Berkeley College

Berkeley College to me is okay well beside the fact of how expensive it is. The staff really did helped me out when I needed the help especially with my FASFA. Professor are really good and they also help push you to get through the course, well some professors of course. The classes are small which makes it better to establish a personal relationship with your professors.

This is my second year in Berkeley; I’ll be graduating in a few semesters. I can honestly say that not everyone who works at this school are horrible; there are some people who would go out of their ways to help you look for the answers as you needed. What’s I like most about the college it’s that the semesters are shorter than regular Cuny semesters. Therefore, you’re able to finish your degree a bit faster.
Front Desk receptionist on 41^st & 43^rd Street Building: (0 stars)
It doesn’t matter which building I go to, whether it’s because I forgot my IDs at home, or I need to get into the building and speak to a consular. Both receptionists in both buildings are unhelpful and in fact pretty rude. In fact, receptionists on 43^rd Street tend always to eat at their desks. Every time I go into the building, they’re always eating a bagel or something at their desk. To me, it’s very unprofessional for a private institution/​college to have someone like that representing or even make a first impression to new students who wants to apply. Not just that, when you asked for help, you have to wait literally for her to finish chew down her bagel, wow very professional right? It’s like a joke to these people.
The list can go on if I continue to list my negatives experiences, but I’ll just end negative here and focus on the positive.
Staff in lower level/​Book Stores: (5 stars)
I sometimes feel like these staff doesn’t get enough credits because I don’t see their names on those lists for students to do the evaluation for. Some of the staff are students in the college working also. This staff is friendly and helpful even if it’s not part of their department or job descriptions to do so. They’re willing to go out their way to help you find your answer. I remembering day one entering the college, one staff who was helping me with my IDs, not only help me print out the map of the school but also show me the library of the school and told me each student have a balance of how much they can print papers each semester. That was pretty nice. I think it’s useful to know that each semester you are allowed to print up to a certain amount of papers until they charged your student account.

Berkeley College is the worst in NYC. I never understood how the school still in business. Unorganized staff and bad services. It is the most expensive school for no reason. The school building are old and bad. Waste of money.

It is in the perfect area, 5^th avenue & Madison Avenue midtown east nyc. Have to be a student that wants to learn and also educates themselves during their free time as well, professors do not spoon feed students here which is the way life is. This school reflects reality in the corporate world so it can be tough for some people, I enjoy it.

Seriously save your parents hard earned savings and search for another college. And if you’ve already started, think really hard before you go into another semester if this is the right place for you for the next 4 years! Berkeley is alot of «HYPE» and a mass ball of confusion. My daughter went to Berkeley college for the Fashion Merchandising curriculum only to be bored to death and disappointed. I’ve figured out that what they do is hire young people with a «gift of the gab» if you will, to entice you and make promises that they have no intention to keep. But several months into the program you realize you’ve been bamboozled. The main problem here is the lack of guidence and the communication sucks! You can’t get any staff on the phone and if you leave a message, they will not call you back. Very annoying. The instructors have a «Don’t care» attitude. We made the right decision to pull out before entering another year. Heed my words, «total nonsense and waste of time, money and energy».

I find the negative reviews quiet funny. I enjoy berkeley very much. Maybe it is because I am an international student and local student don’t have the same advisors. Well the international division has been very helpful so far (3 years at Berkeley), I always received answers to my immigration related questions. As for the classes, so professors really care about helping student succeed and other seem like they had no choice but teaching.
Also, I don’t approve the attendance policies, again I come from a country where attendance is not required.
As for the student, some are nice. (Thats all)
What I love about the school is the its international students. You will meet people from all over the world. Just be open minded and sociable, you will be fine.
PROUD TO BE A BERKELEY STUDENT

