New York Institute of Technology-Ellis College

I've been taking courses through Ellis since December 2007 after life circumstances brought about many state-to-state moves that interrupted my brick and mortar degree. I will graduate in Dec 2010 from NYIT. I warn anyone who decided to switch to Ellis U. When the press release came out I talked to my academic advisor as well as a representative from the ACCREDITING AGENCY. The rep basically told me that they've been on Ellis' case since December 2008 about separating from the Cardean Learning Group (a for profit organization). Ellis U hasn't done that and so the rep told me that as long as I graduate from NYIT before Feb 2011, I'm safe. Otherwise, they are counting on Ellis U's investors to pull out because the accreditation will be revoked due to their inability to be eligible for federal aid (since Cardean is a for profit company) and basically the school will not exist after Feb 2011. I feel sorry for the people who fell into the switch to Ellis U and didn't stick with NYIT. You were fooled into handing money to a company interested in your money and not with your education. For those of you who complained about finding out that you have to pay for courses without completing your degree...NEWSFLASH YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR SERVICES INCLUDING EDUCATION! It's your responsibility to finish and even if you take one or two courses you have to pay for it. Don't say that the school is horrible because you don't know how financial aid works. I too have had issues with financial aid, but it was a problem with the lender SallieMae NOT NYIT. I did the proactive thing and calculated how much my courses were going to cost me, when my academic year ended, how much if any in private loans I needed to arrange in order to make up the difference, etc. The Ellis of NYIT financial aid ladies knew me by name by the time I was done with my issues, but they were much more helpful than SallieMae ever was or will be. As for the course work, Ellis of NYIT should help remove the stigmas attached to distance learning programs. The coursework is challenging and I actually think that it has been more work taking online courses than it was sitting in a classroom. My average week schedule for just one class would include reading at least 100 pages in a textbook, making at least 1 analysis post to the discussion forum followed by 3 thoughtful responses to my classmates, an exercise from the textbook and finally an average of a 4 page essay every week PER CLASS. The entire textbook is covered in 6 weeks, not just 6 chapters. The end of each course usually requires a research-type project which ends up being a 15+ page paper. The professors are all really intelligent and active in discussion and open for questions. The professors are from prestigious colleges and universities. If you have a problem turning in your work, most of them will work with you, but they definitely won't baby you through the process. I'm proud to know that I will soon be a graduate of NYIT.

Excellent. I am nearly done with my degree program. Soon I will have a BS in Sociology and I could not be happier. Anyone who is in need of obtaining an online degree should heed some important warnings. One is to make sure the degree comes from a school with a history, one and that is regionally accredited. Ellis of NYIT is regionally accredited and my degree will come from NYIT. Be wary of new schools popping up and schools without a history or brick and mortar exsistence. Good luck to all. Your education is what you make it! Get involved, work hard, interact with other students. Don't let the negative people bring you down!

I have three more classes to complete at Ellis of NYIT. My degree will be from NYIT as will my transcripts. I will march in a graduation ceremony in Old Westbury New York this May and I will actually get my degree in March. The teachers have been excellent and I am proud of the work I have done. Do not let other people bring you down. If you want to learn you will and you can at this school. It is however up to each individual to make the best of every situation. I am a full time working wife and mother of a 7 year old. If I can do it...anyone can!!!!!

So I have been in audit with this school about the financial aid for over a year now. I got stuck in this audit because they told me I wasn’t allowed to file independent (because I wasn’t married for long enough). So a year later I get called telling me the I have to change everything. So after I sent them the massive amount of crap they ask for, they have called and e-mailed me 3 times a week for the last three months telling me something is missing, till this poor girl on the phone (yes the dreaded middle man) finds it and sends it back to them. The middle man can always find it, yet the ones doing the audit always says it’s missing. It was suppose to take 3 weeks, but since their auditors don’t know how to read, it makes things difficult. As for the teachers, I tried asking questions when I had problems which was a big mistake. One teacher told me that I should ask my fellow students and not bother him with questions (and btw I’m the person that asks like one question a year because I just prefer to deal with less people as possible, I’m not the kid that asks why the sky is blue). Another teacher told me I was unmoral because I wanted to track game play for a research assignment (and game play is the same as crack apparently, “I shouldn’t be messing with people’s addictions, and most of all their head.”) There are a few good teachers, just nothing exceptional. They also overcharged me the first year I was there by about $300 per class, that too took forever to clear up, especially since they kept doing it.