Copyright 2026 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/ECOT_comments.html Life at ECPI - Comments en http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/ECOT_comments.html I am an online student at ECPI. The core classes such as english, economics, math etc. have top-notch instructors. Literally these people are great, the courses are well put together and instructors a... Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:59:53 GMT StudentsReview 3688-187868 3688-187868 3688 24 Mechanical Engineering Male Undergraduate Class 1923 2nd Year Negative I am an online student at ECPI. The core classes such as english, economics, math etc. have top-notch instructors. Literally these people are great, the courses are well put together and instructors actually instruct.

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When you get into your program courses (I am a Mech. Engineer) the school is an absolute joke. With the exception of a few instructors like about 2, most are a complete joke and are arrogant or unwilling to help with anything. The course work is just jammed together; a secular term to describe the classes would be half-a$$ed by the curriculum dept.

Some classes were so bad the instructors would get frustrated at the number of errors contained in the coursework. They do surveys after every class so you can rate the instructor and class, but the school does not read them or take any steps to make changes.

You are assigned an academic success coordinator who tells outright lies. Their job is more of a student retention coordinator to keep your money at the school.

The value is good in that you get access to free tutors to help you weed through the disastrous curriculum. This school loves to spring very complex software programs on students and the classes begin by expecting the student is an expert in using the program. Out of 5 occasions, this happened, 2 instructors actually did the job they are paid to do and showed you how to learn the software.

I am a current student in great academic standing, maintaining a 4.0 GPA and maintaining the dean's list on a regular basis. I work hard to do this. One of the new instructors in 2021 accused me and a tutor of cheating on one of my assignments.

After it was investigated it was found that the instructor was in the wrong and made false statements against me and a tutor. This instructor also made several stereotypical comments toward me during zoom sessions. Of course, no action was taken against the instructor, due to her false accusations. ECPI will discharge students who are found to be guilty of violating academic integrity, but I guess the same does not apply to liars who instructor.

Overall, if you want to attend a school with top-notch instructors in english, math, calculus etc. Attend ECPI. If you want terrible instructors for your degree program in mechanical engineering, this is the school for you. Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:59:53 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/ECOT_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/ECOT_comments.html There is no way I can possibly describe just how horrible this school is - academically, professionally, ethically... It's just bad on every level. The school lies to you constantly. They draw you in... Fri, 18 May 2018 10:49:43 GMT StudentsReview 3688-183233 3688-183233 3688 12 Computer Science Female Undergraduate Class 1922 1st Year Negative There is no way I can possibly describe just how horrible this school is - academically, professionally, ethically... It's just bad on every level. The school lies to you constantly. They draw you in with promises, but those promises are empty. You simply cannot get a good education at ECPI. Worse, complaints are met with punishment. They'll find ways of making you pay (on multiple levels.) Don't go there. If you are there, run as soon as possible. Fri, 18 May 2018 10:49:43 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/ECOT_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/ECOT_comments.html After searching for a school that would allow me to finish faster, I decided to come to ECPI. I already had proir college so I figured maybe I can transfer them over. Little did I know, apparently mos... Mon, 13 Mar 2017 03:34:05 GMT StudentsReview 3688-179224 3688-179224 3688 7 Business - Management and Administration Female Undergraduate Class 2016 1st Year Negative After searching for a school that would allow me to finish faster, I decided to come to ECPI. I already had proir college so I figured maybe I can transfer them over. Little did I know, apparently most of them were not compatible (which is a lie, because the course description and studies were the same) so I had to retake alot of classes.

Even then I still figured I would get done faster using the GI bill's yellow ribbon program. Where they allow you to overload one extra class per term (5weeks). When I went to get help from my program director, not only was he unhelpful but made it sound like he's doing me a favor by not overloading. Eventually, I started my overload after attending school for at least 3 terms with a gpa of 3.2. Applied and started the overload on my 5th term. Took a while! After overloading for three terms, I was told I wouldn't be able to overload more, butif I request it, I might still be able to???!

