Drexel University

Drexel University Online is a rip off. After searching for an online program for a year. I finally stubble upon Drexel's Certification track programs. I thought this would be a great way to continue my education online while gaining accreditation from this university.

Drexel found away to tarnish my academic career and my financial stability.
After numerous attempts to contact my adviser. I finally got her on the phone only to be made aware that the grade that I had been calling and emailing about has now turned into an F.

I am now fighting for my grade to be changed.
During my last year with Drexel I was also not made aware that my students loans had not gone through after numerous conversations with Financial Aid. After finally catching up with my adviser I was told that I could not apply for graduation because there was some type of hold on my account. Upon farther investigation I found out that I did not receive funding for the last year of school and now I owe the school over $14,000 dollars.

Stay away from this school. There is no guidance and if you are a busy professional that does not have time to set up and check your Drexel email you will learn to regret it.The cost of prestige is not worth your GPA or financial stability.

I recently graduated the CMGT masters program at Drexel. I worked hard and graduated with straight A's. The problem with having an objective discussion about a program an individual is enrolled in is criticism brings you down with it. If I were to tell my employer the following, he would be much less likely to promote me, which is why I entered the program in the first place. So, I hope that this forum sheds some lights on the many problems facing the masters CMGT program at Drexel:

1. The classes are a joke. I'm not exaggerating. Ever pick up one of those self-help books while waiting at the airport and think, who reads this crap? Yeah. That's your curriculum. Classes totally lack objectivity. "Scheduling" is not scheduling. "Estimating" is not estimating. I learned literally nothing that will help me in my career as a project manager. Two years of fluff for $50,000. Not a bad business model.

2. The professors are part time academics who spend little, if any, time interacting with students. The "lectures" are pre-recorded audio or video presentations, many of which are nearly a decade old. Good luck getting a response to that email you sent out last week. In the middle of my last quarter, a professor actually went on vacation for a week. What?

3. The quality of the lectures is as embarrassing as the content. It really is bad.
4. On top of the desperately lacking academics, I'm not sure how this program is even accredited. Halfway through the program, I realized I was facing 4 BACK TO BACK QUARTERS with none of the classes I needed to graduate. That's a year. You can't make this up. No, I didn't screw up how I planned out my classes. No, I wasn't the only one caught up in this predicament. I wound up losing my concentration (project management) and graduating with "green" and "real estate" classes that were even more lacking than their project management counterparts. My employer was thrilled. "Tell me again why you're taking this sustainability BS?"5. The only reason I would consider entering into this program was if I was only concerned with getting the "MS" after my name. But I think most people are concerned with getting something out of their education by the time they go back for their masters. Especially when it's as expensive as Drexel.

My professors were all incredibly unhelpful. The courses I took were pretty much useless and the textbooks we read were only mildly related to the assignments we were expected to complete. These professors couldn't even practice what they preached. This program was a complete waste.

The teachers are not held accountable for what they teach. Some think they are above answering questions from students. Some teachers just take off on vacation during the middle of a term. The school is VERY political. There's no financial help offered by the University even with a 4.0. Financial Aid always says to get a loan. I definitely would not go to this school if I had it to do over again.

There is little good to say about this school. The campus and buildings are ugly, and 95% of the people are self-absorbed anti-social introverted freaks. You will not make good friends here. Many of the courses are trite and was a repeat of what I did as an undergrad. I'd rather take a swim in the Schuylkill River than go to this school. Don't come here because they offer you money, that's what I did and I regretted it ever since. The reason it is easy to get money is because NO ONE WANTS TO GO HERE. Avoid at all costs if you value your sanity.