I have done the NYIP professional course for 3 years now. At the time that I signed up, they hadn't converted their courses to digital by any means. They even had the courses on cassette tape still. This has been a major downfall to me completing the course. Overall, I think that as a photographer, it has helped me a lot. Could it have been better? Most certainly. For the money, I thought that they would be more technologically advanced. It could all be different now, I am not sure. Perhaps someone has signed up more recently than I did and has a different story.