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Rising Star for the NYPD Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Captain Exam -> 2026/2027 Captain Exam (anticipated) -> School Rant
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HomerSampson


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I need to vent. I'm using Elite again, but this time it's different. Am I the only one who can't get past Mike's kid being an "expert"? I feel like everything is an over-acting audition and so fake with Elite. It's laughable, embarrassing, and difficult to concentrate. And WTF is wrong with these schools starting so damn early? It's clearly a competition to see who can grab the most money and the guys/gals taking the courses are the ones getting screwed with so much time left at the end for "review". The longer the course goes, the more crap changes and we have to un-learn and re-learn procedures. Rant concluded........for now anyways.



-- Edited by HomerSampson on Thursday 19th of March 2026 10:28:05 PM

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HomerSampson wrote:

I need to vent. I'm using Elite again, but this time it's different. Am I the only one who can't get past Mike's kid being an "expert"? I feel like everything is an over-acting audition and so fake with Elite. It's laughable, embarrassing, and difficult to concentrate. And WTF is wrong with these schools starting so damn early? It's clearly a competition to see who can grab the most money and the guys/gals taking the courses are the ones getting screwed with so much time left at the end for "review". The longer the course goes, the more crap changes and we have to un-learn and re-learn procedures. Rant concluded........for now anyways.



-- Edited by HomerSampson on Thursday 19th of March 2026 10:28:05 PM

 I think they started to early ..my third time taking elite I like the elite guide his pakcets dont cut corners hearing key class  has flaws this time around I do think its weird his kid is teaching its like a clonestrange ..looking forward to rising star questions .



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NauseousPBBN


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Trust me, you'll be grateful if you had access to The Keys app and course. Riddled with endless errors, grammar mistakes and the content is not updated.

If you want to talk about instructing alone, then I can see an argument. Any question sent to Mike is met with a condescending response.

But website/app/material as a course, Elite is light years ahead.

At the end of the day, they both started way too early and they got our money regardless.

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JPAL91091 wrote:
HomerSampson wrote:

I need to vent. I'm using Elite again, but this time it's different. Am I the only one who can't get past Mike's kid being an "expert"? I feel like everything is an over-acting audition and so fake with Elite. It's laughable, embarrassing, and difficult to concentrate. And WTF is wrong with these schools starting so damn early? It's clearly a competition to see who can grab the most money and the guys/gals taking the courses are the ones getting screwed with so much time left at the end for "review". The longer the course goes, the more crap changes and we have to un-learn and re-learn procedures. Rant concluded........for now anyways.



-- Edited by HomerSampson on Thursday 19th of March 2026 10:28:05 PM

 I think they started to early ..my third time taking elite I like the elite guide his pakcets dont cut corners hearing key class  has flaws this time around I do think its weird his kid is teaching its like a clonestrange ..looking forward to rising star questions .

 

One of my old bosses is friends with Tony from Rising Star and is telling me that they went all out with a new app for their questions. Looking forward to seeing what it's like. No way I could've passed the lieutenant exam without being punched in the mouth by those questions. Worth every penny IMHO. I just wish they would teach live classes full time. The couple of times they taught in the past, I thought they were spot on and really made you think differently about how to approach this stuff. 



-- Edited by HomerSampson on Friday 20th of March 2026 11:07:57 PM

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I agree. Rising star should enter the arena. I wasnt overly impressed with either school.

Probably a gigantic and daunting undertaking to start a full fledged school, though.

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NauseousPBBN


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Key dropped their course to $450 only couple months in...theres not much financial incentive for Risingstar to do course if theyre are selling questions for $400.

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NauseousPBBN wrote:

Key dropped their course to $450 only couple months in...theres not much financial incentive for Risingstar to do course if theyre are selling questions for $400.

 Did they? Wow. Probably a byproduct if no one wanting the rank lol.



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JPAL91091


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So much for a June exam like the classes said with the credible info all October

Happy studying till October 14 lots oftime for the Dias and city hall to Create a massive curve

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Ugh, October are you kidding me. That's absurd that's almost 4 months after the course ends! What a money grab its almost enough time to start a course from scratch starting now. Smh.



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HomerSampson


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Well this definitely blows! Almost a full year of studying because the schools want to be the first to take everones money. I'm already feeling burned out. 



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Rising star has the best questions, hands down. A few questions on the last captains exam were alsmot word for word from Rising star.

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