I have been a student at Meridian for about a year now. I was not expecting my masters to be this challenging and Meridian is not for everyone. If you just want to get the degree as easily as possible, this is for sure not for you! I Before Meridian, I actually thought I was in that group, but the transformative learning aspect has actually been really valuable. (If you don't know what that is, find out first!)

The biggest downside of Meridian would be the online platform, but they are apparently replacing that? Faculty are great. Staff are.. fine, but you have to email with them mostly.

I guess my key point is that you learn everything you need for counseling licensing, but also get a lot of support with growing as a person along the way, which is of course useful in counseling, but also beyond that. I would recommend Meridian to anyone who is up for the challenge. (I'm doing the Accelerated format by the way -- it is fast, but it is a lot of work)