A: There are dorms at Bastyr. You can live there year round. Every summer, half of the dorms are rented out to soccer camps. Therefore, if you live in a dorm that is going to be rented out, you are forced out of your dorm to move into a different one. But, they are cheaper than living in a private apartment or house.
Q: How much is tuition?
A: About $10K a quarter -- depends on how many credits you are taking.
Great place to explore!
Q: Can you tell me more about other programs?
A: No...I don't want to provide you inaccurate information about other programs. I can only tell you about my perspective being in the ND program.
UPDATE 5/27/1: A bunch of loud mouth individuals has massacred the reputation of the school's President by spreading lies about him. He has resigned today, along with the Chairman of the board. I don't blame them. The President has worked hard in making Bastyr better, and these idiots who don't agree with him has pushed him to the point where he no longer desires to help this school.
A: No.
I have since withdrawn from this school.
John J's review prompted me to write my own. I am a current Bastyr University student. The school is not doing well, but I don't believe it has anything to do with "social justice warriors". It's due to a board and administration that has put expansion over quality staff, faculty and education. This is why staff and faculty primarily are leaving en masse, and students will follow soon. Bastyr is experiencing a lot of problems, but I won't try to blame it on a culture war against upstanding people that don't like "BDSM" dances (I'm assuming this is in reference to a valentine's party in the cafeteria where a few people dressed risque as a joke..). If you are a prospective student, do not hesitate to message me with any questions you may have about this school.
Q: Isn't having social justice a good thing?
Q: Would you recommend becoming a ND?
Q: Would you recommend this school?
Update:
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Don't go here if you think this school's first priority is teaching medicine. Social justice warriors have overtaken the school. If you are a white male, get ready to be shamed. One of the school's founders, who is a white male, was publicly shamed last Friday during a town hall meeting when he urged everyone to respect each other. (How much more ridiculous can you get?.) This school does not care about its teachers or students' education. Professors, faculty, and students are leaving by the masses. Tuition is outrageous. Don't get me wrong, I would be happy to pay as much money as it takes for me to get the education I need to be an outstanding doctor. Sadly, this school misuses its funds. For example, tens of thousands of dollars were spent on a dance promoting BDSM.
I've received multiple emails asking me for more information about the school and the program - so to save some people from spending time to messaging me and me writing back, here are the answers to the FAQs:
I want to help anyone who may be interested in this school to weigh their options before investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in this institution.
Q: Tell me about the living accommodations at Bastyr.
For your sanity, DON'T enroll here. You'll be a part of a community full of idiots and petty @$$holes who still think they're in middle school.
A: Applying to MD school - wanting to specialize in Functional medicine
Q: What are you doing now?
If you are a prospective student, do not hesitate to message me with any questions you may have about this school
First, I want to say that I've given serious and genuine effort to this school before I writing this review, but after so many experiences in the admissions and interview process in trying to transfer to Bastyr to finish my ND education, I am sincerely alarmed and would not recommend this school to anyone at the moment. I went through serious politics at SCNM (naturopathic med school in AZ) after severe instances of bullying the administration would not address which worsened after my cohort classmate died in a tragic car fire (he feared he was being weeded out) and then an instructor was arrested for child molestation a few weeks after. I had failed an exam that had created an academic dismissal until I found out years later that the professor had her medical license revoked years prior, had endangered the public, had failed a jurisprudence exam, and then was found to be falsifying student grades (which likely happened to me). I had been applying to other schools long before it had gotten this bad at SCNM, and I started to pick up on a very fraudulent theme between the schools to take your money, make promises, but not do good business. In efforts to move forward, I applied to Bastyr and explained my situation honestly taking responsibility for where my weaknesses were but also being very honest about errors made that were not in my control. I found myself easily rejected by this school after I made serious efforts and invested considerably in my med school education. Early on, I received a phone call from Jane Guiltinan on my voice mail that was so hateful that she even said that "we wouldn't even consider you as a student" and nearly laughed that I had applied given my circumstance. I couldn't meet with any of the staff in person and was rejected in person meetings with Jane Guiltinan, Susan Weider, Arianna Staruch, even while Christine Masterson worked considerably to help try to open the door for me with this staff. In a time when women are working hard to step forward, many of these women put serious and detrimental road blocks in the paths of women to succeed. I applied diligently for about four years, each year bringing new evidence to the table that illegal issues had happened at SCNM and that I needed to be considered fairly. I was assertive and persistent. I finally was invited for an interview to Bastyr's San Diego campus in 2015 during a critical masters thesis time only to be interviewed by Tim Schwaiger, who was on my appeals committee for my academic dismissal fight at SCNM. He used the meeting as an intimidating meeting to essentially tell me in person that I would not be admitted even after publishing in the field, performing well, and having taken extra pre-recs for Bastyr. He didn't even care. I had spent hundreds of dollars to fly in, rent a car, and put on hold sick kids I was taking care of to walk into an interview to be blackballed by a doctor on a committee who I never had as an instructor and never knew me personally. I had talked about SCNM in my application, which put him as a conflict of interest to interview with. Not to mention, Bastyr has many old SCNM staff who are bothering potential students/interviewees when they interview. All of this is concerning, and I believe they are intentionally trying to hurt students and potential students in this process. They have clear agendas that are not authentic with with honoring talented potential students, and devalue any prep someone has done to be successful. Do not apply or go to this school at this time. They have not corrected anything in my direction even after numerous attempts to correct the facts, and I am concerned for anyone coming into this school and becoming vulnerable to this culture. This is a serious monetary investment, sacrifice, and it is very edgy emotionally and mentally to be an ND student. These staff members are not helpful but harmful. It simply does not represent what is needed to become a successful ND and the culture is more cut-throat rather than practical, grounded, and empowering toward success.
Q: What program were you in?
Q: How are the professors?
Again, if you have any questions about Bastyr or my experience at Bastyr, message me.
Very nice looking campus. The chapel is stunning and the programs offered are quite intresting.
A: Doctor of Naturopathic Program
A: Some are phenomenal, and some are not - just like any other schools. But now, Bastyr is hiring more newbie doctors to fill in the gap of more experienced and knowledgeable professors that have been leaving.
A: No.
A: Yes, it is a good thing. However, there is a proper way to go about it. Condemning the Founder and President of the school because of the color of skin is inappropriate. Bastyr is an institution that was originally started as a Naturopathic medical school. Other programs at this school lean towards medicine, nutrition, psych, and exercise. When you divert your attention from the medicine, the medicine suffers. Right now, there is a very small fraction of the student body trying to overthrow the President. Why? Because he is a fairly new President, and he is a white male. But it is too bad because so much time and energy have been spent dealing with "high school" BS could be better spent finding ways to better the teaching environment/techniques for current students.
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