<p>As a matter of fact, yes, there are bad colleges. What is “bad” is subjective. H and I attended same college. We were first generation college attendees. It isn’t that the education per se was bad, but that in my major there was absolutely no advising (at that time) and the “career center” (to use the term very loosely) only catered to certain majors. So, how does this translate? H was assisted in finding a job, right out of school. People in my major floundered on their own and many ended up in low-paying jobs. Sad but true. If the school had been better at advising, they would have told students in my major that there was no room for career growth with said major UNLESS the student went on to graduate school. In my opinion, the school should have advised students upfront of this fact when they declared their major.</p>
<p>D attended local state university during senior year of high school for a couple of classes and thought it awful. Why? Students came to classes unprepared. Some came regularly hungover. This university has a reputation as a party school. She is intellectually serious and wouldn’t have ever considered applying there. </p>
<p>Hope this gives you insight as to how a school can be “bad.”</p>