Kaplan University - Criminal Justice

Make sure you know EVERYTHING before signing on!

By: gandmsmith (In Progress) on May 17, 2008

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In all fairness, Kaplan has the best technology available to students in online class room environments and the materials that are provided are awesome.  Unfortunately, the instructors are teaching to many classes at one time and are unable to keep up with discussion boards and grades, the price  for tuition is over the top and not worth the value plus that fact that your financial aid will not pay for all of this - or anywhere near all fo this unless your numbers are near 0 at what your expected contribution is and the quality of support is very disapointing.  Bottom line is that they want your money and after experiencing other online universities, most of us after taking a tour of the classroom are very excited about a possible great experience.  My academic advisor did not apply transfer credits appropriately which kept me from taking essential electives for my degree because it did not show that I had already taken the prerequisits due to the application of prior credits.  After two weeks of unanswered phone calls and emails - he called me and did not even have the correct information of my status or really who he was talking to.  My financial advisor neglected to let me know that I was going to pay much more then originaly expected after financial aid.  I found out after getting a notice that I was $510.00 behind and was due to pay another $200.00 per month that I had not agreed to for the next 6 months.  In addition to all of this, after I finally got a response about my request to withdraw due to my obvious issues, they added on another $100.00 administrative fee and then delayed a financial aid clearance letter so that I could start the next term at a much better university.  No phone calls back is something a student can expect unless they want more money.  I just received a letter in the mail letting me know that tuition is going up once again.  You can not put a price on a good education.  But you can go into a situation with enough knowledge to protect yourself so please consider other options and read reviews from different areas before making this university your final choice.  Trust me - you will be grateful that you took the time to double check your decisions and financialy protect yourself.  Take it from someone who learned the hard way.  Good luck with your future!