I’ve enjoyed coming to this school since the first day. Heading into what should be my last year in this school, I honestly have to say it has more downs than ups. The ups are that there multiple professors that are dedicated and actually live up to expectations. Computer labs are often accessible and the library is great. The student lounge is also good for having lunch, taking out your laptop and do whatever. Now, for the best part. For starters, there are people working in the financial aid office and student accounts office are awful at what they do. Then it comes to taking online courses. This school definitely pushes the idea that online courses here are easy on you when it comes to timing. That is a definite lie. The online courses are in no way beneficial to your education unless you enjoy outsmarting people online via discussion boards. Just recently I took a ‘Management Simulation’ course, and honestly I did not learn a single thing. I paid for two online simulations that provide no learning experience in anyway. It was a waste of money. The professor «teaching» the course was of no use either. The only thing he did was post announcements, assignments, discussion board questions, and grade assignments/​discussion board posts. He brought nothing to the table in terms of a learning experience. All this class was discussions amongst the class and two simulations. I definitely would have given this school a better rating, but the less than credible online courses take away from that.
The on-​campus experience is a whole lot better (not counting the financial-​aid office). When it comes to the professors, the majority of them are very consistent with the course syllabus. Showing consistency is a definite plus; since at the end of quarter you end up learning something (as long as you do your part as student).
When it comes to the accessibility of the libraries, I can’t complain. There are two libraries, and they’re very spacey. It’s very rare to not find a place to sit down to study or work on assignments. The student lounges a also really nice. There is the spot where you simply want to relax during the day; in-​between classes.
Point-​end-​point, I love this school.

BERK ALERT: BUREAUCRATIC POLICIES MAY EXTEND YOUR STAY AT THIS SCHOOL!
Here’s a little reality check for anyone who has been to this college. Courses with listed pre-​requisites in the catalog are listed as such to ensure that students do not sign up for courses for which they have been adequately prepared. They are not in place to protect the school itself in the event that it gets audited. Who the hell is going to audit a college … the IRS? Maybe the ever-​present fear is that the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools will step in and question their standards. What is the administration’s answer to this issue? They treat every single student EXACTLY the same regardless of their aptitude, abilities, or their proven track record.
I had graduated with my BS from RPI in 2004 and and my AAS from Berkeley College earlier that same year. I had a 4.0 GPA for both areas of coursework so it should have been clear that I was capable of anything this school could throw at me. In the weeks preceding the new quarter in 2010, I began meeting with their admissions officers and various academic advisers to ensure that everything was in order to make sure that there were no hiccups in the enrollment process … and with Berkeley College there were problems at every turn,
During the re-​enrolling process, I needed to have my medical information sent 3 times because they failed to scan it when it was sent over. During my enrollment process I tried to explain to them that I already had both Associates and Bachelors degrees and that I was only coming here to take courses. Most schools would have been thrilled by this type of student, but not so here. They just want to see me complete a degree program to improve their abysmal graduation stats. No matter how many times I tried to explain to them that I just wanted to take all of their Accounting courses in order to qualify for the CPA, they just could not comprehend my reasoning. And God forbid if I would want to take a course out of sequence. For the first term I was able to get away with it, but later on I could not even though I cited my earlier time as precedent.
The rules change over there everyday as they further drop their standards to admit a less qualified student. Who ends up paying the price? Within my accounting classes, there was a core group of about 5 – 6 students that were very bright and would tend to be on the higher end of the grading curve. Despite having received all A’s for the 12 courses which I had taken during my second tour at Berkeley’s Manhattan campus, I would not recommend that any student who is studying accounting take coursework there. The programs are not hands on for intensive usage of Excel which as anyone within the Financial industry can tell you in the most indispensable tools. Some say that third time is a charm, but I assure you that I will never return for further coursework.

I am an Alumni from this school and I really think the staff here is horrible. I called the «Help Desk» for help with my log in blackboard account and I gave Eirene all the information she needed (name, date of birth, ssn, year I went to school, etc,) and she still was unable to help me with my log in because I couldn’t give her my ID # since I was unable to find it. I mean this is supposed to be the Help Desk and they are not helping, and after I gave her more than enough infomation she was unwilling to help me with my log in. After paying so much money for school you would think these people would help you in the very least to log in to your accout and I gave her more than enough information to confirm my identity. I have log in problems all the time because they seem to block your log in if you get your password wrong. I get my password wrong a lot because they have so many rules to the password and you have to change the password after a certain amount of months, therefore is valid to to miss type your password since I dont log in everyday. A side from that Eirene was just not willing to help me because she was looking at my ID # on her screen in the computer since I tryed to remember my ID# and got it wrong, She replayed «sorry that is not your ID #, you got some number right but they are misplaced, I cant help you», wow, she defenetly had enough information about me to get info my files yet unwilling to help me log in to my blackbored. Thanks Berkeley for disappointing me more and more each time I contact you guys. After paying so much money for school I feel we should get better service!

Hi all, I’m an online student at Berkeley College and I have absolutely nothing bad to say about this school. I went out East to visit and tour the school last fall and thought everyone I came in contact with were very professional and nice. I didn’t experience any overly pushy people at all. I have enjoyed continuing my knowledge with Berkeley College and the professors are amazing and there for you. I recommend this school to everyone!