Criminal Justice Reviews

Is it You or the School?: Think About It

By: luther.long (In Progress) on October 8, 2008

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My name is Luther and I'm a student currently attending Kaplan University in the Criminal Justice BS program. First and foremost, anyone who does not want to learn nor have the ambition and motivation to drive themselves to complete his studies should stay away from online schools. These types of schools are for the self-motivating person. A bad experience is usually associated with students not doing their job, which is learning.

The materials are FREE; it is included with the tuition.  Can't say that about many schools. The vast amounts of information which the university utilizes to ASSIST me, the student, with my learning is substantial. More than enough information is provided for me to be successful in my studies. If I fail, it is because I didn't apply myself. After all, this is COLLEGE, not high school. No one is going to make sure I do my work, but Kaplan does provide frequent reviews of my progress.

The amount of knowledge that the instructors have is great. Every single instructor that has taught my assigned classes had a masters in his respected field AND was working in the field at the time the class was being taught. When I need information on a topic that I am having trouble, the instructor is there help me out. Don't be confused about this, though. I am taking online courses. There is a timeframe for contacting the instructors, as is every educational institute I've attended,and it's usually online. So if online communication is a problem, don't attend online college courses.

The institution has everything that is needed for a student to succeed. Writing labs and math labs are available to all who wish to attend, and it's all free. Kaplan's tutoring is among the very best in the nation. Don't believe, then look into this url: http://www.kaptest.com. This school is renown for tutoring students of all ages and school levels. Once again, anyone who does not want to learn nor have the ambition and motivation to drive themselves to complete his studies should stay away from online schools. Chances are the failure would have been met in a traditional learning environment.

I have been to three different universites and have experience all three colleges' online program. I have to admit that Kaplan University has the best user friendly interface. I never lost myself on their platform. If there was ever a technical issue, it was quickly corrected. 

Overall, the materials are great, the teachers are an asset, and the institution is one of the best I've experienced. Since this is an online school, there is no need physical need to go to the class. Although, seminars, online, real-time class meetings, are incorporated into almost every week of every class. The ratings which the students give seem to be a direct reflection of how motivated the person was in his studies. You get what you put into it. Give crap, get crap. Give best, the sky's the limit.

Kaplan no different than Brick and Mortar

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on May 20, 2008

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I went to a "Brick and Mortar" college out of state and have found that Kaplan's admissions/tuition/cost to be very similar to that.  Expensive and not student friendly! Having said that, I learned a great deal at Kaplan and am continuing to pursue my degree.  I have taken two semesters so far and found that the instructors and course material to be better than the Brick and Mortar school I went to.  I had one instructor in college (Brick and Mortar) that wrote the calculus book we were using, charged $100 for the thing and we never worked out of it.  At least with Kaplan, the course material coincides with the course and the instructors work out of it.  Overall, I would say that Kaplan is expensive, the instructors knowledge and student care excellent, the course material above good, but not excellent, and ability to be flexible while learning priceless.

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!

CJ /IT major says give it a try really!!!

By: angelmcsweetums (In Progress) on May 7, 2008

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I have been attending Kaplan for a year now, and they have done nothing but helped me and the people in my classes whenever they needed it. I have maintained a 4.0 until this semesster and I want to let everyone know that Ihave books, real ones there are only some classes that require online books that are covered with your tuition because tht's how the course is set up. I love it so far. I read all the reviews and honestly by the end of it I didn't want to stop going to Kaplan I just wanted to get all the complainer's together and slap them so hard that they could MAYBE wake up and see that this college is just like anyother college. Kaplan is here to help,and if you didn't get help from this collge well then sorry you are just made to be some bunghole that complains allthe time, but don't try and waist our time with your crap. And the person about the clas action suit, please, I went to Everst college which had te class action suit against it, this is NOTHING like that. Kaplan is acredited, and you WILL get an education here. 
Goodluck.
J

Where Do I Begin?!?!

