I went to the GVSU's Fall Celebration of the Liberal Arts and presentation of poetry night. It…read morewas great! The presenters and their readings were first rate. B.H.Fairchild & Nikky Finney will be two poets that I will be reading soon and often in the future. Thanks Grand Valley for helping me be a Laker for life! R.J. York, class of '68

I can't even begin to describe the nightmare that is this university. Go here if you want to waste…read moreyour time, money and energy. I don't think there is one damn person in any one office that knows how to do their own job. They lost my transcript not once, twice, three times but FIVE TIMES I had to have it re-sent to them because they "didn't receive it" the first three times and then only could find part of it the fourth, which resulted in them signing me up for a class I didn't need only to find out two weeks after the semester started, and having to switch into the correct class late. That's not the only fax they've lost of mine resulting in me having to jump through hoop after hoop just to do something that should've taken hours, not days, and screwing up my entire schedule. I stayed maybe one or two nights in one of their dorms, hated it so much and asked to withdraw from student housing and they still charged me over 2 grand. The campus security is some of the rudest and most useless people I've ever encountered. They issue parking tickets every chance they can get, and one time I left an expired parking pass on my car and some bitch called me saying if I didn't take it off they were going to arrest me?? I called them to walk me back to my dorm one night because there are so many rapes on campus and they took 35 minutes to get to me. And one time I crashed my bike and was crying in class so they had the police called on me and the counseling office had the police FORCE ME against my will onto an ambulance and said I couldn't refuse treatment which made me miss both my classes that day and instead they took all my belongings except my underwear and had me sit in the hospital for NINE hours before a social worker walked in and said I could leave. This place is literally hell. Go somewhere else.

Nicest people. We showed up unannounced on a weekend and some students showed us around as much as…read morethey could n super great!

Commons Dining Hall has a good selection of food that varies from day to day. I am always left…read moresatisfied with my quality of food:) Special shoutout Mary Ann and Meagan, they are the nicest workers there.

Horrible school! They don't let you enroll in classes on your own. The advisors have an incredibly…read morehigh rate of turn over and will enroll you in random classes without telling you. At one point they unenrolled me in my degree program and changed my courses for the next semester without telling me. This made it so I couldn't graduate on time because the classes they had taken me out of were all full so I could not reenroll. They do not care about students!

GR location - I am a fourth year student at Davenport University. My experience has been a…read morerollercoaster. As for campus life and environment, I have no complaints. Nice campus, maintained well, dorms are very nice, food is decent, etc. The negative side of everything is the staffing (outside of professors). Advisors, financial aid, and housing have been such a disappointment. You are not talked to professionally by staff in these departments. My advisor has given me a horrible experience. As a first time student, we do not understand credit requirements to the fullest, which is why we have advisors. Unfortunately, my advisors communication with me was and is terrible. Turns out they have been under scheduling me. There was no form of notice or communication about this either. I actually brought it to her attention because something looked off in my credits and degree completion. She then told me, oh you have only been scheduled for 12 credit hours a semester, a 4 year degree plan would be 15. I did have a different advisor my freshman year, switched my sophomore year due to sports teams. My advisor my first year was great and I was being scheudled the proper amount of class credits. This current advisor absolutely screwed me over. No I am stuck either taking double classes a semester, or taking an extra two semester due to her lack of communication. Seems like a money launder to me. Now for financial aid. Please, if you enroll here look through everything. Ask for an itemized receipt of your finances. There are several things that were missed on my aid. They almost did not even add my proper scholarships. Was not fixed until I brought it to their attention. It is so unfortunate I feel like I am doing half of the work the employees are supposed to be doing. Nobody does their job here and it is quiet ridiculous considering the amount of money you pay. Financial aid claims they are very flexible and can work with you through circumstances. By flexible, they mean only giving you two payment plan options, as high as 800 something a month for 3 months. (depending on your tuition price). It is still pretty annoying they don't work with your financial situations as they state they do. Overall, I don't mind my campus, athletics, and classes. DU NEEDS new staffing. It has honestly ruined my experience and it sucks to see I am giving them thousands of dollars.

Having to chase down a school to become a student is insane. As a fully funded military person I…read morewill find a school that actually supports military. Do not recommend this school to my military friends or veterans unless you like calling multiple times and having to leave multiple voicemails, you having to constantly reach out and still get no answers, like having a school that doesn't believe in communication. If those sound fun, then this is the school for you!

