I began my journey in 2020 and successfully completed the Clinical PsyD program. Without a doubt,…read moreI'm a stronger, more effective clinician because of it. Meridian University excels at providing tools that support applied learning, and I'm incredibly grateful for the supportive faculty and enriching curriculum. I would confidently recommend MU to anyone pursuing a career in clinical psychology.

I've been a student at Meridian for a year and a half, working toward a master's degree in…read moreeducation. After this short time, I feel like a completely different version of myself than when I first enrolled. Being a student at this school involves more than just learning the basic information required to check all the boxes for a degree or licensure. If you're open to intense academic and emotional work that has the potential to help you become a more centered and capable person and professional, then I highly recommend looking into this school. My experience with Meridian has changed the way I see and respond to the world. As I grow into a more capable, confident, and authentic version of myself, I engage with the world more comfortably than I used to. I have a great deal of room to grow, but now I have the tools to more easily pinpoint and take my next steps to keep developing. This is because Meridian encourages students to reflect on, discuss, deeply explore, and embody the many aspects of human experience and development. I appreciate that they focus on self-reflection, experiential learning, working through challenging emotions, and dialoguing with peers to build developmental practitioner skills. The variety of opportunities to practice what is learned truly helps me to embody the lessons. At the same time, the academics are rigorous, well-researched, well-planned, and up-to-date. This combination of information and practice is what I think makes the program so effective at potentially transforming the student. I say "potentially" because ultimately the student is responsible for their own transformation. Not everyone will align with the ways of this school, and it seems that the students who feel less aligned do have a harder time getting through it. But also, some of them are still going strong and honestly will probably grow more than those who don't have a hard time. The workload is intense, but also manageable (especially with the asynchronous schedule and virtual access). I am attending school full-time while working full-time, running a podcast with another student, and starting a business. The staff and faculty will not hold your hand. However, I do feel that they supply you with everything you need. Sometimes that includes NOT holding your hand and letting you work through the challenges and discomfort that go along with claiming your own path. This type of transformation can be uncomfortable because it requires you to constantly reframe the way you look at life and to reflect on challenging experiences, but the program is also designed to help you learn to be more comfortable with being uncomfortable. If you are ready to take responsibility for yourself, your professional path, your actions, and how you approach the world, then this might be exactly the challenge you need to become a leader in your own life and in your community. Regarding my own personal path, I don't think I could have gotten a better education. *** I volunteered to spend way too much time writing this review (when I really should be doing homework) because I feel so much gratitude to the staff and faculty. You can tell they care by how much thought and energy they dedicate to developing the best possible learning experience and environment. My life is exponentially better because of their hard work. They taught me to be more concise than I am in this review, but what can I say? My passion and gratitude for this school have flooded over in the form of words. Now back to homework...

A very Beautiful school. I personally had spent Many days and nights on this beautiful campus, but…read moreI never really had a chance to relax to walk around and enjoy the campus. I finally had a chance to walk around the whole campus for couple hours recently. Just found out there is a very nice and beautiful garden right in front of the dental school (south campus). I highly recommend it especially if you have a pet, it is a very pet friendly campus. The student store and bookstore still looks the same as 20years ago. A must visit are the Beautiful Powell library and Royce Hall at the north campus, and the lovely amazing garden and trial at the south campus. Love this school! Go Bruins!

Many years ago, way back when, I almost came here for my undergraduate degree. These days, I…read moreusually come out here to run a 5k for a charity. Most recently, I was here to run in the Autism Speaks Empower 5k. I parked in the underground parking structure 4 which was convenient since the race started and finished in Wilson Plaza. Visitor parking was $13 for 3 hours and $17 for the entire day. While the campus was really nice, there were quite a few homeless people in the surrounding area.

