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Colorado Technical University Online

reviewed by Iwent

CTU Online offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees in various fields, including Business, IT, Criminal Justice, Health Care Management and Marketing.

Iwent
12/12/2008

Colorado Technical University Online 2

After reading many of the complaints I do have to agree. I graduated in Match of '08 with a BA in Business Admin. I found the classes to be sometimes challenging but overall it was easy as long as you did the work. Now I have a degree and have been aggressively sending out resumes, still not hired. I alwasy wondered why my advisor was constantly changing. The first one who pressured me into taking Business Admin classes was so positive that those were the subjects that I should take after telling her many times that I wanted to learn more about computers. I then realized that my classes were more about business management. I still did very well but did not like the fact that being new to the school thing was directed into courses that really were not what I wanted. In other words I put my faith in the advisor because she sounded like she knew what she was talking about....wrong. Many of my classmates (not all) had the intelligence and grammar skills of one that would be in the 5th grade. I found that very odd and goes to show that they took anyone into their school. Many of the teachers were excellent and a good handful were horrible. I would have to say that the school is a degree mill. There is no possible way to retain so much information in such a quick amount of time. Yea I got a hight grade avg, I got my degree, i did all of the work..big deal. I would have retained and learned more from a brick and mortar school. So far employers that I have interviewed with could care less about my degree from CTU. It has done nothing for me other than put me more into debt. So answer this question. If they are such a great school, why do the y go through and assign so many advisors to one student? My advisor changed more than the wind changes direction.

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mrnick211 commented 327 days ago.
Hello, I very sorry that you are having a hard time trying to find a job. I am beting that you are somewhat young and think that just a degree will get you a job. I mean no disrespect but that concept is totally wrong. The degree will teach you some of the skills and theorys associated with that career. However, to most companies they are hiring a person and not a degree. The degree helped get you the interview but you have to land the job yourself. You said it yourself companys could care less about the school as long as you have the degree. Also, with the current downturn of the economy jobs will be shrinking and only the most experienced people will be hired. This only meant to help!! Have you considered taking a course or class on interviewing? This is an artform and not easily mastered. I have friends that graduate from state funded major universitys that have graduated in BA and other fields that have found it very hard to land a job. These classes really helped them to gain confidence and say the right things to employers. I do however find your comment about CTU being a "mill" totally unfounded and unjust. You are selling yourself short. A degree is only a sheet of paper!!! I also wonder why you did not retain as much from you classes? The project style of learning is, for me, a better way of learning subjects. I have retained a lot from my course from CTU and use these skills on a daily basis. Advisors I can not help you help never talked to them much.
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