#534 William Woods is an absolute shithole. Please sit back and enjoy this tea-spilling review of truth.

The dorms are subpar, definitely not the quality you’d expect from a private university. I payed extra to live in the “nice dorms” (RB Cutlip Hall). Upon moving in my dorm was infested with cockroaches. Maintenance also discovered my shower’s drain was installed incorrectly causing it to flood the bathroom every few uses (a semester and a half later and it still hasn’t been fixed. Now we have a mold problem.

Let me debunk the seemingly amazing LEAD award. Why would a university pay students to go to school events? The scholarship forces students to go to events so the school can take pictures of how “active” campus is for their social media. The events are insignificant and useless. Every student is offered the scholarship and in my perspective it’s more of a fine for students that don’t attend the events.

As far as academia goes, William Woods is easier than my high school. I’m not talking AP classes either- my high school freshman English was more challenging than my college English class. If you’re looking to get an education and not just a degree then keep looking.

Be prepared to gain the freshman 30 at William Wood’s dining hall. The infamous “Tucker Stomach Ache” is a running joke on campus, especially with faculty. They contract the task of feeding the campus to a local company called Fresh Ideas. Don’t let the name fool you- there is absolutely nothing fresh about it. Good luck finding a single meal under 1200 calories. Fresh Ideas is also known for mislabeling food and providing false/inaccurate nutritional info. The food is full of preservatives and everything is fried. A decent number of students on campus refuse to use their meal plan because of the horrors faced in the obesity imminent dining hall.

The campus. If you’ve made it this far you’ve probably seen photos of the “beautiful” lakes on campus. The one with the bridge is dyed blue for events and has a very unpleasant odor. The classrooms are average and kept fairly clean. The housekeeping staff looks like they’re all ghosts from the Haunted Mansion. (P.S. William Woods is known for paranormal activity all around campus, if you’re into that type of thing)

(The rest of this review is specifically about the Equine Program)

The Equine Department. Oh lord, where to begin. Be prepared to receive the most basic education of horses. You won’t learn tips and tricks to give you an edge in the industry, just a head’s up. You will have a piece of paper, but you won’t have the knowledge you need to succeed after graduating. You learn way more in your summer jobs than in the classroom. Maybe it’s just me, but I thought I would be learning revolutionary training techniques and not shoveling horse crap for points in class every week.

William Woods treats animals poorly. Please don’t donate your horse here, most of them go crazy or get worked into the ground. They get almost average care, rarely massage or chiropractors. Most of the equine staff is fairly inexperienced and paying for their instruction is a waste. The current saddle seat instructor was a beginning instructor for children with no experience in teaching advanced riders in the saddle or the classroom. But, in their defense, why would a talented equine professional want to teach here?

In conclusion- if you’re looking for another round of high school in the middle of nowhere then William Woods is the place for you! If you want to fulfill the obese uncultured American stereotype (or if you already do) then you’ll fit right in. Throw away your dignity and pursuit of a real higher education to journey to the land of cousin-fucking (Missouri) to join this extremely overrated university!

#533 I cannot wait for finals to be over.

#532 So is a certain boy going to stop cheating on his girlfriend all the time now that she is pregnant and there are pictures alllllll over Facebook? just wondering.

#531 I'm over 700 Miles away from home. This is my first year away from my family and every night since the semester started I sit alone in my room looking at pictures of my family, or going through my house in my mind and imaging myself laying outside my parents room because I miss them so much. I never thought people that could get on my nerves and I couldn't wait to get away from I would miss so damn much. I can't wait for winter break but I'm terrified at the same time... Coming back here after break will be so hard knowing what I'm coming back to, sleepless nights, homesickness, crying myself to sleep. I don't know if this will ever get easier..

#530 I'm gonna hold off my other plans tonight to go to haunted hoops. I hear the basketball teams' skits are gonna be hilarious!!

#529 Acting like you are always right and that you know everything isn't cool or hot!! Get over yourself and realize you aren't hot, you don't know sh*t, and no guy wants you!! You need a huge reality check I don't think you realize how annoying you are!!

#528 Dear WWU, Please get a swing set. A big metal framed swing set. I know it sounds odd, getting a swing set for a bunch of grown ups. But remember back to when you were 5 years old, and all you did was swing and color? You'd pump your legs as hard as you could wondering how long it'd take for you to be in the clouds, and get lost in hours worth of coloring the rainbow all over pages and pages of coloring books? I have the crayons and coloring books, I just need the swing set. Then my life here in college wouldn't be so dang stressful. So please, all I ask, is to put in a swing set.

#527 I love drinking and then walking across campus at night. It's relaxing, I can giggle to myself, I can cry, I can express whatever emotion I want and nobody will ever know.