Interdisciplinary Reviews

NYIT FINALLY!!

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on November 18, 2008

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First off I am a military student, that's why I rated the VALUE section as a 10 otherwise tuition is too costly for most people paying out of pocket. Heck you can go to George Washington University for a bit less.

The School is pretty good as is the "classroom" environment. Some of the teachers (the same happened during my regular courses as a B&M college) are not really that interactive, while other are over the top, but so far so good. 

Support services BITE! As mentioned above, ID's take MONTHS to get, diplomas take MONTHS to get after graduation, The financial Aid department OMG so bad it's not funny, Enrollment advisers have lied to several people I know to get them to enroll, No breaks between classes, the former Cardean Administrative people I spoke with were rude especially the former Provost of Ellis College (An NYIT PHd is now the Provost), I could go on.... All these things are too much for a student to be worrying about, classes should be the focus for us NOT the admin BS.

Basically this review is mute because NYIT - Ellis Branch is no longer accepting students for their online program. And NYIT itself is now overseeing the former Ellis College of NYIT students. In the future NYIT will be doing the distance Ed thing again so this is for them!

If it's an NYIT program GO for it, if it's an ELLIS UNIVERSITY or CARDEN LEARNING GROUP (of Chicago) program RUN AWAY and save your money. Until they get their act together in the Big Office going with Ellis University/Cardean LLC will not be worth the problems you'll have AND you will save money.

Great College, Bad Administration..

By: wsv (In Progress) on September 26, 2008

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Let me clarify something FIRST, The NYIT-Ellis Academic Branch (or campus)and Ellis University are NOT the same school. The Corporation that administrated the NYIT-EC academic branch (Cardean Learning LLC) runs/owens Ellis University. The NYIT-Ellis Branch is run by and accredited under The New York Institute of Technology umbrella. Ellis College of NYIT students are in fact NYIT students.

Ok, now for the review. NYIT - Ellis is getting much better now that Cardean is no longer overseeing that program for NYIT. The NYIT-Ellis College students are starting to get regular NYIT student benefits as we should have from day one. The Cardean people were VERY BAD at administration, everything from financial aid and student ID cards, to basic information like when a class started was lost with them. They honestly sucked. 

However, the courses are top notch and are very interactive. This college requires lots of student interaction and writing projects. It's a breath of fresh air to talk to ones classmates.

Student Benefits:
Six weeks courses
Learning by doing
Very interactive
Great teaching interface/classroom
Yourname@NYIT.EDU Email accounts (starting very soon)
Access to all NYIT resources(On campus WiFi access, NYIT E-libraries, NYIT employment assistance etc...)

Graduate Benefits: 
NYIT Alumni
NYIT Degree
NYIT Transcript services

***IMPORTANT NOTICE***

NYIT- ELLIS COLLEGE is NO LONGER accepting students into THEIR distance learning program, Ellis College will be fully integrated into NYIT over the next several months and will cease to exist.

For the remaining students the courses will be still taught by adjunct faculty of Cardean and NYIT. Which is good because they have some impressively credentialed Professors teaching these courses.

PLEASE!!!! DO NOT LET ELLIS UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT ADVISERS TRY TO TRICK YOU INTO THINKING YOU ARE ENROLLING INTO THE NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY THEN ONLY TO FIND OUT LATER THAT YOUR AN Ellis University STUDENT.

THE CUT OF FOR NYIT-ELLIS' FINAL ENROLLMENTS WAS IN AUGUST 2008.

Ellis is the way to Go

By: Anonymous (Graduate) on September 24, 2008

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I highly recommend this school to anyone considering distance learning. You get great faculty who care and assist all the way. I was skeptical at first but I completed 68 credits and am now in their MBA program offered at alumni discounted fee.

I loved Ellis College

By: kland2003 (Graduate) on April 8, 2008

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I graduated with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in March 2007. I loved the online atmosphere. It is very interactive and I liked how I was able to have conversations in real time with other students in the class as well as be able to leave messages on the message board. Most of the teachers I had were great. There was one teacher who was horrible! He would answer student's questions with questions. The financial aid dept, bursar's office, and the other support services left a lot to be desired. It took about 6 months for me to finally get my diploma. Then when I got it, they spelled my name wrong!!! I still haven't got that fixed yet. My family and I went to the graduation ceremony in May 2007 and it was great. There was no difference between the people who went to Ellis and NYIT. I would attend Ellis again in a heartbeat!!!

not bad

By: Anonymous (Graduate) on October 31, 2007

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The school is a quick way to finish a degree.  Admin is a bit messy, I had 4 advisors over a 2 year period.  But I also had some personal problems which interfered with my progress and they were understanding. It is expensive, but the classes are pretty good, I had great instructors, and I have an accredited degree.

Okay degree,.but support is disorganized

By: keepinthagroove (Graduate) on July 25, 2007

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I completed the degree program, but found the college overall to be unorganized with respect to their support services and financial aid.  I had three different advisors in one year and my financial aid was process incorrectly every single time it was time to process it.  I had to constantly keep accurate records of what had been paid because their online student account system was always wrong.  

My advisors were nice--they just kept changing them which was frustrating because I would keep having to introduce myself and explain what my goals were every time I called advising.  The undergrad instructors were good and most were extremely supportive.

The program is expensive but it is convenient.  Definitely room for improvement and there is a huge disconnect between the NYIT portion of their "college".  NYIT has little to do with Ellis College which is owned by the Cardean Learning group. Being associated with a brick and mortar school gives them some credibility but they definitely need to develop more bite when it comes to valuing students and organizing support services.

If you are looking for a decent, accredited, and fairly quick undergrad degree they are okay.  Just be prepared to spend a lot and I mean a lot of time on the phone and e-mailing financial aid, bursar, student records, etc.  Once you get past that--then it is okay.

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