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Anonymous (In Progress) on February 23, 2012 (email verified)

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BSN I am half way done with my BSN and so far I have nothing but all wonderful experience. The teachers are very knowledgeable and reponsive. Personal Advisor and financial councelor are always available and willing to answer any question I may have. The only problem I want to mention is being online provider, the technology does not seem to be that up to date. Interestingly, on the program we are using, the spell checker doesn't seem to recognize so many common English words. Live technical support supposedly is "always available", but not really. Overall, it is good.

Ziemblicki (In Progress) on January 30, 2012

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GCU I only just started the program but so far I am doing well. I like that when my counselors call me, they actually spend time with me on the phone and they actually remember me, yes there are times when I have to remind them of some things like how old my kids are but come on, I can hardly remember my age half the time! It has been hard for me to get back into going to school but I'm slowly accepting that school is hard work and there is no easy way out. The price is very comparable to ground campuses. It certainly is cheaper than Phoenix and South. Bottom line is that there is no perfect school, no quick fixes, and certainly no free lunch. I like Grand Canyon so far and I plan to continue with my master's next April.

Brockandjesica (Graduate) on October 4, 2011 (email verified)

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Horrible school I'm not sure I can fit all my complaints in one space. I got my BSN through a cohort program. We were told we had to submit grades to be able to have our classes paid for. For the first six classes, I never submitted paperwork and had my classes paid for. When I did ask GCU to submit my grades, I never heard it it was actually done or not. My counselors changed every week and even after I graduated I kept getting e-mails about my "graduation team". Every time I tried to get information from someone, they wouldn't answer the phone and never returned my calls or e-mails. Since I was through a cohort, I wasn't planning on paying for my classes. Because GCU didn't submit my grades so they could get paid, I had an outstanding balance. Again, I could never reach someone to resolve the issue. Then, I start getting letters from GCU stating I would be sent to collections if I didn't pay up. Not my fault you can't get your crap together! So, after finally getting that taken care of, I call to have my diploma sent to me. They inform me I am one credit short. Wth!?! That would have been nice to know before I completed my program. I had my transcripts sent over to them but apparently, they never received them but didn't bother to let me know. According to their documentation, they talked to me about it (big fat lie). So now, if my credits don't transfer, I have to take a class from them to meet my one credit deficiency. If that's the case, I will NOT be paying for it!! I have never been to such an unorganized, unprofessional school! It's seriously ridiculous. I've had many nursing students from GCU complain about the same problems. I did have pretty good teachers. The only teacher I had a problem with was my spirituality teacher (weird, GCU is a Christian school). Not only was he a Nazi about our grammar and spelling, he marked papers down for errors that weren't really errors because they were "grammarically incorrect" (that's not even a real word!) I understand our papers should have proper spelling and grammar, but we were NOT in English class, it's spirituality! I got a B in that class...a B!! Who gets a B in spirituality!?! Apparently, me. So my advice? Don't go to this school and if you do, be prepared for major issues.

Anonymous (In Progress) on October 18, 2010 (email verified)

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Masters in NRS education I have been underwhelmed by this program in so many areas. The recruiter is excellent and I do mean excellent. I now know she must have had a significant career in military recruitment due to the caliber of what she slung. They will tell you anything to get you hooked and started. Sounds so great to be assigned a personal academic & finance counsellor. A person you can count on to guide and help along the way. The greatness frimly stops at the idea. If you can ever get your advisor on the phone, they have zero idea who you are and even less interest in helping with an actual problem. The instructors are a truly mixed bag. There are several exceptional educators in the masters program but they are few & far between. Since the management is so set on keeping everything a secret this iformation is hard won! I had more than 3 instructors that we never heard from week three onward. No contact with the administration even after we finished the class ourselves. The admin has no clue and care nothing for the students. My understanding is that the Dean is setting herself up for a position with a national nursing organization and wants no problems. She has surrounded herself with incompetents to make herself look better. The class work itself offers no consitstancy and the reading & links are outdated. I had one DR. teacher that explained to me that I should only use the term overall when refering to denim and than preceeded to tell me that my paper was over-all very good???

Anonymous (In Progress) on August 6, 2010

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GCU Shakin' it's Money Maker I took classes at Grand Canyon University from 2002-2006 but never finished by BS in General Biology. I quit with 112 credits, just shy of graduating with 120 credits. This year (2010) I decided to go back to school and now GCU is telling me I need to apply as a new student and my advisor, Noelle Clark, tells me only 44 of those 112 credits are usable. The reason why, I have to re-apply under a degree program they now offer. If you are going to attend this University, do not drop out for a semester, you will have to re-apply and will lose 40% of your credits. Not only have I spent $142,297 to attend a University that offers poor staff leadership and insurmountable headaches, my BS will now cost me an additional $35,920...leading to a grand total of $174,217. I've been lied to and lied to from this school and have the emails to prove it. There are no state and national "university" standards that speak to re-enrolling students taking another major Noelle! Get your facts right!!!

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