SCU, Accelerated Science CoursesReviews of scuhs.edu

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The instructors were great as I first started taking my pre reqs for my college. However, I missed the payment plan window by a few hours and was unable to signup for a payment plan. I had to withdrawal and was then charged for withdrawling.

I felt that class was very overpriced and didn’t feel that the professors truly wanted students to succeed. I expected it to be more science oriented, hence the name, but took Physics 2 and university of phoenix and felt that they did a much better job of making the class feel somewhat geared to my future career. They were 7 weeks and about $500 cheaper.

I think it is incredible that students are able to complete coursework in 5 weeks. I thought that the work was manageable and the exams were tough but I felt that the workload was hard because accelerated but reasonable for the most part. What was not fair was the use of Proctorio for proctoring and it was an absolutely horrible experience. Their platform does not give you a small window to see yourself during the exam the way the proctoring site is able to see you. Your entire exam shuts down and pop up windows won't stop interrupting you if you are out of the proctoring window but it does not tell you what error is made so you can fix it and it does not show you a window to see yourself and figure out/troubleshoot if you are out of the testing window frame. Professors threaten SCUHS's policy to turn you in for academic dishonesty and fail your exam if you get the pop up window. Its incredibly stressful when trying to perform well on these exams. You only get 2 shots at keeping a decent exam grade average so for there to be so much distraction from the proctor site. Your school should be using Honorlock or Proctor U. If I was desperate enough to finish another course quickly I would consider SCUHS again but would probably go back to the other school that offers online pre-med pre-reqs since UNE actually uses Honorlock and they offer retakes in the event there is a proctoring issue rather than threatening to fail you and turn you in for academic dishonesty. You get several emails in 5 weeks about academic dishonesty but professors just copy and paste SCUHS's agenda for weekly posts and they don't even have the diligence to change the dates. I had to reach out to 2 different professors with the same "template" and both professors from different courses made the same mistake of not proofing and sent due dates from a different season. This is not the quality I hoped for when I personally took $2,000 of credit card debt to take a single 3 credit course. Like I said, I loved the accelerated pace and accessibility so I if I was desperate enough, I would do it again but I can not recommend it to anyone as the quality is quite poor in regards to the professional standard for how much this course is costing out of pocket.

The organization and pacing of the course was good. Exams were a good length, but some of the questions were difficult to understand. There were times when I felt that the course material did not help prepare me for exams. If the study guides were more concise, I would had an essier time preparing for exams.

I was surprised how compared to other classes at other schools these professors don’t assign extra credit work or the opportunity to retake an exam if you fail or receive a less than ideal grade. The grades seem very “set in stone” you have to be near perfect to get a good grade. I understand it’s online and self paced but there is absolutely no way to bring your grade up if it falls behind. Better get it right the first time.

The professors were very kind, reached out, and responded quickly. The material was challenging, but not impossible and took a lot of studying to stay on top of it. The main reason for only 3 stars is the powerpoints and lectures were not helpful in the slightest. There was way too much information on them and they need some serious revamping. The rest of the class was pretty standard and I have no real complaints other then the powerpoints.

While I was able to complete the courses I needed to in a short amount of time for grad school, I was not impressed. The first few weeks of the course I had terrible interactions with professors. In one meeting I had with Dr Davis in the physics department we had to reschedule several times, and then he was very distracted, disoriented, and unprofessional. He cursed in our meeting, and overall wasn’t very helpful. I also noticed that many announcements from the four classes I took over two semesters had the same messages, as though AI wrote them for the department, again unprofessional and very impersonal. I also received tutoring almost weekly. One tutor, Shaina Rawal was very helpful, but everyone else seemed to be a waste of time. The professors couldn’t answer my questions and I found googling my questions to be more helpful. As I continued on for 10 weeks, I got better at engaging with the classes and figured out how to work with the style, but initially my interactions with SCUHS were poor. I apologize for these harsh comments, but I want you to know how this university comes across.