National UniversityReviews of nu.edu

The publish a scholarship program called Fast Track Scholarship. The goal of the scholarship is to encourage students to take and complete classes quickly. Eligibility is complete 13.5 and the next class tuition is free, provided the student completes the 18 quarter units within a six moth period. I completed the 18 units within a six month period and after multiple emails and conversations, as well as five months after completing the classes, I have not received a denial nor an approval for the scholarship. I completed all my classes for graduation of two single subject credential program and have not yet graduated nor had my application for my teaching credential submitted.

Instructors seemed to be there just for a paycheck. Feedback was lacking on assignments. Grades were given late. I was given a 90/100 and asked for reasons why and the professor told me it was because she thought it was a 90 but couldn't give any specific reasons. She didn't follow the grading criteria. The syllabus often did not match what was posted online and almost never matched what was actually graded. Most professors did not respond to emails until the final week of the course. Most did not take the time to clarify what work was supposed to be done. I feel like this was a degree only in name only. I got my MSOL because I paid for it and not because of the quality of work I did. The writing center was great though. Every session I had was very helpful and each staff member was highly knowledgeable.

There is a physics professor who clearly did not look at my work and gave me an arbitrary grade (Read: D). When I tried to call him on it, he tried to wait the 45 day period before responding, so I could not challenge my grade. I saw through this and challenged it with ALL copies of my work, including time stamped emails stating my work was in on time, and screen shots of my work from tests. It took months for the review to come through to prove that I had an A in the class. Needless to say this shook my confidence in the program, the professor, and my own ability at heart. I don't know if I'll ever continue my degree there because of this experience. Also, the program is asking me to take another Algebra class but I had already completed algebra for my first undergrad and it's in my transcripts. Someone in the review needs to be talked to.

Honestly I just wanted to complete my masters degree within the timeframe that I was told and unfortunately I had a set back because I was not communicated with by an advisor or a professor of the changes that were being done for the new task list 5. For this reason, I had to return to school, pay out of pocket and waste precious time trying to pass 3 additional courses instead of being able to start the required 2000 hours of supervision.

Much like any other university, National has issues with staffing, schedules, and advising. As a nursing student, issues with staffing have severely impacted my clinical rotations and class schedule. Despite covid restrictions being reduced for cohorts behind me, and at many other schools, I have not been on campus for approx. 8 months. Nor will I be having a graduation or pinning ceremony. I don’t think National is significantly worse than any other school, it has its problems, but it is certified and rapidly available where community colleges have large wait times and stricter requirements. I’m done with my degree in 2 weeks and am thankful I was able to start it so quickly here, though i don’t think the price was worth the experience I received. ‘Post’-covid should allow student to have more hands on practice, on and off campus, and will hopefully make use of the copious tuition that wasn’t spent on my cohort.

A lot of administrative mistakes as returning student that delayed my readmission. Also need better communication with the correct personnel so that information is disbursed correctly and efficiently

I give my experience a one if I could. Everything went fine until it came to payment to them from the Dept of Rehab. NU was unable to give information for how the Dept would pay NU. They also said that withdrawing was not an option for my program. Then five months after I dropped out they decided I owed them 1405.00. It was a s___ show.

The pace at which classes can be taken is great and convenient. Some professors are more involved than others in regards to planning lessons that help with learning content. Communication from advisors and departments about logistical things (applications, schedules, requirements) needs a lot of work. Need more transparency and timely responses.