Mildred Elley - Albany, NY Campus — Attraction in City of Albany

I was a student at Mildred elley. and graduated with my medical assistant back in 2009 it was not a good experience at that time however am back to get my LPN and my experience now is even worse it's  terrible. This place is very racist I can't stand it how racist they are whenever I would go to my Department of chair she says that I have an attitude problem which I don't she does. you would take problems all the way to the Dean or even the president for the school and they wouldn't even do anything about it and I think that's all because I'm black. This School needs to be shut down I really don't know how it's still up and running with all these complains and how terrible this school is. 80% of the instructors there does not know what they're doing they cannot teach you anything and will not teach you anything that will help you passed your boards, you're going to be doing all of this stuff by yourself you're just wasting your time and  money to go to this school. You might as well go to a Kindergarten class because that's how they make you feel at Mildred elley as if you are a child. If you're attending a school and your instructor is not teaching you what you need to know and you are failing the quiz that shows you that the school is terrible. the instructor is terrible and they're not doing anything to correct their mistakes this school needs to be shut down. This school is all about money that's all they care about they don't care if you're getting a proper education that you need to pass your boards and to be a good nurse they don't care they would rather you stick with an instructor that you're having problems with so they can get paid. I will not stop until this school gets looked at by the bigger heads whoever I need to speak to I need to go to I will do those measures because this place is terrible. I have bad anxiety and depression and since I've been attending Mildred elley it's gotten worse I've been going more to doctors all that stuff all because of Mildred elley this school is making me so suicidal I can hardly take it. this needs to stop before things get worse then what it is right now I don't need to kill myself because of Mildred elley I have a family 3 kids a husband to go home to I need to live and be happy and Mildred elley isn't making that happen I am so over this school I have 4 months left and I can't wait for it to be done. Again students please don't waste your time going to Mildred elley if you're looking to become a nurse or any programs that they cover please Choose Wisely do not I repeat do not go to Mildred elley they are the worst school in America worst school in America pay your money and go somewhere else research somewhere else do not go to...

I would give no stars if I could. Like others have said, nothing but problems and waste of money. I wrote a review once then took it down after being called in to talk with the Dean. Foolish me for thinking things would change. First off, overpriced for the education that you will get, very unqualified and unprofessional staff. If you want class to start on time with a instructor ready to teach, good luck. 90% of the time they show up late or at the exact time class starts, then they need 10-15min to get ready, what a joke. If you want to go to a horrible LPN program then yes please come here. Very unprepared and overvalued, the lab room is never stocked with needed supplies, the classes consist of looking at PowerPoint slides of the text book, no actual teaching is involved. With that said, you have to hope and pray you can get your books. I started back on the 23rd and no books, they weren't in yet. So now going into week 2, no books and playing catch up, and that's if my books come in this coming week. How does this even happen, books should be in Stock before classes even end, unless you are changing books, then even then better planning should be done. Now for clinical's, that's a joke, you pay Mildred elley for LPN clinical's, but only get CNA training... on the plus side, some staff and departmentsee are good and care. Registrar office and financial aid have been on point and very helpful, along with some secretarial staff. With out naming names, 1 out of every 20 instructors they have are actually good and can really teach, the others are just laughable. If you have problems, you are told to go to you department Chair, that's a joke as well. First you gotta hope they are in when they say they are. Even then it's a waste, all you will get accomplished is wasting your breath talking to a very rude and unprofessional person.. so to sum up this rant..... do not waste your time, money, energy, or life coming here unless you like wasting money. I wouldn't even send my worst enemy here.. I go to...

Do Not attend this campus! I experienced discrimination on multiple occasions. When the matter was brought to the attention of the campus president, nothing was done at all. Your complaints will not be addressed or fixed at this school. There is also no representation of us in their staff besides the security guard and maybe two receptionists. Many of the staff/instructors are engaged in harmful gossip about the students. They have gossiped about a student in the classroom in front of other students. Very unprofessional. I must say that there were a few instructors who helped to make my experience at Mildred Elley a little better through their teaching and positive teacher-student relationship. My absolute favorite instructor was Mr.Murphy, Mr. Bubb, Ms. Vian, and Ms. Megan. Beside the racial issues, the program was disorganized. Almost every semester , instructors either left or were fired. They were always scrambling to find coverage. Many times, test questions would not correlate with the content in our text books so they'd always have to give back points. In most of the classes, instructors are just reading powerpoint slides instead of teaching. Lastly, after all that I've gone through in this school , I looked forward to finally graduating, more than anything. So, to find out that they were having our pinning ceremony in one of their dirty classrooms was a disappointment. I had family members coming from PA, NJ and NYC. Not to mention, there were 10 students in my graduating class, our tuition is over $25,000 each. So, the school is making a quarter-million dollars off of my class alone but they were too cheap to give us a proper pinning ceremony. Due to COVID, they ultimately canceled the ceremony.

I do not recommend this school! GO TO BOCES OR MARIA...