So, with all the people exposing LPS, and others. It’s time to talk college. First on the list is MLC.
While most people have a great time at MLC, both times I went I did not. I did however meet wonderful people on that campus who will remain forever friends, and teachers that I appreciate and admire.
•First, let’s talk about an experience that happened to a friend of mine. My friend has struggled with mental health issues such as depression and anxiety for a really long time. When brought to the attention of a person in authority, they literally told them, that “that’s not very Christian like of you.” My friend eventually left that campus after a short time.
•Someone else I know had their roommate be intimate with their partner in the room that they shared. After bringing it up with multiple RAs and staff members, nothing happened.
•The boys dormitory (specifically concord hall) is actually atrocious. Men walk around hallways naked during open dorms, obscene music is heard blasted down the corridors, and not to mention it smells awful. When a friend of mine talked to the tutor in the hall they said “oh, they’ll grow up.” -BUT THEY’RE ADULTS.
•Another friend of mine left within their first month at MLC. MLC practically forced them to leave because they thought that they were “unfit for ministry” because they have a disability. Because they didn’t fit the cookie cutter image that MLC wants to portray. Not to mention they were constantly the target of bullying from other students.
•Teachers hazed the same friend from the first story because they weren’t getting good enough grades even though they were going to tutors and I was helping them with homework and studying so much that they decided to quit church and ministry all together.
•A teacher of mine made us make memes about the Bible. My friends and I got kicked out of his class for not complying to do the assignment. (Because the Bible is ya know, sacred) that’s what YOUR hard earned money is getting donated to. And yes, we pay $27,000 a year to do stupid stuff like making memes in BHL instead of actually learning.
•MLC’s building a brand new sports facility and some fancy new dorms to “compete with other colleges.” Even though we have a perfectly good sports facility right down the hill from campus. Plus, people aren’t going to MLC because they want to have an actual college experience, but because they want to serve their Savior.
•MLC students frequently get MINORS from LPS,MLS, etc. DRUNK on their junior focus trip. It’s not just a sin- it’s against the law. The campus is aware but nothing has happened of course.
•MLC throws ravers and parties and minors get wasted pretty much every weekend.
•Weed is common on campus.- it’s still illegal in MN.
•People at MLC are two-faced as much as they are at LPS.
•If you’re “WELS- royalty” getting caught with/doing anything bad pretty much means you’re getting away with it.
• hazing isn’t as bad as I remember, but I mean... that wasn’t my experience.
• someone junior year got a letter sent to their home from MLC telling them they they were not “fit for ministry” even though they had average grades.
•MLC only cares about the paycheck.
My experience at MLC:
Becides the fact they hurt my friends, my experience overall was average. As someone who went to LPS, I was well aware of what I was getting into.
The second time was much worse than the first.
Have fun transferring to MLC from other colleges.
Barely any credits transfer if you end up lucky. You’ll have to repeat grades even though you have enough college credits to be a junior. I understand taking religion classes, but I was in classes that were general education classes, with people 3+ years younger than I was. I was re-learning information. I also was newly married and live 50 minutes away. I understand having a policy for on campus students about tardiness/missing classes. But when I was working 60 hour weeks at my minimum wage job to keep us living, I think there should be more understanding.
A teacher told me “school is your first priority.” And after missing like 2 classes, you fail. After we went entirely online, my depression and exhaustion from working so much got so bad that I just gave up entirely, and ended up dropping out. Currently I have decided I will not return. I know that others have good experiences but I did not.
Plus, for being a Christian institution people don’t act like Christians.
