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Uncensored and unfiltered UoPeople reviews written by students

Review #1

I am currently in the process of transferring to another school, which requires all my transcripts whether they accept the credits or not. I submitted my request and paid the transcript fee—yet another fee!—to UoPeople nearly three months ago. A week ago, I followed up via email to check on the status of my transcript. Their response? They claimed they had never received my request form or payment. I had to dig through my records and forward them the original email, including the form and the receipt they themselves had sent me. A week later, there is still no update. It's as if they don't want me to leave because they want more money. A fellow student who tried to transfer also went through the same nightmare. Don't be fooled by fake reviews from UoPeople's sales reps and so-called "ambassadors". If you still have a chance, avoid this hassle altogether. Apply to a local community college—a real school—and seek out genuine scholarships or financial aid. University of the People is simply not worth it. No matter how much or how little you pay, it's a waste of time and money.

Review #2

I live in the third world. Not only did UoPeople refuse to grant me a scholarship, but when I ran out of money and couldn't afford the last fee, they completely blocked my access to the website. That's right: if you don't pay, they disable your account, and you can't log in anymore. This isn't education; this is extortion. On top of that, there's clear tax evasion going on. Now, I'm left wondering: how exactly are they laundering money overseas?

Review #3

I'll go straight to the point: they sold me an MBA that is not accredited as an MBA. It's completely useless. UoPeople's MBA is not legit, period.

Comment: thank you for your email. We discussed UoPeople's unaccredited MBA in the accreditation section.

Review #4

UoPeople's so-called "peer assessment" is driving me crazy. I submitted my assignment and got a zero (wow…) simply because all three peers assigned to grade it forgot to do so. Or maybe they just didn't know how. I feel completely cheated. I did my part and graded others as required, but I have yet to hear anything from the "volunteer instructor" to resolve the issue. She is ignoring my emails: either she's on vacation, or she's simply abandoned the course. Honestly, I even suspect her name is completely fake. At this point, I don't want to waste any more of my time. And please, don't even suggest that I need to pay yet another fee just to leave this "school", for heaven's sake.

Comment: unfortunately, UoPeople's "peer assessment" or "peer review" is nothing but a farce, just like the laughable "student learning journal". At UoPeople, students can literally copy and paste ChatGPT-generated responses as homework, and they will be accepted. In fact, the responses can even be completely random, because nobody checks whether ChatGPT's answers are accurate or relevant. That's exactly what most "students" do, especially those who don't understand English. And here's the best part: most UoPeople "instructors" are so clueless they don't even recognize ChatGPT responses. Funnily, some instructors rely on ChatGPT themselves, especially the ones who don't understand English.

Peer-assessment is just yet another marketing gimmick from UoPeople. The fake rationale they provide is "it stimulates students and offers them a powerful platform" and "it is a collaborative approach that encourages learners to reflect deeply and engage with students from diverse perspectives," but it is all false. In fact, UoPeople has no professors, and peer-assessment is simply a way to avoid hiring and paying professors. UoPeople doesn't care if the student didn't understand anything about the assignment they were supposed to grade, or even if they don't understand English at all.

Uncensored and unfiltered UoPeople reviews written by teachers

Review #1

I was contacted to teach at this self-proclaimed university that claims to be leading an "education revolution". But when I arrived, I realized the whole thing consisted of randomly copy-pasting AI-generated text. Students were submitting AI-generated assignments, and the graders were using AI to evaluate them in turn. I left immediately because I was disgusted by such a sham.

Review #2

Last year, I was hired by an online Israeli school. The salary was extremely low, and they made me sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) explicitly stating that I could not discuss the contract itself. This is highly suspicious for an organization that claims to be a non-profit. In reality, they exploit workers by falsely labeling them as 'volunteers' to avoid legal obligations and taxes. I eventually quit because I was fed up with this scam. In retaliation, they refused to pay me for my work hours. They profit from students in underdeveloped countries while deceiving charitable organizations with false promises of fully funded Bachelor's and MBA scholarships. It is a blatant case of charity fraud. To make matters worse, they even instructed me to create fake social media profiles, including on LinkedIn, to fabricate the existence of a so-called 'professor'. The profiles existed, but the person was completely made up.

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