I went to Ferris State University as a naive 19 year old thinking that any college would prepare me…read morefor whatever career I wanted to seek out. What I learned when I graduated in 2008 was that not all colleges or college programs are created equal. In fact not only are they not created equal but some of them should probably be shut down for not having the adequate teaching staff and resources to prepare their students for their professions real world work environment. Ferris State University's "Digital Animation and Game Design" program is one of those programs. Stay away from this program at this school, it will put you in large amounts of debt and leave an unemployable mess when you finish. Anything taught in this program can be learned on Digital Tutors for 45 dollars a month. In fact to be fair to Digital Tutors you can learn a great deal more on their website than you can while attending this school. Also avoid David Baker and do not attend any classes taught by this man. He has been moved to head the program recently because of a lack individuals willing to take the position and he will be no help to you and your future as an industry professional. If you truly want to work for an animation or video game company find a school that has real industry professionals who work for big name companies that teach during their spare time and always do your research about a program online and in person. If something doesn't feel right follow your instincts and keep looking. Putting yourself in debt is a serious commitment and you better be sure you are learning what you need to make it in the real world or it could ruin your life. You cannot file bankruptcy for student loans its a burden you will carry your entire life.

My husband and I both grew up in families where our parents went to Hope and we attended community…read moreevents throughout our "growing years" so we had both always planned on Hope! Loved the beautiful campus and smaller size student body, loved the many social activities, (sororities and fraternities), loved the professors for the most part, and LOVED the many opportunities for Christian growth. We loved our dorms BACK THEN in the 1990's in Dykstra and Kollen. We're hearing about mold in the dorms now. Uh, you need to work on the up-keep people. Hope always likes "looking good" on the outside with beautiful landscaping, and new buildings, etc.but not as much for student living (behind the scenes). My Dad was a major contributor in helping for these things to happen. One major negative is the basketball team's lack of community. My husband played basketball and VanWieren never bothered to have relationships with the guys who did not live and breathe basketball. He was also in Chapel Choir, and that did not go over very well! Very little team bonding took place off the court. Opportunities for this did not happen. He lived with 2 other players but knew virtually nothing about the others. My husband put 4 very hard working and rewarding years into the team with me along for the ride as his girlfriend! Fun! Didn't seem to count for much. Here's the scary part...... The 3 coaches came to our wedding, left very quickly thereafter, didn't stay for the reception and are you ready for this? They gave us a gift of 29 cent baskets. Horrifying I know. The youngest coach of all never even had conversations with us when we'd see him at Christ Memorial, etc. Well, that's our take. We still enjoyed our years there, despite all of the "team stuff", and have never regretted going there. GO HOPE.

I have to say I fell in love with this place at first sight! I graduated from college years ago and…read moreattended a liberal arts college and got the same kind of feel from this place that I got from my own alma mater. I've taken the time to examine some of the curriculum and it seems like that they still do a good job of providing a well-rounded education. The campus is absolutely gorgeous and well-kept and it is like 3 inches from one of the most attractive downtown's in the state!

We have visited several colleges and have friends that have attended Cornerstone University. They…read morehave been super helpful and very attentive. There follow up has been exceptional. Their campus and chapel are beautiful. Looking forward to spending more time there. The other reviews were off base in so many ways. College drivers it is similar in our town so more lights might be a great option for safer exiting. Adults not driving speed limit on highways either. Very challenging for new drivers. We all need to do our part to work together. Thank you Cornerstone for your strong moral compass.

I know nothing about this school other than the fact that cars peel blindly out of the entrance…read moreonto the Beltline on my way home from work. -3 stars for absurdly reckless driving, +2 stars for absolute (if not misguided) confidence of the student drivers. Cornerstone, please address this and direct your students ambitions to something more productive than these stunts. Petitioning the city for a light or yield ramp could be a start.

Whoever is driving the student driver car #183 on Friday July 31 at 6:15. I hope you teach the…read morestudent better than you drive. Thanks for cutting us off on fuller st.

Idek what this does and the guest speaker is full of sass and unprofessional behavior. All she did…read morewas talk about stuff we have already learned.