Pace University - New York

The only good thing "I" can say as an much older student (late 40's) good about this school is that it's located in the immediate area of the companies I wanted to apply to for internships, co-ops and employment. But I must admit I feel like the odd man out at recruiting events with students from Columbia, NYU and Fordham representing Pace but the credentials that got me in the room was my NEU gpa. Beyond that I regret leaving the 42nd ranked university to come to the 173rd ranked university solely on the basis of receiving a scholarship. Would you believe they have the audacity to charge the same tuition cost as the 42nd ranked university! To start, I received my scholarship offer in May, but they said I had to pay a refundable $100 fee to reserve it, ding. The first flag went up. I researched prior to applying to ensure myself that all transferring credits would be accepted, I found their acceptable transfer list of credits from my school and said ok, here's the refundable $100. A month later I received the transcript of transfer credits that they've accepted and 17 3 credit hour classes were reduce to 2 credits. When I called to question this I got a student assistant that didn't know what or how to explain it. In the interim, I'm still waiting for my scholarship letter to sign so my financing can be applied. I didn't get that until Dec 8. While I'm waiting they're sending me dunning letters like its my fault the scholarship letter wasn't signed. This went on for 7 months. Meanwhile, I'm a jr transferring in, but due to the reduction in credits I'm barely a sophomore. I'm sitting in sophomore classes I had already taken, I'm very disinterested and inattentive. I requested to appeal this gross injustice and I'm told there is no formal process to do so, me having done my research, point out that their transfer list states there are exceptions made so how could there not be a formal process if their policy is the provost can make exceptions. While this is going on I have another 10 credits that haven't even been considered since I transferred in in September, which are also on the list as transferable credits. Now this is 26 credits unapplied. To make this story short, I spent one semester at this school and that was enough to know I don't want to represent this school in anyway, shape, form or fashion and I transferred back to NEU. While I was there I heard staff making calls to former graduates stating the school was rescinding their degree because the school made an error in calculating their credits. Make no mistake this is a for profit school. I happened upon their financial statements and that explained why they were using dell computers, antiquated software and still using paper as opposed to being paperless when the push is to reduce carbon footprints nationally. Their endowment shows $137m but they're carrying $153m in debt. Now that explains why they accept 81.6% of their applicants and NEU only takes 34%. It also explains why the wifi is so bad you can barely do homework and that's while sitting in the library on campus. It also explains a great majority of their study body are international students paying annual tuition of $16k versus the $60k they charge US students and about 35% (being generous)national students. Parents, if you want your child to get a quality education and you're footing the bill. I don't care how much they want to be in NYC, if the school isn't Columbia, Cornell, NYU or Fordham, send them to Boston to Northeastern, Suffolk, UMass Boston, Boston U, Boston College, MIT, Harvard. I'm a former executive from JP Morgan who's gone back to school, trust me you don't want to spend your money here for your child's education. You'll regret it when your child is competing against students from the schools I mentioned about or Maryland University, Georgetown, George Washington U, American U, Catholic U, George Mason U or one of your more respected Jr colleges.

1st Year Male -- Class 2016

Surrounding City: A+, Education Quality: F

I was a transfer freshmen to Pace University NYC in Fall 2012. Yes, I said "was". My parents, relatives and friends could not agree more with my departure from that rat hole. It all begun with me being a business major and wanting to go to NYC for a good college with a large internship program. So I transferred from the community college I attended to Pace Uni. Once I got to Pace as a student I experienced and saw unbelievable treatment from the facility and students. I should call this treatment "harassment". Students would slam the door in my face pretty often and the staff members were the same. The professors did not like anyone who they thought came from any decent background.They did everything they could to try and make the student fail. So if you're trying to improve yourself DON'T GO HERE. They will hate you with a passion for have any value system in your life. I found out after being at the school awhile, most of people there were functioning drunks and druggies and that is the only thing that is accepted at Pace University. I saw first hand the mismanagement of the roommate evaluation forms. As an effect of that, I was stuck in the room with 2 drunks. They came in drunk 9 out of 10 times. We had nothing in common; honestly, Why was I in the room with them? Everyone else complained about their roommates also except the 2nd floor (under that was the lobby. Basically, they got tired of places compatible roommates together after the first floor of students. And I am security had sex with the students, since they were always flirted with each other in an ill-mannered way. One word of advice; VISIT THE SCHOOL BEFORE YOU GO! And parents you'll understand why I said "NEVER EVER SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO THE UNIVERSITY".

1st Year Female -- Class 2016

Perceived Campus Safety: A-, Education Quality: F

Not worth it and most definitely overpriced. Came here because it was a "great business school". I've found many of my courses to be useless along with many professors. My Corporate Finance class was a complete reiteration of the intro. course you take your first year, not to mention the professor got fired in the middle of the semester (she was flat out lost) and then replaced with someone of basically the same caliber; I'm chalking that course up as a loss in terms of gained knowledge. OSA is the worst operation at this place and makes you wanna scream at the thought of having to go there. Financial Aid always has a problem and always needs something else from you, nothing ever gets done the first time, or second, or third...The administration overall seems to do their jobs with no sense of care or urgency. I didn't find that there was much direction either in terms of sequencing courses throughout each semester, it was more like here's what you have left pick 5! All the buildings are OUTDATED, nothing pretty to look at, the library is so depressing you don't even want to utilize the study space with NO OUTLETS (finding one is like playing the lotto) dorms are gross and only recently got wireless internet in 2011! The "fitness center" is another disappointment, which you will be utilizing being that your ridiculous overpriced meal plan better be spent because they take what you don't, so eat what you can, buy your mom detergent and paper towels, just frigging spend it on yourself so they don't do god knows what with it (they could buy a gallon of paint or some flowers!)The social aspect of it is a complete wash, huge commuter school. A majority of students don't have class on Fridays so Thursday nights everyone disappears and drives home for the weekend, so enjoy whoever decided to stay because they had to and maybe hit up the 2 bar scene. Dope. Don't waste your time.

2nd Year Female -- Class 2012

Perceived Campus Safety: A-, Social Life: F