National UniversityReviews of nu.edu

I normally do not leave bad reviews but I have yet to have anyone at this school respond to me and help me with this issue. I feel obligated to warn others about this school. I first learned about this school after attending a PD on SEL. I completed this and learned that National University offered a Master's degree program in SEL. As this program was new they were offering a scholarship for 7,000. As a mom of 5 and an SEL teacher, I couldn't pass this up. My state doesn't currently require a degree to teach SEL but I know that one day it might so I applied for this scholarship. I was so excited when I got it. Soon after I started I started running into issues. My classes were not in order (they had me take the last class in the middle of my program.) It took a while for someone to get back to me about my questions. I shrugged this off and accounted it to the start of a new degree program. I finished my program and then was told because I didn't apply for financial aid (which I was never told was needed.) I had to pay my full amount before I would be given my diploma. I feel as though I was misled because when you call something a scholarship program but do not tell your students everything they need to know. In order for them to be successful and for them to use the degree that they worked so hard to get it. (I have emails to prove all of this.) The worst part is I contacted the school asking to speak with someone and no one contacted me. However, I got constant emails about how if I do not make a payment of almost half of the amount owed that they would be sending me to collections. Once I made this initial payment of 3500 hundred dollars I could then set up payment plans. I once more contacted them explaining I could not make such a large payment with such short notice and I still had unanswered questions about this process. I still was not answered and was continuously harassed. I told the school I would report them to the state board and was then told that my questions would be escalated to a supervisor and they would contact me soon.... it has been months and I have heard nothing. I would advise you not to go to this school. *edit: I reached out to the email the school provided below over a week ago and have yet to receive any communication in return.

I was in a screenplay writing class. After being physically assaulted, I asked for permission from the instructor to switch from writing a comedy to a drama. The instructor refused thereby demonstrating his own lack of understanding as to what it takes to write comedy. I am a produced TV writer/WGA member and I failed the class That means that NU failed me.

National University is a low rate diploma mill with terrible service. I watched an entire cohort of engineering students get straight C's without showing up. I had a calculus professor that literally didn't know what a negative slope was. I got to deal with a billing department that couldn't reconcile a bill in 3 years of nagging. Don't go here if you're afraid of clowns, this place is the whole entire circus.

I took an A&P class 2021 March through June, completed all the Quizes, exams, went through all the class lectures, videos class participation projects with written documents describing the video and uploaded my paper to the class participation, and did everything I was asked to by the class instructor Dr. Rodriguez. However, was failed, although, I completed and passed every single quize, examinations, watched all videos necessary, and class lectures. I am lost in words to express my disappointment and hard work I completed. I filed for an appeal , but was denied without any reason given in return. The financial department wasted no to demand payment in full for the class I really passed but was given a fail grade. I contacted the federal student aid and loan department to get assistance. Federal department loan center said to call National University back and ask to speak to the supervisor and file a complaint, so I did. For both A&P class instructor and financial aid department. It is so disappointing since I have been a nurse for nearly 30 years. My dream was to graduate from the RNBSN program at nu.edu to hopefully educate the new nurses and maybe one day I could be an Director of Nurse at a health care facility. I helped several hundreds of people through their health issues and family members morn for their loved ones. I would think that I would have been more appreciated than given a failed grade, which I indeed do all the required A&P course work, and sometimes completed Quizes and examinations twice. I tape recorded myself in my written notes from lectures. I should have passed the A&P class.

If you want to pay 2k a class with no teaching actually going on (all online still, once w week Zoom w your teacher who only explains the assignments…..) then it is a perfect school.

Do not waste your time and money on this college. This place is a joke. Incompetent teachers and advisors. No communication, they never answer their phones. The teachers do not teach at all but want to put in a heavy two cents on your work when they literally do not teach the students at all whatsoever. I had emailed my counselor a few times to drop classes since they don’t pick up the phones and they read and respond AFTER the drop date and say you can’t get your money back since you didn’t request to drop the class in time even though you did. A few times I had to drop classes due to the pandemic and they failed to drop me and I received Fs for the classes and they refuse to help you petition. I have reached out to student concierge multiple times with complaints and have received zero response. I’ve even emailed the head of the school and nothing. Do not waste your money or pull out a loan for this place please for your own good. Zero education here.

I have had a poor experience at National. I know many who are quite happy but unfortunately, I am not one of them. I was handed off between advisors who didn’t listen to me or review my documents. Three different advisors told me three different things regarding which classes transferred or which classes were needed. If I hadn’t pushed back HARD I would’ve spent money to take classes I didn’t need because the advisors brushed off my questions. I had an advisor who liked to bully me when I asked questions. Reasonable questions were met with “I’m an advisor. Do you want my help or not?” The biggest problem is that you can’t even enroll in a class without an advisor. It took 7 phone calls to get my advisor changed and then it was out of the frying pan and into the fire. I tell all of my friends to spend their money elsewhere. Can my experience be rare? Of course that’s possible but what if you get my same experience? For reference, I was 20 years in business in NYC. In my role I had to enteract with local, state and federal offices and track and adhere to all of their rules, guidelines and policies. I am aware of how to do such things but National made it almost impossible to advance with the system they have in place.

My advisor was terrible at his job. My enrollment verification failed to get submitted on multiple occasions, resulting in my having to contact the VA on each occasion to figure out why I had not received my benefits. Forcing students, faculty, and staff to get an experimental drug that isn't FDA approved to attend class is disgusting. This institution needs a makeover in all areas.