Yorkville University - Administrative Office — Attraction in Fredericton

If you want a real university, go to a real university. I tried their MACP program. As an educator, with a real Masters degree, I actually tried these guys and there is truth to the fact that private universities are a total joke. Stay away from these guys if your truly want to learn, have experience, and don't want to get jerked around. If you have a Masters degree (even if it's related), these guys won't use it for your entrance like real universities do. If you've taken both qualitative and quantitative research methods, you will still be forced to take their poor mixed methods research course that will be beneath what you already know. Oh, and if you happen to have a Yorkville professor recommend them to you, watch out because you may find yourself blocked from the provincial cohort you were supposed to be progressing with, and the school and professors will not be able to answer any questions unique to your province. Go with your original feeling and go to a publicly accredited university where they don't give graduate students templates for writing or ignore a 3.9 GPA on a previously completed related graduate degree. I'm still not sure how these guys logic. And, busy adults with lives? Don't ask to hand things in early because if you might be away from a computer on one specific day, unlike a real institution, they have no way of making that work and cannot accept early work even though that inconveniences the student, not the institution. Not even if you know 3 months in advance. No early assignments if you might be unconnected for one day. Insane. Truly insane. Adults out there, real universities don't operate like these guys do. Anyone that has received a real degree would be completely saddened by this place. The only positive things I can say are that my first prof was fairly good and paying them saved me some taxes. Be very wary of reviews like "great place, great staff" or those that sound like...

I have a lot to say! Completed MACP in 2025 through Yorkville. If I could do it over again I would not choose this university. They increase fees substantially every year, most professors are out of the U.S so not even Canadian profs at a Canadian based school, it takes 4-6 months after you graduate to get your degree from them, and they can't even send out an official transcript in a timely manner which leaves you waiting months to get registered as a counsellor in your province.

But WORST of all the Dean of the MACP program decided part way through my time with them, that profs were not allowed to give students a mark within the A+ range unless what they wrote was at such a high standard it could be published. Hello, we are not PhD students and are not trying to get our work published. This meant most of us stopped being able to get anything higher than an 87% even if we had A+ marks before this decision. The university denied this when I confronted them, but more than one prof disclosed this to us because some of them didn't agree with it. AND every prof made different decisions about how to mark and use the grading rubrics, making it really unclear how to achieve the mark you were striving for. There was nothing consistent from one class to the next. The one positive - most of the professors were great at their job and seemed genuinely invested in...

You are just a number to these people. This place is primarily for profit. I know this through my own bitter experience. Every year, the fees go up while student support and resources go down. They keep "automating" everything, which increases their profitability while leaving the students high, dry, and having to do everything themselves. You might find 1 or 2 professors who are passionate and effective at their job, the rest, cheap labor from the states who just copy and paste curriculum info with no heart. You're better off with self-study, and AI can give you more substance than this program.

When it comes to practicum, you're on your own. There is no form of ombudsman or student advocacy department. If their rules don't work out in your favor (for example, you lose a loved one, miss 1 assignment, which automatically fails the $3000 course). Too bad, so sad, not their problem and an extra 3k in their fat pockets.

Whatever money they made from me, I hope they lose that and more from people who read this review and decide to go elsewhere.

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