So there I was already half way through my degree plan and I get hit qith more curveballs. Don't go into business if you're looking for a good guidance counselor/acedemic advisor because he's super unhelpful and arrogant. Anyhow ended up takong two years to finish school instead of 1 and a half because of how unhelpful he was. Didn't work well with my plans.

Teachers-while some are very good at their jobs and do it in the daytime, others are not. Its really a hit and miss.

Schedule-they have all sorts of schedules catered to their students days, nights, weekend hybrid, and online. The best classes in my opinion are their hybrid classes. You do a little bit of work on the day you are not in class online and then you attend class one day out of the week only. Making your schedule alot easier. Their online canvas is easy to understand. But if you get a course that requires you to get on petersons course, abort! Petersons suck! Grading is done by a computer and needs precise anwers. An R will not be recognized if you put a lowercase r. Making it a wrong choice.


Degree plan-I wished they had a better set rotation for the degrees. Instead they throw you into whatever classes they can fit u in. Sometimes they can and they cant and will make it seem like its your fault because you transferred credits over. You may have a 300 level class your first quarter there and then fluctuate up and down. Making it hard to understand the material because you should've been in the 100 class first.

Hopefully this helps...If I could do it all over again, I would go to South University or Stradford University. They were going to accept all my credit transfer and give me a free laptop. Not just and ipad to borrow. Last recommendation go here if you just want a degree in 2.5 years and not an education. Mon, 13 Mar 2017 03:34:05 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/ECOT_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/ECOT_comments.html great place for adult learner... Fri, 02 Dec 2016 09:20:17 GMT StudentsReview 3688-177108 3688-177108 3688 12 Computer Science Female Undergraduate Class 2017 1st Year Advice great place for adult learner Fri, 02 Dec 2016 09:20:17 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/ECOT_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/ECOT_comments.html I will start with the negatives; BS in Computer Science is not a degree field to get into at ECPI unless you have good working knowledge of the IT World. The fast pace and sometimes less than ideal qu... Thu, 08 Oct 2015 01:05:28 GMT StudentsReview 3688-171201 3688-171201 3688 12 Computer Science Male Undergraduate Alumnus Class 2000 Positive I will start with the negatives; BS in Computer Science is not a degree field to get into at ECPI unless you have good working knowledge of the IT World. The fast pace and sometimes less than ideal quality of an instructor or two can throw you off. Even I had to struggle a little when I had a couple of poor quality instructors, and I had 14 years' experience at the time. If you are in a new program, expect it to be chaotic. I was in the Healthcare IT program and my curriculum was not well thought out, nor properly planned. As an example, I had a Power Shell class and I should've had some Unix before that, which I did not. Honestly, the Power Shell shouldn't have been a requirement for my concentration. Also, with the exception of the Medical Terminology, the rest of the Healthcare classes were not properly designed. Two of them were almost identical. But this doesn't matter anymore since they decided to delete the program.
Now for the positives; if you have IT experience, and are retired from the military, this is the place! I didn't care about summers off, and after retiring this was my new job. Though there are some instructors that shouldn't step foot in front of a class, there are some that I have felt privileged to learn from. Career services helped me get my internship which turned into my first job. Having students from culinary work in the cafeteria was another nice perk.
They are starting a Masters of Science in Cyber Security someday. It was supposed to start in Sept 2015 and I am writing this in Oct 2015 while still waiting for my first class. Another problem with ECPI, they rush into something without having all of their eggs in the basket. I was notified a couple weeks prior to the Sept start date and scrambled to get all of my paperwork done, only to be told the week before that I was delayed.
Overall a good school. There are other programs available in technology, business, electronics, medical, and culinary. You can always find something to interest you. Just research the classes to see if you can handle four 5 hour class days a week, all year 'round. Thu, 08 Oct 2015 01:05:28 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/ECOT_comments.html