Mount Ida College

RUN, RUN, RUN in any direction, but here! They deserve a negative star, if only that was possible. The cost is outrageous, they milk parents and students for everything! My son begged me to leave half-​way through his second semester FRESHMAN year. I had to encourage him to stay, but it really wasn’t worth it. Quality of information and student support from staff and faculty is quite poor. They are truly about the money, and nothing else. Check-​out their Freshman retention rate, almost half leave every year. Many of my son’s credits for his major and liberal arts requirements did not even transfer to his new college! The competence of many of their departments are quite questionable. Worst college ever! My son is now in the school that is 10 hour drive away and he is so happy any successful academically, socially and with athletics! Love it! So proud of him!!!

What a beautiful campus! Every time I walk my dog around campus, the students are so friendly and say hello. It also looks like the campus is constantly being renovated.

If I could give it zero I would. Food is horrible. Cafeteria never open. Dorms are awful. No response from the president Barry! Can’t get a parking permit. They just want to give tickets. Always about the money and that’s it.

My daughter loves the school, teachers and her friends here. However, they use the worst rated catering service to provide the cafeteria meals. This is a private school so they can use money however they wish and assign arbitrary rules, policies, and fees to any and everything. A lost dorm key cost me $ 300 which is chump change to them. Many who have transferred in lose about a years worth of credits that Mount Ida will not accept. They say that other colleges will likely not accept many of their credits either to discourage taking outside classes to save money or transfer out. This makes no sense if the classes are general studies and common electives, IF the school is accredited. The only office that seems to work after enrollments are done is the Financial Aid office because they what their money. I left multiple messages with questions on this subject and they refuse to call me back. They even went so far as to say they may not take credits from Stanford, a world renowned University. Tuition also went up again. Still it costs more to attend here than at Stanford, which makes no sense at all. My daughter makes the dean’s list but I don’t think the school does enough to support her education and helping her to succeed. They only care about money and will screw you over to get more out of you. This has been such a horrible and expensive learning experience.

Wish I could give it negative stars! Didn’t even get the chance to go there horrible college don;t even apply. Its a joke of a school. They screwed my application thinking i was a first year student when i was a transfer. They had to reconsider my acceptance even though I was accepted. Then they said I owed 15,000 and i laughed int heir faces and said I can’t afford it and they said bye! Also Matthew Morrison an Admissions counselor will just ignore your calls and emails!

This is the most unorganized/​unhelpful place I have ever been. The admissions sucks and doesn’t help with anything. You owe 2,000 $? ill tell you the day its due and then kick you off of campus. This is the worst café in the New England region hands down. I came in thinking I would gain the freshman 15. But in reality non of the food is edible so i lost 15 pounds. Even if the food was edible good luck trying to eat it, the café hours doesn’t work with the students class schedule. So there is no time to go and eat. I have visited a number of other schools and they have all been 10 times better then here. I couldn’t tell you one good thing about this school even if you paid me. Fuck everything about this school, save your money and go get a real education.