University of Phoenix

I spent about 3 years with some breaks between my classes. I had problems mostly with the bureaucrats of the school. I've had my financial aid messed up where I actually had to call them to help them discover there was an issue and they had overpaid me $9. This put a stop on all my financial aid for months. I had an academic counselor talk to me demeaning and when I told her to stop talking to me like a child, she told me to stop acting like one. I've had the university screw up paperwork numerous times. Their urn around time to get you anything is about 2 months. They lost my diploma in the mail by sending it to the wrong address. I'm not sure how since I supplied them with my address. I owe over $60,000 and expect top notch professional behavior from such an expensive institution. I would never recommend going to UoP unless you have no other choice and are willing to deal with bureaucratic incompetence. You will also be in classes with elementary level ability to put together sentences even though you are in a graduate program. I also was denied field observation time in some schools because I went to an online school. While I learned a lot from my classes, it was all because of the effort I put forth with some of the resources provided by the website and not because of the instructors who do nothing more than grade your participation and answer questions. If you go to this school you will have to keep track of everything, be on top of it all, and do everything. You surely will feel like a phoenix when you graduate from here, yet you will probably wish the institution fell in the ashes.

Ask a lot of question before you enroll!!! Let me offer you a tip: -Ask about student placement and the relationship they have with the school board in your State. -Ask about the Learning Teams (you are put with irresponsable people and that affects your grade) -Ask about the Counseling and Education Specialist, they are there to support but that is not the case. -Ask about the Acreditation (they were put in probation when i was just starting the courses)

It is important for students to know what they are getting for their money. In my opinion, some of the students, who are admitted, may be individuals who would not get into another institution. The university forces students to complete projects in a learning team manner, which means that some students may do more work than others (but all receive the same grade). The course shells were provided, but each instructor could modify the class after the first unit. This means that students in the same program would not receive the same education. In addition, each instructor was responsible for creating what he/she thought would be important. For the price of the education (and the declining reputation) it is important to evaluate whether the degree is worth the paper it is printed on.