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This is by far the worst university I have ever attended. They claim the program to be for working nurses with families yet every semester they come up with completely unreasonable rules that insinuate otherwise. How the hell do you come up with a rule that states late assignments receive a 0 just the same as an assignment not turned in at all. How the hell do you come up with a rule that states they will not round grades up but will happily round them down to the lower grade. Do not attend this school if... Read More you work or have a family. One time, literally everyone in the class failed an exam and the professors blamed the students. The lectures are taught by mostly incompetent working Nurse Practitioners that can barely answer any questions without having to look them up and get back to the class. Yet you as the student should be able to answer the dumb exam questions they come up with that don't even match what they say in lecture. I have two degrees, so I know that school is tough. I know that these programs have to appear rigorous and competitive. But the way this school goes about it seems more like they are just interested in weeding people out, instead of actually teaching the profession.

I'm disappointed I didn't find this website prior to starting this program. I actually transferred here from a major University primarily because I needed the online class consistency. I also work full time and have a family, so with the pandemic, going to class / not going to class and school/no school for my daughter was too complex to manage. I also have a Master's in Public Administration from a number one ranked university and am appalled by how bad the content is for this program. We are 4 weeks in and... Read More the online asynchronous work is outdated, does include a lot of ridiculous (and FREE) youtube videos, podcasts and other free content that we could find on our own. To date, I haven't had a single actual lecture and frankly find that the scope of the coursework is absurd even though I know they are following what they need to follow for certification. But NO, you should not be trying to teach biased social policy and government from youTube (that's why you go get your MPA!). The professors are very young and are very busy with their other jobs. If I was paying a reasonable amount, I could get behind this program as a means to an end. However, for two classes, i'm paying over $6000 and they charge you student fees even tho you get nothing for that fee. Their marketing team has been well trained and they definitely spend a lot of money on people to call you and help you sign up for class - it's like having a manager. But then you are dropped. I've had to email for the last month to get my scholarship money applied (they also tried to take it away from me after tricking me into signing up for November when the classes they told me to take were not even offered and then forcing me to instead start in January). I also emailed asking for a financial aid officer to call me about option for the public service loans that are repaid and that was a week ago. I still haven't heard back. The other thing I would strongly caution is that they promise "tons of classes and class times." this is not true. many of the classes are late at night, which is just not conducive to my life. For each class this semester, only one was offered during the hours when my daughter was a school. When I told my "manager" that I could only find one time slot for each class that worked and he cautioned there would be times where I didn't have a choice. Frankly, I think this program is probably a huge racket. In order to pay for school, I do have to work and I do have an obligation to my family. But not surprisingly, neither social work program I was in gave two sh**s about that. So basically they rail on systemic failings of our social welfare systems but opt out of the role they play. And, to date, I haven't learned anything I haven't learned in my prior stats and policy classes. It feels like a HUGE waste of money.