In 2003-2004, I spent a year doing a 660-hour Ayurvedic bodywork program with this local…read moreuniversity. At that time, it was one of the only programs in Ayurveda around, and we were lucky enough to have an awesome Ayurvedic doctor/acupuncturist (John Holmstrom) teach us! John is a WEALTH of knowledge - he spends weeks seeing patients in India each year and beyond his wealth of information, he's got an intuitive sense of others. Learning from him and getting his feedback as we'd practice was really huge for our growth as students. At the time, I had really only practiced Jin Shin Jyutsu (energy work) for a couple of years so Ayurveda was this all-encompassing, totally new thing that focused on the body and mind and the psyche and herbs and diet and behaviors and LIFE. The classes were intensive, yes, there was SO MUCH information! But what I learned was PRECIOUS. John taught us about tissues, pulses, marma points, doshas, herbal prescription writing, medicinal uses of wild growing herbs and ancient Ayurvedic herbs, yoga, anatomy, panchakarma, abhyanga, shirodhara, pinda swedhana, swedhana, nasya, vasti, spirituality, Ayurvedic cooking, and - most interestingly - the psychology behind people's desire to hold on to potentially damaging behaviors (and food and drink!). We had one other teacher for Practice Management and Ethics and Anatomy 2 (both great), but other than those 2 classes, John was our main man! Students had the opportunity to work in the school's clinic for credit, which was really instrumental in getting us used to the flow of abhyanga and shirodhara. John would do an intake interview with the client, then discuss the information with the students and form a plan of action. We'd do everything else - set up the room and the equipment, make the rice/herb mixture for pinda swedhana, work on the client, and then clean up! I have such fond memories of working in clinic - when you do 4 hands on or even 6 hands on one client, you learn to listen in to *everything* around you - yourself, your fellow bodyworkers, your teacher, at the SAME TIME you're listening in to your client. Without those 2 quarters of clinic experience under my belt, I never would have had the courage to practice on my own! Plus, especially for a student who doesn't yet understand the power of their new skills, there's nothing quite like seeing a client go in to a treatment looking wan and weak and feeling achy and depleted, and emerge hours later (abhyanga and shirodhara can be an hours-long treatment) looking 10 years younger with a sparkling gleam in their eyes. (If you're interested in being a client, they still have a clinic where they offer amazing prices on Ayurvedic bodywork!) There were many times that us students played client, when we didn't have a client to work on. Throughout my program, I ingested so many herbs and oils just from working with them, that I felt my own healing take place. Aside from all the intensive memorization, there was really fun stuff: wild medicinal herb lessons taught at a few botanical gardens in the area, oil and salve and tincture making classes that were messy and herbaceous, and herbalized ghee making classes. The bottom line: I had an amazing and *life changing* learning experience at this university, and still stay in touch with the awesome administrators. I cannot say enough good things about what I took away from John Holmstrom or the university!

Can someone tell me what is up with them not answering or returning phone calls or emails?? I've…read moreemailed twice and called a few times, leaving messages. Is this place even real?? What the heck. It looks like an awesome place.

This program goes beyond book learning, it teaches real life skills. I got my degree in 2000 and…read moreI've had a quarter century of better living.

Superb education for healthful living. The curriculum and experiences are first rate. You find out…read moreso much about yourself and your relationships and it helps enrich your life in an expansive way

If I could give one star I would! Very unprofessional. I drive 6 hrs a day to take courses where we…read moredidn't open the book nor discuss the work. Had to go home and teach myself/YouTube to learn. When I graduated I wasn't even informed. Called about a class and they said they had a degree for me. I drive 3 hours one way for the secretary to hand me an empty folder. They mailed my degree weeks later. Waste of time and money!!

As the IT Manager at LA ORT College, I've seen firsthand the positive changes under new management…read more They've brought fresh energy and focus, making the school an excellent place for students to thrive.

Very nice event space for a networking event. Large reception area and outdoor patio…read more Plenty of accessible parking and elevators took me directly to the floor where my event was. Helpful parking staff. Accessible restrooms. The patio had seating that was also very comfortable and accessible.

My friend Deb V. teaches at the Emerson College campus in Hollywood, and she invited me to speak to…read moreher students and see the cool building, designed by architect Thom Mayne. I live like ten minutes away and was excited for the chance to hang out and see the campus. I guess this branch of Emerson is funded by some very wealthy alumni in entertainment, and there's a definite focus on the industry. Emerson students spend semesters in Los Angeles, staying in the dorms and interning at various sites around town. I enjoyed meeting my friend's students and they seemed pretty happy with their experience of the school. The building was quite remarkable, a bold piece of architecture that nods to Frank Gehry. Deb showed me around and I was thoroughly impressed. I drive past the place all the time and am glad I got to see inside. I'll bet it's a fun place to spend a semester.

Baby girl is all checked in and off to her collegiate world wind as a D1 scholar and athlete…read more.. Super proud mom...

My son went to this university and had a great experience- academically and socially. Established a…read morelot of network, learned to be resilient, and graduated feeling ready to face challenges in life.