I have called and emailed repeatedly. For the first time in my entire life, a customer service agent hung up on me. (Talk about treating your customers with respect and dignity! Those ideas are all but absent at this company. They really don't seem to care about their "students.")
The course helped me in some aspects of my work, gave me the opportunity to learn from people (teacher and colleagues) with great experience in the industry. The teachers and staff of the institute are very attentive with the students.
The company was also teaching Efficient Markets in a valuation course. What is the point of valuing companies if the entire market is efficient anyways?
The instructor did not follow the slides and went off tangent so many times that I gave up on trying to follow. He skipped all the important slides and hand-waved all the math slides (saying that "you guys know this, right?" No. I do not know that, that's why I am paying you 2,000$ to explain it to me!). He had to take a call and left us doing an "IPO exercise," that frankly, no one was qualified to complete. The discussions were not engaging and a total waste of my time and money. My classmates were also not understanding much because no one but me asked questions. I felt as though the level of the students was very subpar and they were just in class because their employers required or because they were trying to fulfill a number of required credits for whatever reason. The classroom and office installations are very nice and the technology being used in class was excellent. Unfortunately, I did not pay for the fluff, I paid to learn about capital markets and after 14 hours in that classroom, I learned very little. Before signing up for this course, I tried to find reviews online, but I found none, and this is why I am writing this. From my viewpoint, the lack of reviews is because no one has completed the course in the past few months/years thinking it was worth their time and money. I am extremely underwhelmed of this course and, again, would never recommend it! One last thing, during the 2 days I spent in NYIF, no one introduced themselves to anyone. I had to resort to Google and LinkedIn to know where the instructors and fellow classmates were coming from. In order to strengthen one's program, one needs to be able to engage their students in meaningful discussions that will lead to networking. I would suggest that this course be completely restructured, make it more pedagogical, open, and serious.
At first I really wanted to love this company. Buffett once even took their courses. (But he would be ashamed at what the company has become today.)
DO NOT TAKE THESE COURSES.
This place is a waste of money. It feels like a scam. Avoid at all costs.
Don't waste your time and money!
Honestly a great learning experience, would definitely recommend to my peers. The professors are successful finance professionals. The environment is also a great environment to learn in, NYIF definitley takes care of its attendees.
This company uses false advertising (their courses are portrayed as videos and in reality it is powerpoint with a robotic sounding voice).
NYIF is great option for those looking to learn more about specific finance related topics that you just won't get in undergrad or grad school. I took the course on Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) and I can tell you first hand, this is something they just don't teach about in great detail in college. Appreciated the chance to learn from someone with real world experience and along side other colleagues working in the industry. Have referred back to my course materials on numerous occasions since for reference.
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