Mildred Elley - Albany, NY Campus

"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 OR ELSEWHERE"

"Complete Chaos there. Administration quits about every 2 to 3 weeks so new people have to come in. They don't inform the students of contact changes, like who our new Dean or advisors are. If you email them, chances are you wont get a reply. while doing the labs, the instructors had no clue what we are doing, the agenda for that day is. When they do notify us of changes, the notifications are to late. example, telling students while they are at work, that today is the last day you can get the newly required covid test for clinicals and wont respond to questions asked by the student."

"I attended the New York City campus located at 25 Broadway. My experience at Mildred Elley was a pleasurable one. I had the opportunity of meeting some real knowledgeable professors and other faculty staff. Mr. Farrington, Mrs. Angella, just to name a few. From the start everyone was involved making the transaction a smooth one. Financial Aide staff were awesome! Very polite, open and knowledgeable. Classroom settings were comfortable, where everyone could get help and attention from the professor. For clinicals, we had some of the very best clinical professors who made sure we grasp as much information as possible. They took the time to explain procedures and challenged us along the way. To prepare us for NCLEX, we were provided with books which were paid for through financial aide; ATI first then we switched to Kaplan. Free classes were provided for anyone interested. I was wonderful! I appreciated everything. Career Services helped us to prepare resumes, cover letters, and prep for interviews! They help us with job search and placements also. Even though I didn't get a job through them, they helped others who were placed. Like ever school there are ups and downs, nothing serious. But if you have a goal and set the standards and your priorities right you will definitely make it. Read ahead of class by following your syllabus and study hard! I really wish they did the RN program, I'd definitely be in the front! I passed my NCLEX on the first attempt with 75 questions! Thanks Mildred Elley! Graduated June 2012!"

"I attended Mildred Elley from 2001-2003 and got my medical assistant degree. Overall, my experience at the school was pretty good. The problem was that I was saddled with a huge student loan debt. Then, come to find out many years later, that I could not sit for either the certified medical assistant exam or the registered medical assistant exam for whatever reason. And even if I could, 90% of what would have been on the exam was never covered in the courses. This has limited my employability. I had gotten in touch with them a few years back enquiring about their LPN course and was told that I still owed them money. That is not possible as 100% of my $13,000 tuition was covered by loans & PELL. Plus, you can't graduate if you owe money. I never received a billing statement saying that I did owe anything nor have I received anything since. If I had known then what I know now, I would have made a different choice. Definitely not worth the $13,000 tuition. **Addendum: I was contacted by Mildred Elley today to follow up on my review. They are working hard at changing their image and to become more accommodating to past and current students."

"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 Albany NY campus"