New York Institute of Technology-Ellis College

This is a joke right?! How many of you had to take an extra math science, and english class after having entered the school with an Associates in Science and an Associates in Arts degree. The college made me take their Human Anatony and Business English courses among others to complete my degree. I had to take an additional 30 plus credits. The school allowed me to enroll in 3 classes at a time. They certified my PRIVATE student loan with my mother as a coaigner who made 10 dollars an hour. I recieved a 40k loan and gave them the money upfront for my tuition. Plus they took out federal loans in addition to that loan. Today i am still in defauly on that private loan which is now at 120k. This school has ruined my life......i was young and niave and they took advantage of me .I graduated with a 3.24 and I have a B.S in Accounting. Which has been a nightmare with emplyers after the scandal. This school is a joke and it should have to pay for their wrong doings not pay the government in fines.

I attended NYIT when the Cardean group was in charge, I completed my undergrad degree, sat out a semester and then came back for graduate degree. Everything supposedly okay, never owed a dime. I withdrew, was able to request copies of all my transcripts for about two years, with no issues. All of a sudden, I receive notifications that I owed NYIT money. When I inquired why, I got no response other then that they sent the "situation" to a collection agency. Mind you, I had ALREADY graduated and received copies of my transcripts. If it was a bonafide debt, why would I have been allowed to obtain copies of my records? Why did it take them almost two years to tell me about it? Shysters, crooks. I would NEVER recommend NYIT or anything to do with Ellis to anyone EVER.

The administration is incompetent, does not know what they are talking about, and you will get different answers to the same questions depending on which department you talk to - sometimes even by people in the same department. I STILL haven't received my diploma and graduated in march of 2007! Two years after I graduated (and I had been asking and asking where my diploma was) they told me I had a balance due (which of course was not the case according to 3 different administrators while I was attending). Then they couldn't even come up with a statement so that I could see how they miraculously came up with a debt. The made-up debt is paid now and I STILL have not received it. I believe that most of the teachers were decent human beings, however, some didn't know the subjects they were teaching any better than I did, some were too busy to answer questions, and some wanted to grade you on participation like we were still in junior high school. Overall, a horrible experience and I would advise anyone who is considering this school to seek education somewhere else. ANYWHERE else.

This school did not inform me that my student loan did not cover all of my tuition. Financial aid and the bursars office would not send me any documentation of the mistake they made, and now they sent me to a collections agency and will not release my transcripts.

I am a military student at NYIT (Ellis campus), I like most of the classes I take, the professors are pretty military friendly HOWEVER, some of the professors SUCK when it comes to our unique military situations namely the MARINES and ARMY members, being the field. At time one has to DRAG the cooperation out of an instructor if any. Most courses require an INTRO to the class, and that is when most military students put their situations out there for the class and instructors to see. It's after that is done is when the instructor will usually contact you explaining their views on your situation, or totally ignore it all together and nuke you when your on mission (away from the computer) for a week or so. That's pretty bad considering all we may need is some extra time to hand in an assignment OR to hand them in earlier if possible. The only fix is to withdraw an "hope" you next instructor is "military friendly", this is a pain in the ass. FINAL THOUGHTS: NYIT (ELLIS) has a good online program although it's closed to new students. It's too costly for the general public Their military friendliness is hit or miss with regards to instructors. The cost for undergrad military is the standard $250 per credit. Most schools charge this amount since its guaranteed revenue for them. The NYIT name is a good thing for the graduates. They have since removed the Ellis Faculty references from all diplomas since the Ellis Campus is closing.

First off I am a military student, that's why I rated the VALUE section as a 10 otherwise tuition is too costly for most people paying out of pocket. Heck you can go to George Washington University for a bit less. The School is pretty good as is the "classroom" environment. Some of the teachers (the same happened during my regular courses as a B&M college) are not really that interactive, while other are over the top, but so far so good. Support services BITE! As mentioned above, ID's take MONTHS to get, diplomas take MONTHS to get after graduation, The financial Aid department OMG so bad it's not funny, Enrollment advisers have lied to several people I know to get them to enroll, No breaks between classes, the former Cardean Administrative people I spoke with were rude especially the former Provost of Ellis College (An NYIT PHd is now the Provost), I could go on.... All these things are too much for a student to be worrying about, classes should be the focus for us NOT the admin BS. Basically this review is mute because NYIT - Ellis Branch is no longer accepting students for their online program. And NYIT itself is now overseeing the former Ellis College of NYIT students. In the future NYIT will be doing the distance Ed thing again so this is for them! If it's an NYIT program GO for it, if it's an ELLIS UNIVERSITY or CARDEN LEARNING GROUP (of Chicago) program RUN AWAY and save your money. Until they get their act together in the Big Office going with Ellis University/Cardean LLC will not be worth the problems you'll have AND you will save money.

