Fairfax University of America

"This University is not very good. You can never reach anyone by phone. Prospective students have questions!! There is such a hassle for all the application requirements where they ask you to come back and forth to bring information. The campus is old and outdated. The posters on the wall are from the 90's. This school focuses closely on international students and ESL. The front desk girl was not helpful as I came in for an appointment and she acted like she wasn't aware of the person I was looking for and seated me down for 20 minutes until I inquired what was taking so long. She told me oh they're busy you'll have to come back. What!!??? It's called an appointment for a reason."

"Very bad university for international students mainly, first and the most important thing is they LOST Accreditation because they are a member of ACICS, so your degree don't mean nothing and plus you cant get your STEM OPT extension which is very crucial to a lot of students after you graduate who needs to get experience in this country in order to be successful. Second, most of the staff are very rude specially the international office or DSO office, they talk to you like you are working for them and they pay your rent, I think they forget that because of students tuition that all these people have jobs. they are few people that are friendly like the folks at the Career center and other areas but mostly anything related to international students offices I feel like they treat you like trash. In the end, if you are an international student DO NOT consider this university you will suffer from the first day you get in and ask for your first I-20 til your OPT if you are lucky to get it because again THIS university IS NOT ACCREDITED. I hope I can save some of you to not make the same mistake me and a lot of people I met made when we first came here."

"I am currently a VIU student in the ESL program. It has been a wonderful experience, great teachers and excellent events. I can totally recommend this university of you want to have a good time learning."

"Its my pleasure to reach VIU to learn a lot in the field of Health Care, as my background was Nursing in India. The faculty of Business school, keeps inspiring us to achieve targets in life. Even thought some don't like to encourage students, i like to grab a chance to gain knowledge, all the ways possible ."

"First of all, it is not a traditional university. It consists of few teacher and few class rooms. There is not any US-local students studying there. Secondly, staff is very rude, specially admissions. When you call, there is no one to pick up your call, if there is one, they connect you with any office, guess what they have full mail boxes. You even can not leave message. Dealing with admissions is another nightmare. It takes forever for them to look at something and get back to you. Because of admissions, my cousin missed whole semester. When we demanded them to do their job, I was asked not to contact school again. Please stay out of this school. It is a money trap, it is not worth it."