University of Phoenix - IT and Computer Science Reviews
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On the Fence
School recommended by
Heather
on
September 22, 2009
2/2 people found this review helpful
A lot of complaints written on UoP. I am torn as I write mine (yes, I'm currently enrolled) because there are good points as well as bad. The good is that it is an accredited university, so it's eligible for my employer to reimburse me. I have actually learned more than I expected to in my classes. The worst of the bad is the expense. A 3-credit hour class is now $1,035.00 (as of 9/2009). If my degree were available at CSU, it would run $594.00. HUGE difference. Plus once you sign on for the program, your cost is locked in...not so at UoP. You're subject to the annual fee increase. The instructors are good & bad. Some instructors are ON it. They provide you with office hours and a phone number where you can reach then in addition to the usual email address. Others...well...they give you an email addy & then you HOPE you never have to reach them with a question on your quickly-coming-due assignment. The class work isn't hard, reasonable expectations for posting. I'm a major procrastinator, I don't start my final projects until the weekend they're due & still manage to scrape up a 3.7 GPA. My academic advisor is great (Craig Brown) but I haven't had much luck with my financial advisor (though I recently got a new one). The old one was useless. Sent an email with advise to get financial aid. I don't want that loan out over my head...so I pay as I go. I had to take almost a year off because my husband wasn't working...and I still got a phone call every 4-6 weeks from Craig asking if I was ready to come back yet. Very undertanding and sypathetic when I couldn't, but no pressure. Once I was ready...I shot him an email & told him to hook me up. I was enrolled within 15 minutes for my next set of classes. He's great! So to end my rambling...I'd suggest pricing out other universities first...but UoP isn't a bad option either.
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School not recommended by
Jennifer
on
September 10, 2009
2/2 people found this review helpful
I had the worst experience at U of P. They stated that they tell everyone all the information they can to make sure that you are successful. They tell you everything they want you to know and nothing about anything that can actually help you avoid problems in the future. Your financial counselor and your academic counselor will hound you almost every day during your first block of classes but still won't provide you will all of the information until it is too late and you are already screwed over by this school. Save your money and go to a community college cause U of P is just a rip-off.
Invest your money in a local community college
School not recommended by
David powell
on
August 14, 2009
4/4 people found this review helpful
This school is not worth the money invested because the credits are not easily transferrable after a large portion of money invested i learned that the degree is not very respected and the credits dont transfer very easily to a accredited school.
University of Phoenix Education
School recommended by
Deborah Styles Best
on
May 23, 2009
8/13 people found this review helpful
The entire time I attended the University of Phoenix, I learned a lot and how to work with a team. The real workforce consist of working as a team, not an individual. The course work was not hard at all. Some of the classes were challenging but with research and resources that is how I was successful in making mostly A's the entire time. I used the library most for most of my papers and the chapters for the subject. I had positive classmates and few were laid back.
I had some personal crisis such as family deaths and I thank god for an understanding team. Always remember, a team is a group of people that work together to complete a single task. I have just completed the masters and survived a layoff with having a degree. I would recommend this University to anyone. I would love to teach at this school after completion, at least I know the protocol and what to expect from students because I was a student.
IT
School not recommended by
Krissy
on
April 15, 2009
36/38 people found this review helpful
Doesn't it look like the same person wrote all of these reviews? Each one has similar content, is phrased similarly and have the little (parentheses asides) in them. They are not real reviews, it is the work of recruiters/marketers.
My personal dealing with the online colleges is this: They are NOT interested in you if you have used up a good bit of your student loans/Pell grant towards education at another college...I used 60 of mine and as soon as Phoenix realized this, no more phone calls or speeding thru the process. Got the brush off.
SAME EXACT thing with Kaplan. They are only interested in your money. Yes, they are both regionally accredited but think about it: How many schools require 180-190 credits minimal for undergraduates to graduate to a bachelor's degree? They are getting as much of your money as they can. If it doesn't look like your loans/grants are going to pay for 90% of it, they don't want you--which shows a lot.
Other regular universities (I'm not talking about Harvard or other picky, selective universities) simply use what aid you have left and after that is spent they make you pay out of pocket for each semester before the semester starts. They don't write you off.
And from the realistic-sounding (not canned) reviews I've read on the Net, the coursework seems preset, the teachers don't teach, and things are mostly graded falsely by machines and don't actually reflect the quality of your work at all. Oh, and there are about 125 rip off reports on Kaplan...just go to ripoffreport and type Kaplan in the search. There's 444 on Phoenix. Penn State world campus is an accredited online college, and has maybe 3 or 4 reports so yes, there are good online colleges but more bad ones.
Avoid if you want a real education
School not recommended by
Donna
on
March 09, 2009
13/14 people found this review helpful
Learning by consensus. Basically, the facilitators (not professors or teachers) told you what to do, and they graded your work. There was very little input by them. You discussed what you thought was wanted of you with your co-students and came up with answers. You never really were told if you were correct or not. When you asked for help, if you were lucky you got a very little bit of help. If you weren't lucky, you either made something up or failed.
Masters Information Sciences/Project Management
School recommended by
Charlotte
on
May 15, 2008
3/6 people found this review helpful
The coursework was hard. There are weekly papers that take a lot of time and effort. I enjoyed having access to the library collection, as well as the writing center resources. I had both good classmates and bad ones, but I managed to grab a fellow student during my first class that proved to be as hardworking and serious as myself. Overall, people should think about their time availability and discipline. If you are a procrastinator, online school is not for you. Professors do not care to push you or check up on what is wrong. The responsibility of success lies in your hands.
University of Phoenix (online) Masters in Information Systems Management
School recommended by
Ervin
on
April 25, 2008
6/8 people found this review helpful
Overall the coursework was challenging, and not so time consuming that you couldn't do it. Normally you had three major papers due during a typical six week class - these were researched papers and or projects that were directly relevant to what the class was supposed to teach you, you also had weekly participation requirements that had to be met.
The primary tools used were Outlook Express (sending and receiving email - as well as keeping track of "threads"). I never actually had a problem with any instructor as far as interaction went, they basically had the same participation requirements as everyone else - they were typically on the email about 5 times a week.
Enjoyed the experience, not sure I am ready to do it again. I already owned a computer business, so it just helped to solidify what I already had.
