The Univeristy of Phoenix Lies about being readily available and best option for Working Adults - Uof P is a SCAM Internet Chandler Arizona
The University of Phoenix's main premise is that the student can "Log in and participate with your class when and where you choose. Participate three or four days each week depending upon your degree program. "
This is not true. They only give you 4 weeks to complete the class. This is not enough time to "learn" anything. And the teachers are not even available. If you ask a question you have to wait 3 days for an answer or longer. By that time almost all of the assignments in question are due! They give you so much work, but not enough time to complete it in. It is almost impossible to remember it all. Even if the student does well, they probably don't absorb the information that was covered. There is no standardized testing, and the whole idea that you can
"Log in and participate with your class when and where you choose. Participate three or four days each week depending upon your degree program."
is a lie.
Sometimes the instructors post questions, and you answer them, but that doesn't count towards the "participation" grade that mainly effects your score. The student's score is based on whether they log in and talk to themselves! It is rediculous. I can't imagine someone actually graduating. I never got above a C+ after the easy "pre-requisites" they made me take.
Originally the recruiter who called me to sell me on UofP basically ignored me when I said I wasn't ready to go to college because I couldn't afford it. He said, "well you will make more money once you have your degree, and therefore make yourself more marketable in the workforce". I didn't even agree and he still enrolled me. I cautiously just agreed (after he enrolled me)and thought perhaps I could handle it! I knew in my heart it was a scam, but I was hoping it wasn't. The "recruiter" or as I like to call him "scam artist" told me I could apply my credits, but none of my 65+ credits were applicable, so my graduation date was projected as 2009 and I enrolled in 2005. So the whole graduate in half the time scenerio is also false, because they pile on so many classes it is basically like going back to school and starting from scratch!
All these 4 to 5 week classes all cost 1500 per class. Absolutely a rip off. Regular brick and mortar schools may boast about that or more per class, but at least you get a teacher, in the class and way more time to complete the course. If someone reads this and finds any kind of legal mis-doings, or could assist me, I would be very grateful. I know I must pay for the services, however, I feel I was conned, and now out a lot of money for nothing.
thanks.
Tara
Chicopee, Massachusetts
U.S.A.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Lsexton101
None,Connecticut,
U.S.A.
Cheated
#5Consumer Comment
Mon, October 27, 2008
I enrolled looking to better myself. Attended a couple of classes, and got some credits.
First of all the recruiter told me I could pay monthly. I said cool. let me know when to start paying. He said ok, and Ithen went for a student loan to help defray costs.
two days before class starts he calls me and says I need to pay 700 dollars. I told him he was not going to get that from me. long story short, he admitted he screwed up, and we would just work it out from there. I said cool, and started to attend.
I attended 1 1/2 semester before I was notified my tuition was going up out of the clear blue.
I responded by telling them I would not continue attending as I couldn't pay that much in tuition.
They evidently still collected the full loan amount for that semester and are now trying to charge me $700 as well.
I'm sorry, but when the feds finally close this school, and they will someday soon the way this economy is going, i will be happy.
The recruiter never spoke to me after the day I told him I wouldn't be attending. Didn't return a call, nothing. The bottom line is he was negligent in is job, and yes it is the schools responsibility to work with the students. theres no other way to white was it.
I don't care who cares to try and spin this the bottom line is this school is a rip off,a dn the organization I work at wouldn't even wipe their noses with a degree from this place.
Lizz
Mesa,Arizona,
U.S.A.
Interesting
#5UPDATE Employee
Fri, October 24, 2008
If you thought UoP was a scam in the first place why did you sign up? I have been a student for the past year, and yes it is a lot of work, but there is no way I could have gone to a traditional University. I have to participate 4 days a week, plus answer my DQ's easy enough. If you actually print the syllabus, it is very easy to keep track of your assignment as there is usually a calendar that list all due dates. Now I was able to apply 78 credits to my undergrad program, transfering credits depends on where you took your classes. If you attended a tech program for Medical assisting, and did not take General education classes like English and Math, you can't expect to transfer in any of those credits. You do graduate in half the time, think about going to a traditional Univeristy, could you attend full time? No, you would probably only be able to take 4 classes a year, UoP 10. I am happy with my education, and at times it may seem rushed but I am getting a lot out of it. It is all about what you put it.
It sounds like you may have not been prepared for doing so much work, this is a common misconception that online is easier, it is not. This is college and if it was really easy everyone would have a degree, not just 25% of Americans. Stop whining and get back in school.
Emily
Queen Creek,Arizona,
U.S.A.
Masters Degree Graduate
#5Consumer Comment
Thu, October 23, 2008
I am a graduate of the Masters Degree in Healthcare Admin program at UOP. I took 3 of my classes online. I took the rest ground. Not all the classes have final exam's however I large amount of them do. Finance, Statistics, Project Management, and Employment Law were extremely difficult classes. These classes all tie in together and if you take them in the right order you will see that. I must say the the learning teams are a great experience. I learned so much from them. In most jobs, you are part of a "team". People who don't like the team's don't see the relevance it has in the workplace.
I had to post 4 times a week at least 2 paragraphs a day to questions. We also were required to stay active in class discussions and our answers had to be in depth and relevent.
I wrote papers and did team projects every week. You have to hold your team members accountable in school as in work. If people take their educations seriously this new way of learning can work. I work fulltime and am a single mother of a 7 year old boy. There is no way I could have done this at a traditional school.
The extra money I paid was worth it....
Ted
Tempe,Arizona,
U.S.A.
How exactly did you feel conned?
#5Consumer Comment
Tue, October 07, 2008
Did you not sign all of the paperwork? You stated that the "recruiter" enrolled you even though you didn't agree. How is that possible, did you not send them a trancript request so they could try to get your 65 credits? How much of an unwilling participant were you? Just wondering.