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If you are a student, former student, faculty member or parent, please help guide other prospective students by sharing your personal experiences at this college. What is it really like to go to Grand Canyon University?
I wanted to warn people that GCU has a scale for grading that is not the normal 4.0 scale. Health care majors are graded even more harshly. An "A" that would count as a 4.0 anywhere else doesn't give you a 4.0 here. Just finished my classes with all A's and have a 3.7 GPA. This will negatively impact anyone applying for programs as a transfer student or in grad school. I dont know why they would do this to students, but they do. A 91 if you're health care major gives you a 3.3 instead of the 4.0 it would give you at every other school. So disappointed.
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I loved GCU! I have earned my third degree from GCU and sixth degree overall and found their online programs are the best I have seen. Great teacher support! And my counselor was with me throughout my program! I recommend them to everyone!
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I recommend avoiding studying at GCU. Online students are not priority except about money. Staff and teachers are above. If you have a problem, you lose. It was a big mistake to enroll in GCU.
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I just completed my master's degree in psychology at Grand Canyon University (GCU). It is a great school with a big bang for your buck. The teachers are very caring people and go the extra distance to help students who need it. The in-person and online resources are excellent, including the library (in-person and online), the online student portal, and the Student Success Center online, a central information and tutorial clearinghouse of sorts. Overall, I am very pleased with my degree that I just completed last month. This is a smaller big university, if that makes sense. It is not a U of Arizona or U of Texas, for example, with wall-to-wall people. But it is not a tiny college either. It offers some excellent sports programs for athletes and fans as well (GCU soccer, baseball, and basketball are excellent!). I gave the "party & bar" scene a 5/5. GCU is not a "party" school per se, but it IS surrounded by all that Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa, and Scottsdale have to offer if needed. There is no shortage of bars and clubs there. In addition, there is an active campus ministry, a weekly church service, and lots of volunteerism at GCU. These can be quite the party too (with maybe a bit more meaning)! So glad I attended GCU - Go Lopes!
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Great teachers, flexible program, good communication with teachers and counselors. I loved everything and graduated with my Masters last year!
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DO NOT ATTEND GCU in-residence. My son is currently at GCU and waits 2 to 3 hours a day for food. They only have shopping mall type fast food places on campus for the students - no traditional style cafeterias like any normal school (no matter how small) and they overenrolled by about 10,000 to 15,000 students on campus, further stressing their already fragile food resources. It's miserable for him and all the students. He truly waits about an hour per meal - time that takes him away from studies, sometimes classes (if he wasn't able to get food at the prior meal time - yes, sometimes having to skip meals because the lines are too long) and all other activities. I visited him there and I've seen the students standing in line like refugees waiting for a handouts. The food is expensive like a mall, or an airport at the few convenience stores on campus and there's not even been orange juice at the only little breakfast place on campus all semester (Fall, 2021). The administration seems completely unconcerned and has been unresponsive to my concerns about any of this. Scarce, expensive, poor-quality food and a leadership that doesn't care. Too bad they are destroying a Christian-based school because we need more of them, more than ever but GCU needs to remember their mission and embody Christ's care of His followers. We're not expecting miracles like the loaves and fishes or wine from water. We're not asking for charity- we paid for it. They just need to deliver reasonable food like any other institution that's entrusted with the wellbeing of its young residents. It's a total disgrace and he won't be returning for a second semester.
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This was my first visit to GCU as a prospective student and I was impressed with the size of the school; at 23,000 students on-campus, it felt smaller but large enough to not feel confined. Loved the cleanliness of the campus, sans all the construction, but growth is a good thing, right? I enjoyed the easy-going vibe from current students and how easy it is to get around campus. GCU is definitely in my top three.
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Compared to other universities, Grand Canyon is much smaller, so if you are strictly looking for a smaller community then this is a good college to consider. Grand Canyons main headline may be "Private Christian Affordable," but the university is also open to any other religion or beliefs so there's no need to worry about being able to "conform" because there are plenty of students there who walk their own path.
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would choose in person courses over on line any day
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