Argosy University

After simply requesting information online about this school I was hounded by an overzealous newly promoted Director of Admissions — straight from the call center floor. I found the aggressive tactics used to try and pull students in pretty off putting. In my case, I never even applied or provided my resume, yet I was invited for an interview. Upon arriving at the school I found it to be pretty shabby. Students smoking pot alongside the entrance, restrooms worse than Walmart, in front of the reception one student shouted out that a member of faculty didn’t give a f#&k! To top off my experience, the Admissions Director informed me that the Program Director I was scheduled to meet would not be able to see me. With very little graciousness on his part, he did not even offer to speak to me himself, or arrange for me to speak to anyone else for that matter, which was suppose to be a part of the interview. He said that he would call me back to reschedule and never did. Maybe the flabbergasted look on my face told him there was no need. It was a 70 mile waste of my time. One could not possibly take this «University» seriously! What a dump!

UPDATE
I wanted to mention I am graduating this next semester and it has been a great run. I suggest this school for the working, stay at home parents, the old and the young. I think this school is what you make of it.

Only go to Argosy University if you enjoy online courses. I’ve been going to Argosy for a couple of years and it started out great, but each class feels different as far as work and assignments go. Some facilitators will give you a lot of work and some others won’t care.
The two biggest things that bother me about Argosy is they changed the class schedule, they now have 5 week classes. If you have taken some serious classes, you will know 5 weeks is not enough to learn all the necessary information.
Second, towards the end of your degree you will be forced to take online only courses.
I would really look into the campus that you might attend, I started off in Hawaii which was really great. I felt like the teachers at the Hawaii campus were enthusiastic and wanted to really help the students, then I moved to the Seattle campus and everything has been dull.
It does feel like a bit of a paper mill and I wish I started out a different college or university with real class time.
Every student I have talked to wishes they didn’t shorten the classes to 5 weeks, but the only answer we receive is it wont change. There is no way you can have a quality college course in a 5 week span, this is a hurry up and finish your class to get your credits type of schedule.

I’ve been a student with Argosy for years now, completing the Masters of Science in Management and continuing on with an EdD in Organizational Leadership. The school has a lot of pros and cons, and I’d encourage you to connect with the Dean of your department before deciding to attend.
Pros:
can be very flexible if you have a good Dean that cares about you as a student
with a good chair in your department you can get classes scheduled around your needs as a student to help you finish your degree
easy admission process with friendly and responsive staff
accepts GI Bill and offers unlimited Yellow Ribbon program
offers 20% discount to Veterans and their spouses
Cons:
forced to pay for online books which expire in 5 years and are only accessible through a poor platform
online help is spotty, if you’re not technically savvy you will probably struggle a lot
workload can vary by class, sometimes the professors are anal and require a ton of work, other times they are more practical about it
school has ridiculous rules that are completely arbitrary but they force students and professors to follow them for absolutely no reason (if you’re in an on campus class you still have to log in and post online once a week for ‘attendance’)
terms often have limited class options — but you can work with your chair to get classes added
prices are through the roof although the economy is in a recession; parent company is EDMC (which would get a 1 star in my opinion)
been billed incorrectly on multiple occasions, had serious problems one term using GI Bill because of errors

I HIGHLY recommend going to another school. This school is ALL about taking your money and nothing about giving you a good education. The professors are only given 1 year contracts and at one time there were some fabulous professors but because of the horrendous climate at the school they ALL left! Now, the professors are people who have only been out of school a few years or so. There is little room for discussion or creative thinking, especially in the PsyD department. You kiss their ass or they will label you a student of concern. I was never labeled as such, but many of the brilliant people who, like myself were stupid enough to waste our time and money, were.
In addition, the policies and procedures are extremely biased. They will let a blind dog into the school, if you are able to pay the astronomical tuition, or get financial aid. The PsyD department was rejected from APA accreditation because the numbers and the façade were incongruent. Now they are scrambling to change in order to achieve this accreditation.
I beg you, don’t waste your time or money. Go to another school and get a great education, for you will not find it here.