Comments on: Florida Tech University Review

By: John

John — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:42:52 +0000

Finished Florida Tech online MSIT degree in December 09. First of all I was forced to use the Student Loan company they chose, even though I had student loans set up from a regional lender, I was told I had no choice ” I would not be able to start the classes until I financed through Ed South. Next bad experience, I was in a class that was impossible to teach online, (Systems Modeling) since the professor (who works for FIT Online) gave very little attention to anyone, rarely returned emails. I told him I was considering dropping the course, which you have to do after the first week, or you lose almost Half of your money, but he talked me into staying for another week, so it didn’t matter at that point. I emailed all of the students in the class to ask if they understood what was going on and they did not. Only 3 People out of 25 finished the class. I told the professor I needed help before the mid-term and he turned me down. I had no choice but to drop the class after the mid-term. After that semester, Florida Tech dropped the class from the curriculum, I asked for a refund, and the same lousy professor who taught the class was the same FIT administrator who got to turn down my request, even after I petitioned to the Dean of FIT.

The moral of the story is that it is impossible to teach some things online. Most of the courses were fine, but all of the Information Technology courses were not taught well at all. They use pre-recorded videos and books to try and teach you how to administer a network or database?? They could easily set up a collaborative, interactive voice conference/web session once a week to and walk you through the nuts and bolts of Security, Databases etc., but you get a pre-recorded online powerpoint instead. Computers require much more hands on learning! You get very little attention from FIT online professors and they try to pond you off to other students in online discussions boards and such. No hands-on experience, except MS Project. No career counseling or inclusion in hiring events. They reset your email and passwords constantly, so each semester it is like you are starting over. I was missing important emails, between each class, since they ditched email forwarding and didn’t bother to tell anyone!!!

Use you money more wisely than this. I think they would be a great school to attend in Brick and Mortar fashion, but Online MSIT not very practical and no hands-on experience. They are money grubbers!

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 20 May 2010 00:35:39 +0000

After I turned in everything that was needed to begin FL Tech, I was told to go ahead and start my 1st MBA class. They said that I haven’t been approved yet but not to worry because everything was a green light. The delay of acceptance was because they were overwhelmed with last minute applications. I go through half the class, write papers, take quizzes….then one night when I tried to log in, I was told I was blocked. I was sent an email days later stating that I was not approved because my GPA was a 2.0.

I withdrew & the tuition was taken cared of. No problem. I started in Spring 2009, so I thought everything was okay. The silly university sends me an invoice last week….over a year later…stating the books were not returned so I have to pay over $200! I told them that if I had known I was suppose to send them back, I would have. They said it was in the agreement. They didn’t even send me a notice to get the books back. I know part of this is my fault for not reading the agreement, but I thought I was a student because I was taking the tests before the notice came to inform me I wasn’t accepted.

Stay away from this place. They cost too much money & there are many other universities that show professionalism and makes sure you’re accepted before you start class.

Waste of time and money!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:34:33 +0000

I just finished my first class, and it will be my last class. I had a introduction to information systems class. While it is an intro class, some of the questions were excessively easy (one question was “what is a virus?”) Other questions made no sense, other questions had incorrect answers. Most questions were poorly worded and some even had spelling errors.I emailed the professor about one question, stating the answer was incorrect, I even pointed out what page in the book the information was on. The professor all but admitted he was wrong and refused to give credit for the question. Quite frankly this education is a joke, and is excessively expensive ($2000 a class). If you want a real education I suggest you go elsewhere.

By: john fitzgerald

john fitzgerald — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:33:53 +0000

I am finishing my third class with this “college”, and if I had not already invested $6000 so far, I would drop this place like a bad habit. STAY AWAY!

My VERY first class I was ripped off my University Alliance “counselor”. I asked for the ISBN for the book for the class, my “counselor” John Gilliam, told me it was a “special” book that couldnt be purchased anywhere but through University Alliance. So I believed him and spent $200 on a book.

When I received the book in the mail, I checked the ISBN and found it on Amazon for $60! I called customer service (which didnt pick up the link the first 5 times I called) only to be told that John’s manager was “out”. These people are SCAM ARTISTS!! STAY AWAY!! Go somewhere else, anywhere else is better than this place!!