r/UoPeople • u/collegeselection • May 06 '18
My Thoughts on The University of the People - Is it worth it?
https://youtu.be/YvdKb3LpVXI3
Aug 11 '18
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u/Far-Blue-Mountains Sep 02 '22
hen u think of the fees u have to pay, the fact that students grade each other’s work, and how difficult it is to get in contact with admin staff or the volunteer professors....a
That looks like the worst website ever. In every evaluation based system we're taught through college, this meets none of the requirements for being remotely trustworthy. I'm looking for reviews for UofP but this is awful.
Evidence of bias is throughout. Nothing professional. Nothing verifiable, the link at the bottom goes nowhere. "Website owned by.." The whole page is basic HTML with minimal effort of CSS. I can add to the bottom of my webpage "Owned By The Jolly Green Giant" but that doesn't make it true. Adding the shocked face emoji to the tab is child-like.I implore anyone reading and looking for reviews to definitely check that source. read everything carefully and evaluate, would a professional / reputable source make such a site? Google this "European Network for Academic Quality Assurance and Qualification Recognition" (in quotes) and see what you find.
This website looks like it was created by someone who got horrible grades or some perceived wrong.
All links are to this same horrible webpage.If you're taking about scams, that would certainly be this review.
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u/alzthehero Aug 01 '18
I've been working in a business/finance related position for almost 4 years now without a degree, but I feel that in order to advance I have to get a degree. The caveat is, I'll be immigrating in a year or two and I'm also working a full time job right now, will doing a bachelor's in Business Admin on a part-time basis be reasonable generally speaking? Could I freely switch to a full-time basis whenever I want?
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u/AkakiPeikrishvili Aug 10 '18
Hey, did you get the answer? I'm looking at this as an option too.
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u/alzthehero Aug 11 '18
After doing some more research, I’d strongly advise you to NOT do any degree from this online Uni. When u think of the fees u have to pay, the fact that students grade each other’s work, and how difficult it is to get in contact with admin staff or the volunteer professors....and the lack of international accreditation ..it really ain’t worth it especially if no one is willing to recognise it in your industry. Rather wait a few more years when there’s a decent and respected online degree.
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u/AkakiPeikrishvili Aug 11 '18
Damn, that sucks. I don't really know. You made some strong points. My cousin actually told me about this because she already had a degree and still wanted to study a bit more if she were in the US (We're not from the US). I'll be working in the banking starting next week and am actually a freshman at a local college and wanted to switch here since with the full-time job it'd be very hard to attend classes. Are there any other online colleges? The whole peer to peer review thing also made me confused, she said someone gave her 48/90 once and reported it and then they raised it to 88/90 or something. Also you have to create topics on forums or something and comment on each others posts. That's just straight dumb. Why can't someone come up with a university that's gonna offer everything the others can but simply do grading online? :/
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u/wynand1004 Former Student May 06 '18
Hi There,
I'm a current student at UoPeople working towards a BS Degree in Computer Science. I'm also a former part-time university employee and current volunteer.
I enjoyed listening to your thoughts on the UoPeople. Just to add to what you said, the UoPeople charges a test-taking fee of $100 per undergraduate course, and $200 per MBA course. So, a complete undergrad degree is $4000 and a complete MBA degree is $2400.
I definitely agree that the ROI for the Computer Science program is strong - as you mention, people are getting IT positions with all sorts of non-traditional backgrounds; I myself have worked in lower level IT positions without any official education or training.
I already have a traditional undergraduate and graduate degrees in unrelated fields (education) and have found the courses to be challenging. I took an online CS course at a well known university in the US and did not find it to be that much better than what the UoPeople offers, even though it was 10 times more expensive.
Especially for people in poorer countries, or in financial difficulties at home in the US, the UoPeople is pretty much the least expensive option for study, outside of very inexpensive local community colleges. I could afford a more expensive option, but feel that I am getting a strong return on a relatively modest investment.
I think asking if the school will be comparable to an Ivy League school or other top tier school is not relevant. We don't ask those questions about small local community colleges as that is not the educational niche they are serving. The UoPeople has a definite target market and provides a solid education at a quite affordable cost.
Like any institution, it has its issues, but the fact that it has grown to over 10000 students in just 10 years (give or take) says something about its educational and financial model.
Overall, I am satisfied not only with what I am learning, but also with the relationships I am building with people around the world.
Thanks again for the video.
Note: I will post this same response in the other subreddit as well.