The Ugly Truth: My Experience at the University of Phoenix

Students Should Think Twice First Before Enrolling into This Terrible University

First of all I have to give major kudos to anyone who's working toward or finishing up their degree at the University of Phoenix. Mister B isn't trying to take any credit away from what you have accomplished. You should be proud; completing a degree is never an easy feat no matter how easy or difficult the course material may seem. This article is a reflection of my experiences when I attended the University of Phoenix for six MBA (Master in Business Administration) courses. Hopefully by the end of this article, I would have convinced you and other potential students who are seriously thinking about attending this school to think otherwise. Don't be a sucker like me. You have officially been warned.

The University of Phoenix is a private institution that prides itself on being able to provide a top-notch education to the working adult. The school hired real world business professionals as part-time instructors. Class would meet from 6-10pm on Monday nights. One paper assigned weekly, typically 5-10 pages in length due before those Monday class meetings. The San Bernardino campus I would be attending was located five minutes from my job, fifteen minutes from home. Wow, sounds like an ideal situation, right? As a working professional striving to better his self, these were some of things that appealed to me the most. Boy, I wish I would have done my homework. To be honest with you, I did not do enough background research on the school or the MBA program I was about to enroll into. Something should have told me to stop and apply elsewhere when I was in the enrollment counselor's office and she was asking me off the record, if they were hiring at my job. Are you kidding me?