Let me clarify something FIRST, The NYIT-Ellis Academic Branch (or campus)and Ellis University are NOT the same school. The Corporation that administrated the NYIT-EC academic branch (Cardean Learning LLC) runs/owens Ellis University. The NYIT-Ellis Branch is run by and accredited under The New York Institute of Technology umbrella. Ellis College of NYIT students are in fact NYIT students. Ok, now for the review. NYIT - Ellis is getting much better now that Cardean is no longer overseeing that program for NYIT. The NYIT-Ellis College students are starting to get regular NYIT student benefits as we should have from day one. The Cardean people were VERY BAD at administration, everything from financial aid and student ID cards, to basic information like when a class started was lost with them. They honestly sucked. However, the courses are top notch and are very interactive. This college requires lots of student interaction and writing projects. It's a breath of fresh air to talk to ones classmates. Student Benefits: Six weeks courses Learning by doing Very interactive Great teaching interface/classroom Yourname@NYIT.EDU Email accounts (starting very soon) Access to all NYIT resources(On campus WiFi access, NYIT E-libraries, NYIT employment assistance etc...) Graduate Benefits: NYIT Alumni NYIT Degree NYIT Transcript services ***IMPORTANT NOTICE*** NYIT- ELLIS COLLEGE is NO LONGER accepting students into THEIR distance learning program, Ellis College will be fully integrated into NYIT over the next several months and will cease to exist. For the remaining students the courses will be still taught by adjunct faculty of Cardean and NYIT. Which is good because they have some impressively credentialed Professors teaching these courses. PLEASE!!!! DO NOT LET ELLIS UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT ADVISERS TRY TO TRICK YOU INTO THINKING YOU ARE ENROLLING INTO THE NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY THEN ONLY TO FIND OUT LATER THAT YOUR AN Ellis University STUDENT. THE CUT OF FOR NYIT-ELLIS' FINAL ENROLLMENTS WAS IN AUGUST 2008.

I highly recommend this school to anyone considering distance learning. You get great faculty who care and assist all the way. I was skeptical at first but I completed 68 credits and am now in their MBA program offered at alumni discounted fee.

I graduated with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in March 2007. I loved the online atmosphere. It is very interactive and I liked how I was able to have conversations in real time with other students in the class as well as be able to leave messages on the message board. Most of the teachers I had were great. There was one teacher who was horrible! He would answer student's questions with questions. The financial aid dept, bursar's office, and the other support services left a lot to be desired. It took about 6 months for me to finally get my diploma. Then when I got it, they spelled my name wrong!!! I still haven't got that fixed yet. My family and I went to the graduation ceremony in May 2007 and it was great. There was no difference between the people who went to Ellis and NYIT. I would attend Ellis again in a heartbeat!!!

The school is a quick way to finish a degree. Admin is a bit messy, I had 4 advisors over a 2 year period. But I also had some personal problems which interfered with my progress and they were understanding. It is expensive, but the classes are pretty good, I had great instructors, and I have an accredited degree.

I completed the degree program, but found the college overall to be unorganized with respect to their support services and financial aid. I had three different advisors in one year and my financial aid was process incorrectly every single time it was time to process it. I had to constantly keep accurate records of what had been paid because their online student account system was always wrong. My advisors were nice--they just kept changing them which was frustrating because I would keep having to introduce myself and explain what my goals were every time I called advising. The undergrad instructors were good and most were extremely supportive. The program is expensive but it is convenient. Definitely room for improvement and there is a huge disconnect between the NYIT portion of their "college". NYIT has little to do with Ellis College which is owned by the Cardean Learning group. Being associated with a brick and mortar school gives them some credibility but they definitely need to develop more bite when it comes to valuing students and organizing support services. If you are looking for a decent, accredited, and fairly quick undergrad degree they are okay. Just be prepared to spend a lot and I mean a lot of time on the phone and e-mailing financial aid, bursar, student records, etc. Once you get past that--then it is okay.