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As an alumni and physician, I feel that Furman's demise is sad. The motto has gone from learning and Christ, to woke victimhood with so called safe spaces where the communist race based lies are intellectually unassailable. Under its current president, the university has adopted the Marxist lies that seek to destroy personal exceptionalism, scholarship, and merit based performance with group identity and victimhood. Instead of teaching how to think, Furman's woke professors are teaching students what to think... Read More and how to become Marxist revolutionaries. Any semblance of scholarship and Christian principles has been replaced with identity politics, deceitful Communist idealism, the lie of systemic racism, reverse racism, etc.. The school of Sustainability, for which I once had high hopes, has adopted the U.N.'s Agenda 21 and Agenda 30, fear based climate change lies, Communist economics, wealth confiscation and redistribution, race based forced mediocrity instead of meritocracy, etc..The University has become nothing more than a factory to produce intellectually weak Marxist revolutionaries. It is the most shameful demise of scholarship I have witnessed in my lifetime. Whatever you do, do NOT send your child to Furman University.

Furman is a great college if you care about a quality education and that's it. Furman doesn't really provide the avenues for success that other institutions can afford too. I'm currently a rising senior and I can safely say that if I were in your shoes right now that I would not pick Furman University for the next four years. I strongly considered transferring after sophomore year after I hit a brick wall both mentally and academically. I was almost prepared to start over from scratch and looking back I might... Read More have had a better experience if I did so. Furman consistently Scores above its belt in academics and it truly is astonishing at some of the things Furman can afford for its Sciences, BS, and MS degree seekers. But, I feel a lot of attention is left out for those who opt for a BA route. Departments either aren't funded or just don't know how to market their programs and make them genuinely exciting. I have been in several courses related to Sociology, my major, where I felt I am just in this class for a prerequisite and not because I actually enjoy the subject. Social Socially Furman is lacking, Greek organizations encompasses pretty much all of the Universities extra curricular activities. And many students, myself included, don't feel welcome if they aren't in a fraternity or sorority. There is most certainly a Furman mold, Furman tends to admit the same type of person and I'm sure other reviews have mentioned the country club feel that Furman has and that is 100% accurate. And this is great if you fit the mold but if you don't then you feel like an outsider. Furman also likes to market that they are in Greenville South Carolina. THEY ARE NOT in Greenville SC they are located in the blink and you miss it town of Travelers Rest SC. You are about 15-30 minutes from Greenville there is literally no night life in Travelers Rest so don't think you can go there after school. Plus Greenville is super expensive for its nightlife and due to its distance from Furman encourages drinking and driving. Food Food at Furman is great for a college dining hall. But seriously lacks variety and value. The dining hall, DH for short, is owned by a company called Bon Appetite which they out source all of their food services too. The second option apart from the DH is the Paladen or P-den which sounds great when you are in High school (unlimited Moes Chick-Fil-A etc.) but healthy options and affordable ones are few and far between. Also Food is insanely over priced for what it is. The P-den prices a box of cereal at about $5-8 not to mention that all students are REQUIRED to have a meal plan of some sort if you are a first year you are forced to take the unlimited option at a hefty 5K and if you are a senior you can opt for a plan that is 2K per year but is grossly over priced as to what you are buying. The dining hall has about three different menus and does okay but gets old super fast. Plus on campus there is NO food past 8pm there has been times where I just miss the 8pm cut off and they won't even let me go in just to grab the left overs they throw out I've also starved on several occasions since I don't have a car and can't order delivery every day. Living Furman has the most appalling living conditions of any university I have ever seen. Furman forces students to live on campus and live in their enormously overpriced living conditions. Freshmen are either placed in "the slums" or south housing which was "renovated" in 06 but honestly the only thing they do is put a new coat of paint on each year. I worked on housing staff and overheard custodians talking about black mold in the showers. There is no way South housing would pass a code check if conducted today. Lakeside is the second option for freshmen and they are okay they like to say that they are so nice but for the price you pay (about 900 a month) you are really getting ripped off. Don't even get me started on the 70's hotel style of North village where the junior and Seniors live its actually just horrifying from the bug problem to the bleach stains in the carpets that look worn and out of style. The main thing that really grinds my gears about housing is that there are several new apartment blocks sprouting up just across the street from Furman but students are forced to live in $1200 a month death traps. Plus what makes me more angry is that If students could live off campus then, the surrounding community and travelers rest would build up around the policy change not to mention for the time being the few apartments that have opened up are just around the corner. Furman sounds like a great idea from the start and it really is an awesome school if you are coming here solely for academics and not for a college experience. And I firmly believe that you learn a lot from those experiences either cooking for yourself or finding a sublet Furman shelters students from these issues that graduates have to face in the real world. Furman is 100% a bubble and a lot happens within the gates but I feel as a consumer of their product it is disgusting how much they charge for what you get. Its truly a shame because there are several professors and faculty administrators that I really look up to but I can't say that I am having a good time at Furman my money would be well spent at Clemson or University of South Carolina Columbia or some other state school Furman just doesn't cut it in my book.