNU does not have a good system for helping place you in a career when you leave. When I was looking for internships and later a job for after college, I spoke to my new adviser several times as well as the career "expert". These experiences were not helpful at all. My adviser couldn't offer me any suggestions of places to look for jobs and had no connections, at least that she shared with me. I was not given any good networking opportunities in my time at the school. I asked the career expert for advice on what to submit to a perspective employer as a writing sample and his answer was "Oh, I wouldn't know. I was an art major." I graduated MVNU Magna Cum Laude and went into the school with a 31 ACT score. I tried to take advantage of every opportunity I could find at this school. I was active in several school clubs, even helping found one, but I have not had a single interview in my field in the 2 years I have been out, despite many many applications, cover letters, and resumes sent out. P.S. If you do consider this school, my advice is to stay out of the honors program. The small scholarship they give you for being in it is wasted on the extra credit hours of classes they have you take. It is a lot of extra work with not a lot of pay out. I think it is designed more to make the school look good than it is to grow the students or make them more marketable employees. It did introduce me to several professors across disciplines that I really respect, but ultimately I dropped out to graduate earlier. My spouse who did graduate with honors is having as much difficulty finding a career as I am.