Otterbein University

Very small but beautiful campus. Friendly city surrounding. Columbus is a short drive away and Polaris Fashion Place is a shorter one. The faculty are practically your friends and the learning environment is easy to adjust to. Highly recommend this school if you can afford it.

Saw the play, Bright Star. Amazing. Actors performed exceptionally well. Bravo! For me the seating was a Struggle. Very tight. I get knee pain & spasms if i sit in on position too long. For that fact the venue was uncomfortable for me.

At Otterbein University on Saturday I attended Studio 18, Unusual Bizarre Art Market. While there I met a lovely young woman selling southern sweet tea (Cuddy's Premium Blends), (her Grandmother's recipe), and gourmet popcorn. While listening about her products I decided to taste her sweet tea...... and I am glad I did! The most refreshing flavorful sweet tea I have ever had. While drinking the tea I could picture a granddaughter with her grandmother in a kitchen laughing together. The tea's special ingredient is LOVE that is why it is so amazing. I also bought the Punch Popcorn and the Holy Trinity Mix Popcorn both very tasty!! I highly recommend trying all of Kristin DeBerry products. I see a bright future for this company. Hopefully she will be attending the One Year Anniversary Celebration Market on April 15th. from 11 to 5pm, 1 South Grove St. 43081 Otterbein University Towers Hall. See you there! 😎 also in attendance was Goodies By Grace, Emily Collet Painter & Illustrator, Midnight Mystiquee Katy Willis, Two Tigers Coffee, Check Out My Balls (house plants) many more and live music!

First- good grants and GREAT professors. The business department is great if you choose to put in the effort. Eskew, Levin, Mafi, Day, Ross, and Sikes were all GREAT- they're insightful and know their fields. Dr. Zimmerman (who is sorely missed) had lectures that deserved a cult following. IF you're not trying to engage with your professors, then reconsider why you're coming here- Otterbein definitely has the tools to help you build your portfolio, but you have to go in with the intention to seek all of that out. Second- the culture is slightly overbearing; at it's worst, it's a tad preachy, but it was never something to get worked up over. It's a bit of a bubble. Third- by November, judging by student parking availability, it can feel as if 40 to 50 percent of campus goes back to their folks's house, another university, or their significant others by 3 pm every Friday. If you plan on staying, make sure you're in Greek life, play a sport, or have friends from out of state. Otherwise, keep a half-packed suitcase in your car at all times... or better yet, utilize the variety of student organizations most of campus loves to ignore (it will do good for your resume anyway). Fourth- the food ranges from good, to ok- to just plain repetitive.. The staff is really friendly, but their methods of re-purposing leftovers is hard to ignore by the time your a sophomore. Overall, there are some great professors here and Westerville is a cool town that's fairly close to a variety of ski resorts, concert halls, metro parks, OSU night life and sports events. If you've got a solid idea of what you want to accomplish, and take a healthy dose of initiative,- then I'd say this place is worth your money. One last important side not that I cannot stress enough is how helpful the academic and student support centers are. Don't be conceited- check them out immediately if you think you're drifting- the school really does want you to get your money's worth.

Helpful staff, wonderful learning environment, sweet town. The service department tends to lack, my roommate and I had to wait 1 1/2 months for them to change a light bulb in our dorm and they don't seem to feel it is there job to fix greek life's dishwashers and laundry machines even if the school owns the houses. Same goes for back porches. The environment of the school and the willingness to help from all the other departments make up for it. Professors are actually willing to help (well some) and the general concensus is that they want all of their students to succeed and are more than willing to help you do so. This university will always have a soft spot in my heart and I miss everyone and everything there dearly.

Absolutely do not attend this school, avoid at all costs. I attended this school for 1 semester, and not only was I lied to, but they even refused to transfer my credits to another university. If you are looking to have your education take as long as possible while your bank account gets drained, then this is the school for you.

Lived on campus for a year. Sororities scream or "chant" all night long. Police do nothing. Over the course of a year, I had one good roommate and two awful roomates. One of the roomates had a serious drug problem and her much older boyfriend staying in the room. My RA did nothing but say " just don't let me hear about it". Residence life would not let me switch rooms. I could not get an apartment off campus because I was not 22 yet. On top of all this, the nursing program/department was an unorganized mess. Professors were always on a different page and the online struggle never worked. I transferred and have much happier elsewhere.

Quaint campus in a quiet suburb setting. Walking distance to many great restaurants too.

Loved the Otterbein Singers benefit concert for the library

Greek life is great. Lamb over rice make sure to get the house sauce. 😋 …