Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion in Marion

After graduating I moved away from Marion and ended up coming back because of the community that IWU has built within the city of Marion.

This university has the academic prestige of a middle school. If you want to "continue" your education instead of staying stagnant, I suggest you look elsewhere.The community is in an echo-chamber; you are required to go to mandatory "chapel" sessions three times a week which are politically fueled and created to lead the student body into one singular way of thinking.The community is fueled by hatred of minorities and diversity. There have been many hate crimes on campus directed at minorities which have NOT been addressed by the administration.You are not allowed to BE A PART OF THE LGBTQ+ (you literally have to sign away that you won't partake in homosexuality), you are not allowed to drink, smoke, stay out past curfew (what are we, 11?), you cannot have the opposite sex in your dorm unless you are being physically watched, and there is a dress code.The food is limited and unhealthy (no vegetarian or vegan), and the University actively hurts the surrounding area.Avoid.

I am currently an online student, please stay away from the school. So you get no lectures, no powerpoints, just an online textbook and the way you learn about the subject, wait for it is by reading the textbook- which is fine, but you're paying over 1k for one class and they're teaching you how??? Basically the "professor" just puts up mediocre questions on the discussion board and doesn't even grade your assignments/quizzes because the online system does the grading automatically. So if you want to learn about accounting or whatever the heck it is, you won't learn much. This school is out to get your money. Please do not attend the school or even take the online classes.I only owed the school 275.11 and they have been harassing me, someone who is unemployed who has not earned any income for almost a year and they told me that they were going to send me to collection, they show no empathy. PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND THIS SCHOOL. They have NO CHRISTIAN MORALS!!! They are evil and nasty and they are very heartless! They demanded the money over and over again and I told them that I have no income and they did not care. Please get your education somewhere else. I have been to other schools and they have never harassed me and caused me so much stress like this school did.I'm done with this school, I took one class and the costs for one class was over $1,400.00 and I did not learn a thing. NOT even JESUS himself will go near this school.

I had nothing but love for the college that I earned my first degree from, but now, I loathe them. Just as I was getting my credit debt cleared, here comes a bogus $2,481.87 collection letter from IWU, which was immediately forwarded to a collection company! I could not believe it! Yes, I attempted to go back for my Bachelor's, but once I was told I couldn't get any more student loans, that stopped all that. I took no classes, received no textbooks, ordered and received no syllabuses. Nothing! Still, after almost 3 years, here comes this headache!! Three years!! I am just so over IWU. And to think I used to use their license plate!! SMH

Horrible experience. Was working with Troy Hatfield for admissions to get another degree from IWU. Troy convinced me that I didn't need another degree that it would be better to get another minor (his idea, not mine).Started process back in August 2018. On 10/3, Mr. Hatfield had me complete the Master Promissory note and continued the charade that I was getting financial aid, that everything was in place and I was 100% ready to go. Was told I'd start class on 10/8 as I was auto accepted being a past student. 10/8 passes no updates, nothing.No updates from Mr. Hatfield, except for on 10/25, with a request to call him back, demanding that I log on to my portal and complete finical aid paperwork. I told Mr. Hatfield back in August that I didn't know my old email / user name / and or log in and he told me it's no big deal and it would be taken care of.Mr. Hatfield and I have numerous exchanges about me not being able to access the portal and my need for my financial aid. Apparently, I did not make it clear enough, that I did not have the ability to attend school with out financial assistance.On 10/25 Mr. Hatfield had email communications with me letting me know that my aid was awarded and to expect starting class on 11/5.On 10/31 I talked to another admission officer who informed me that Mr. Hatfield was incorrect and a minor would NOT qualify for aid and that I would have to pay 100% of my cost up front.I was very clear with Mr Hatfiled that I need aid to attend school. Now here I sit 3 months later, not enrolled in school, no acknowledgement from Mr. Hatfield that he screwed up and to add insult to injury I now owe the school for a book that auto shipped to me.So sad that one inept employee can have such a negative impact on your school.