r/PurdueGlobal

Been having problems with getting points taken off for my apa formatting being wrong... but it isn't?

This course has me scouring the APA 7 formatting book and I cannot find anything wrong with my formatting. I will get notes back from the instructor directly contradicting what's listed in the APA reference book. I've never had issues with APA like this. Ever.

I'll get points off for random things like using a url instead of a doi when referencing a literal webpage without a doi. I was docked a point for putting the year published after authors' names and told it goes between the webpage name and the title of the website. There's points removed and comments like this on every. single. assignment.

I feel like I'm going insane. It's like she's purposefully trying to find things "wrong" just so she doesn't have to give a 100%. Anyone else had an experience like this?

I genuinely like Purdue Global and overall I’ve had a good experience so far, but my biggest pet peeve is when professors put assignment requirements in announcements instead of the actual competency assessment instructions; and then act rude because you didn’t do the assignment according to the announcement.
This is now the second time I’ve had to redo a whole assignment because there was an extra requirement buried in an announcement that wasn’t listed in the competency assessment section or rubric.
I always read the assessment instructions carefully before submitting, so it’s frustrating to get revisions back for something that technically wasn’t in the official instructions. Announcements should be reminders or clarifications, not hidden grading criteria.
Especially because I am in the accelerated competency-based format where everyone is moving fast, all required elements should be in ONE place. Having to redo hours of work because of instruction placement is exhausting.
Has anyone else dealt with this?

Hey everyone. Thanks a bunch for taking the time to help me out here. I’ll lay out my situation real quick. So a couple years ago I got an associates degree from my local community college, and I see that my degree (general business) has a connected degree/transfer option to purdue global (Business Administration). I’m considering pursuing this, however there’s a couple hurdles for me. The first is that I used up almost all of my FAFSA pell grant already, and the second is that I’m very poor and don’t want to take out any loans. I did graduate magna cum laude with a decent gpa at 3.67 and am a member of Phi Theta Kappa, although I’m not entirely sure what benefits that would provide me regarding scholarships and whatnot. I’m basically just wondering if theres any chance this could realistically happen and how I might go about it. I realize the answer is probably no as I imagine it’s quite hard to get a full-ride scholarship to any college. Anyway, thank you again so much for any advice you may have.

Yo I lowkey cant find any valid group chats on IG for the 2026 class. Yall wanna join? I’ll create if u guys r down.