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I wanted to write this review to warn potential MS students about what "hybrid" means since it was not made clear before beginning the program. From all students I've spoken to we agreed that we felt deceived by the term hybrid and were anticipating a much more interactive program. Any didactic classes (or non-clinical experiences) are online. This does NOT mean you attend a lecture online, nor does it mean you watch a recorded lecture. You are assigned readings and assignments each week and it is self taught.... Read More You have "teachers" who send you announcements, grade your assignments, and occasionally host a "live zoom". It feels very disconnected. You don't really get to know your teachers or your classmates. With nursing, I find it's hard to retain information you are learning without the shared tidbits from professors regarding their personal experiences. They assign way too much reading and work to realistically complete each week, and no guidance on how to prioritize at least what is the most critical. So you are left on your own to decide what is important which causes anxiety and leaves you constantly feeling like you're not completing everything. Depending on your program you don't start clinicals for a full year (at least - can be more depending on the program). So that means your "relationships" with your professors and peers are strictly through online forums and emails for a good year. You can make the effort to reach out to people and organize get togethers but that is on you. The program does not facilitate this for you. Maybe other "hybrid" programs are this same format but definitely ASK the programs you are looking at to explain the structure of their online component! I wish I had.

By far the worst administration I've ever encountered. The amount of inconsistent and incorrect information being fed to me from every level of advisor up to department heads and program directors has been truly appalling, Im convinced no one at this school gives any care to their job. The director of my program, the woman who wrote the program and its required courses, didn't even know what seven (seven!!) classes she was in charge of (and teaching!). The education is mediocre at best, a perfect example of... Read More out of touch, tenured, professors using ancient textbooks written by friends and so engrained in their "method" it detracts from any relevant learning required for a professional future. Im in a DIGITAL marketing program and have yet to learn a single thing about digital-specific marketing (nor are my remaining, required courses at all related to the subject). The school is also believes the rent in Denver is a max of $800/mo, so if youre an adult attending full time, like myself, you will receive no further aid beyond what living with 3 other room mates will cost you. This school is massively out of touch, focused solely on individual cogs while missing the larger picture of providing a decent education without constant time sucks to make up for their extremely lacking administration. I absolutely regret attending this school.