Grand Canyon University

Please believe these students when they tell you this is the worse school ever! What Jennifer stated is exactly true! I am going through the same thing now. I have not received my disbursement and it's going on 2 months. When I asked for thr financial aid department they said that they did not have one and I could only talk to my studen service counselor which handles both. I asked how is this legal?? How can you call yourself an university with no financial aid department! I was appalled. I even... Read More called my Mohelia to let them know what was going on. They also couldn't believe this. I don't understand how schools can get away with things like this. I already had a rough time last year with ending up homeless because of my lender and had to go to court over it now I'm trying to further my education and got scammed!! I even asked do I need to fly to the school just so I could get my check because I will if I have to because this is ridiculous. PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL, IF YOU DO YOU ARE GOING TO REGRET IT AND THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP YOUR MONEY.

Stay far away from this school. They are all about money. They require special classes in the beginning that do not transfer to other colleges after forcing you to complete a semester or face severe financial repercussions. They do not have any finance department and take forever to refund any excess funding or financial aid needed for book money until well after the class ends. This school forces students to go through a counselor for everything, and most of the time, you cannot get ahold of them,... Read More and when you do, they are rude. Most of the professors are not helpful and unresponsive to questions. I chose this school because it claims to be a Christian college, but its ethical financial stipulations are unforgiving and greedy. The school has people that recruit and convince you to enroll and are very persistent while putting on a facade that they care and will go above and beyond to ensure success and all that goes away after they have you financially committed to at least a semester. I wish I had gone elsewhere and saved a ton of money and time on classes I cannot use at other colleges.

I guess I should have read the reviews before attending this university. The professors should not be called professors. They lack ethics and don’t help you with anything. You are teaching yourself 100% of the time. What are we paying for? Materials and assignments? I think that school has been a waste of my time even though I learned a few things ON MY OWN. They don’t care if anyone learn different and need help l. Yet they teach you about the development of learning and how everyone is not always... Read More taught the same. Well, they don’t care about that. Their online program is so confusing and they don’t really help you navigate. If you’re online you’re on your own. Don’t apply for online because they say it’s “non your time” because it’s bull. They need better ways to teach in many schools. They just know how to drain your pocket for the work and ethics you’re putting in. Hmmmm, maybe I should have been called professors by the professors there 🤔 get me some respect since we are teaching ourselves especially if we leave the class with a good passing grade. Applaud yourself in the back if this was you and you attended online, I mean it’s even possible for this to happen on campus. I had to no longer attend, the frustration, confusion, stress, and how many times I kept getting upset attending this university was draining me and making me super depressed. They claim to be Christian school yet after like 3 classs all that is out the window 😂. And their actions don’t show Christian like behavior. Thanks anyways for this very he’ll like experience.

I only attended GCU for one class before ultimately deciding it was not the right program for me. The online platform is very difficult to use, assignments must be submitted as specific attachments and I spent hours trying to upload homework assignments correctly. Once I decided to drop out, which was after 2 weeks, I was told I was past the point I could receive any money back and would have to pay full tuition. I tried to fight this but ultimately ended up paying 2k for 2 weeks of class. Ridiculous.... Read More They are very difficult to work with and ultimately are just after your money. I wish I had read the reviews prior to going.

I have read about 30 of these reviews and most of them are negative so far. I know many will read this and just pass it by or look at the length and say no thank you, but please if you are struggling ask for help if you are on the fence find a friend or a councilor, help is available and there are far far worse schools and educational experiences that will leave you wanting. I can completely understand being frustrated and even hurt when you believe your expectations are not being met and I would... Read More like to say that I respect those that have shared their reviews good or bad it takes heart to share your experience on a public forum. I must also respectfully state that I have had my share of instructors who I felt we did not see eye to eye and or get along with in the online setting but the written word is one of the most informal lines of communication we have and it can be difficult to portray your needs through writing. I have had grades I did not agree with and even assignments I thought to be tedious and unfulfilling and at times a waste of my hard-earned money and time. I will also agree that it does feel like an attempt at times to convert you to their belief system. Though I could not respect myself if I just got on here and followed bashing of a school I have come to love, it is hard to adjust to new things and new ways of thinking I mean look at the crusades and what people did in the name of being Christian then. We must evolve as a people just as well as individually. I was out right appalled at the beginning of my Christian worldview class. I would also like to point out that I am not Christian, and I have not accepted their views or beliefs. I will say that I have adopted their attempt to love everyone and try to be helpful as much as I can, yes being human makes that difficult sometimes because I am blinded by my own emotions and thoughts. In majority of the courses, we get instruction on how to use critical thinking and ethics to our advantage. I feel that if we could take a step back and use those skills, we would be far less quick to the cut on an incident or experience that caused us to want to give a less then flattering review. However please note you are allowed your own opinions and thoughts that is the main point of everything GCU offers. They also provide a plethora of help and literature to those struggling at school, home and even life. I do not believe any issue that has ever come up with my funding, grades, and beliefs to have ever but me in an impossible situation with the university. GCU does not have to be one of them make your expectations known and follow through on information you are given it can make a world of difference. Thank you if you have read this and I hope it can help!

This is not a real school; it is a money making factory! I was there for a semester and I had the most horrible experience at GCU. I chose this school because it is a Christian school but it was a big mistake. GCU has no CHRISTIAN VALUES. I think its just a name. The advisors won't answer your email; it takes a week to email back. They would not release your transcript because they made up some scholarship that was never applied for my tuition. I had to go for a surgery for the first week that I... Read More wanted to withdraw but they charge me $2000 which is way more than their tuition. I would NOT RECOMMEND this school to anyone! I wish they negative star. I would give -5 stars!!! That's how upset I am with them!