Washington Adventist University

This school is one of the worst school I have seen, the administrative staffs are nonchalant about one’s future and keep running the business to the ground, they neglect their responsibilities and the school gives no career assistance. Good employees with excellent communication skills had their contract terminated since the school downsized. Also, foreign students are neither offered relief, grant or scholarship funds. In addition, one can never get in touch with a contact person either through calls or emails as they will never respond. I will advise one invests in a better school especially if you are an international student as you will benefit from the outcome. Attending this school is a big regret, since they’ve continuously proved me right, they waste time in preparing immigration documents, never respond to emails or calls and you might end up losing a good job offer.Lastly, the administrative staffs have no God-like characters and forget they were once immigrants. This is my experience therefore, I won’t advise international students to attend this school since we are seen to be non-existent. Nevertheless, the academic staffs are really nice.This is my awful experience, can you guys try and improve especially during this COVID season.

I'm writing this review on behalf of my husband and everything he's gone through. WAU has not handled my husband's issues professionally since the time he started there in 2010. He graduated in December 2014, after his professors cleared him to graduate. It was only four years later, when he went to renew his teaching contract and was receiving an "intern" pay salary that we discovered WAU was not releasing his transcripts because they had him in their records as not graduated. He was missing a 100-level BIO class. This was the first time we had heard of it, and his advisors as well. After trying multiple times over the course of a school year to contact people and resolve the issue, we still aren't in the clear, even after he passed a CLEP exam. WAU has been extremely difficult to work with. He has not received timely responses to his phone calls or emails, he's often left in the dark over the paperwork he needs to complete or have completed by other departments, and this whole situation should have been avoided in the beginning by the registrar's office not clearing him to graduate if a 100-level BIO class was the issue. Unfortunately, this is not unique. We both have had friends who have "graduated" from WAU to find out, when their transcripts are needed, that they have not graduated because they were missing basic level courses not relevant to their careers. WAU will not pardon this, even though it is clearly an institutional issue, so past students are left without diplomas until they finish the courses YEARS later. I do not recommend WAU, and have been so highly disappointed in their lack of professionalism, timeliness, and attention to detail every time I or my husband has worked with them.

This school is REQUIRING ALL STUDENTS AND ALL STAFFS TO BE VACCINATED with NO WAIVER that’s terrible people have medical issues that they cannot get the vaccine because it will causes serious reaction and what happen to my body my choice I would not go to a school that does not premier choice! ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

A former student had to leave Washington Adventist University because they were being discriminated against their race. They went to a different Adventist University. I am glad that Washington Adventist University did not receive the rest of money since they went to different Adventist University. They are pretending to be Christian while doing the work for the devil. They are all about money. They are liar, selfish, wicked, ungrateful, and jealous. They refused to help the students. I am looking forward for them to be punished on Judgement's Day.

Be mindful of the schools you pick…. It’s a no for me. K

Welcoming

The computer science department is good it just needs more full time professors.

Expected far greater from a “Christian” institution. Perhaps it may be an administrative issue but I was disappointed with my experience.

VERY unorganized. I have been attempting to enroll for a few months. It's hard to get responses. The person who I spoke with in regard to enrollment seems to be all over the place and confused...did I mention unorganized? But very quick to explain I have to pay a non refundable fee. I'm afraid to pay expenses like that, by observing their miscommunication. It honestly feels scammy. Due to my experience and reading other experiences, I will push for a university that is more organized and welcoming.

Everything about them is slow. Communication is terrible. I've been tryna find housing for 2 months and with a job I can't even get an off campus apartment because the lady keeps going on vacation, not communicating the availability of the houses, and makes it seem like she's being bothered when reached out to ask about it.

Probably one of the worst schools ever! If you're thinking of going to their nursing program, DO NOT DO IT. This is not only extremely expensive however, it is extremely unorganized and has an unfair grading system. For example if you pass an assignment or exam and a lot of people do not pass, it gets thrown out and risk failing! They also have an expectation rate of 80% for every class which makes no sense when they throw in and out assignments. They doing give proper study guides and make their own exams. All this combined with poor, experienced teachers, and poor teachings do nothing besides sign you up for failure and wasting of your money. They act like they care but they DO NOT CARE. Don't be fooled this is the fakest Christian school ever, they have students in short shorts and teachers that bully students.

The campus is beautiful. Most of the teachers have a long history of working at the school through many graduating classes. It is a shame that the school didn't find a way to keep up the pool. The sports and music programs are worth exploring. You can complete an internship in the nation's capital. Takoma Metro is conveniently nearby. The bus stop will drop you right on campus. There are restaurants within walking distance. Whether you have an amazing or lacking experience is up to you. Check out the university's facebook page and ask for a tour.

If I could give it no stars I would. This school lies to its students. Does not care what the students say. It is a for profit school. The sad part is they claim to be a Christian University. Be ware of the wolf in sheep's clothing. I was at the top of my class- I made deans list- They paid me money to attend- I still wish I never went to this university- RN, BSN

I've been attending WAU Nursing graduate courses to obtain my MSN-Ed. The program is traditional classes, so you can attend once a week to graduate in 3 years or twice a week and summer courses to graduate in 2 years. I've never had a bad experience here. It's extremely flexible as a working adult and all of the professors for the nurse graduate program are Doctorate prepared. I love them all.

Cares for the students, has provided good support during pandemic. There are ways to provide feedback and get needs addressed.

This school is horrible. No wonder they have a 42% graduation rate.There's hardly any financial aid to help the parents and the students pay for their studies. The directors are uncaring and so are the professors. They don't care about the sacrifices both students and parents have made. It's all about the money. If you have a student here or are thinking about coming here, more than likely you won't graduate. Go to a larger school that has other options in terms of opportunities both in employment and financial aid.

This school is absolutely terrible. Administration and student services are unorganized and quite honestly blasphemous to the "Christian Community." I attended the Medical Imaging, pilot program, as the school had recently been moved from the hospital to the university, and have absolutely nothing good to say about the transition. For the first year of the program, I had to pay out-of-pocket tuition, and was charged every year for the schools health insurance, in which I submitted my own personal insurance to student services every year I attended the school. This school totally screwed me over, and eventually I resigned from my X-Ray program one full year in, and from the University thereafter. With no degree and thousands of dollars in student loans from this school, I regret ever desiring to attend this school because of its "Christian, and morally conscious values," because in the end, I found out just how Christian one can be until they see dollar signs.

Let me list a few of the problems I have had to deal with for the last 2 years. Teachers constantly late to class or canceling class all together without notice. So on more than 4 occasions I drove to school just to find the door locked. Having my graduation date pushed back twice because of administrative issues the school created but would not fix it. Purchasing books for classes off of the required list just to find out on the first day of class the teacher is requiring a different set of books. This happened in EVERY class. Hundred of dollars spent that I did not need to spend. Finding an internship placement was totally left up to the students and the school did not have the ability or contacts to assist students in finding a internship. After finding an internship that was approved I was then told 8 weeks into the internship that it was no longer an approved location. I was then offered no help finding a new site placement and was half way through the semester. Fun .... The administration changed course start and end dates multiple times throughout my program. This created the need for me to double up on classes to graduate on time. The school has lost focus on their students and the faculty is not capable of handling these issues. It has been one thing after another and for the last 2 years my experience has been a disheartening one I would not recommend this school.