Francis Marion University Review

Francis Marion University is a really great school. As people quoted that it is easy to get into but hard to get out. It is what a person does with his or her major that counts. The university prepares the student to go out into the real world and start a great career. There may be some professors that may appear as slackers but there are some really great professors at FMU who care and want to see the students progress. For the negative reviews about FMU, I am a graduate from FMU and have met lots of students who were slackers. Therefore, if a student does not put in the effort then what can FMU do if the student is not willing to put their best foot forward.


My time at FMU generally positive. I am not sure why there are so many negative reviews about the school, but I have been gone for a while and do not know if things have changed that much. I cam to FMU the first year that Dr. Carter took over and witnessed many changed to the school and its physical presence in Florence until I move away in 2007. I enjoyed my time in the History Dept. The Professors were engaging and worked with students. They expected students to make an effort in their studies and were not tolerant of slackers. I also was involved in the School of Education. It focused mainly on education theory and not enough on practical classroom issues. I have come to learn that this is fairly normal for most colleges and universities.


I am outraged at what happened to me while I was a student at FMU. They couldn't find me an advisor while I was a marketing major so I had to get my schedule made by a woman in one of the offices in the school of business. Well turns out she gave me a biology 105 class with a biology 103 lab. Once I found out about this mistake, I informed her and she said she made no such mistake and I was given an F because of that.They also have HORRIBLE chemistry teachers, especially that Anderson guy. He moved way too quickly and was in no way a good professor. Most of the students in my class were failing and complained about his teacher. Why isn't he fired yet?One last thing. I had a C in spanish 101 and when grades came in, there was a D there instead. Well that caused my gpa to be a little lower than I wanted to be, but the following semester, that C I had miraculously appeared in place of the D and I hadn't retaken the course. I will never recommend anyone go to FMU (Frauds Merging University)