By: misspeanut722 (In Progress) on May 6, 2008

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Kaplan keeps students completely in the dark about the financial aid/grant/loan/tuition process, hands down.  Questions and calls to advisors go unanswered and never get returned.  I was 3 weeks into a course and all of a sudden my advisor W/O NOTIFYING ME adds me to another class and drops me from the 1st so I'm automatically 3 weeks behind.  The professor, Mrs. Manning, very kindly tried to help me catch up but by then it was completely of no use, and secondly the books and materials for the course weren't even in my possession as class had already begun 3 weeks earlier.  The cost is OUTLANDISH, people.  The professors are wonderful, the curriculumn and assignments are great; however, the financial aid office and most any other office there completely sucks.  I dropped out to pursue my degree at a "real" campus-based school.

JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE!!

By: HOVIK4876 (In Progress) on April 21, 2008

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BEING A NONTRADITIONAL STUDENT LOOKING TO FINISH A BACHELORS DEGREE WHILE WORKING FULL TIME, I THOUGHT ONLINE SCHOOL WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO ME.  THE GENTELMAN IN ADMISSIONS THAT I WORKED WITH, DEREK SCOTT, WAS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING.  I WAS NEVER REALLY MADE CLEAR HOW MUCH THE SCHOOL COSTS...ITS UNGODLY EXPENSIVE!  THEY AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED ME FOR 10 CREDITS WHICH TURNS OUT TO BE NOT FULL TIME, SO NOW I HAVE TO BATTLE TO GET HEALTH INSURANCE.  I PAID **$500+** EACH MO, AND GOT A CALL THAT I WAS $1500 BEHIND! I ASKED WHY THEY MADE MY MONTHLY PAYMENTS AS SUCH IF IT DIDNT COVER EVERYTHING, THEY TOLD ME THAT I WAS TO FIGURE IT OUT MYSELF. YOU CALL AND CALL AND GET VIRTUALLY NOWHERE. YOU DO NOT GET PROMPT RESPONSE FROM ANYONE.  THE ONLINE CLASSES WERE SET UP NICELY AND WERE QUITE CONVENIENT, BUT IT IS SOOO NOT WORTH THE PRICE AND DIFFICULTIES I HAVE SINCE EXPERIENCED.  I DECIDED AFTER 3 TERMS TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL...2 TERMS LATER, THEY STILL HAVE ME ENROLLED BECAUSE THE "HEAD ADVISOR" KEEPS SCHEDULING MY EXIT INTERVIEW, THEN NEVER CALLS!!  I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO EXPRESS MY REGRET FOR CHOOSING THIS SCHOOL. I AM WRITING A REVIEW IN HOPES THAT OTHERS DO NOT FALL INTO THE TRAP THAT I DID. DO A LOT OF RESEARCH!! THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT SCHOOL FOR MANY MANY PEOPLE!!

Kaplan-So-So

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on March 29, 2008

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This is my first term at kaplan. I have never done online classes before, so I have nothing to compare to. But so far, I am not real happy with one of my professors, I don't even know if they are real professors. The seminars I attend are more like a bull session than a class. We hardly ever discuss the weeks chapter. I find no point in them, really. I don't care that student A is not feeling well, or student B is haveing car trouble, I have enough troubles of my own. I don't bring them to the seminar. The financial Aid office leaves something to be desired. I keep getting calls from them, and when I try to call back, no answer. I received student loans from citibank, first disbursement was supposed to be 3/17, then it was changed to 3/ 27, still no disbursement. Don't understand what is going on there. If I knew it was going to be this uneducating, I would have continued with brick and mortar.

Kaplan

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on January 22, 2008

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I only went to Kaplan for two terms and was very unhappy with it.It was very expensive and it seemed like they just kept trying to find ways to get me to have to pay more.I always felt admissions was more interested in getting my money than helping me further my education.
I did not like any of the teachers.They always seemed unprepared and did not try to use the four hour class time to its advantage.I did not learn anything in my CJ class because the teacher wanted us to spend more time writing a presentation on ourselves.
I will never regret not going back there.

I'm well on my way!

By: Anonymous (Graduate) on January 2, 2008

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I decided to go school online when I started working full time, I elected to go to Kaplan because they are accredited and my fiance had a great experience with them studying for his MCAT to get into Medical School. I finished my Associates in Applied Science in Criminal Justice and am working on Bachelors Degree, I've been a student at Kaplan for 8 terms now and have not had a problem. I saw someone posted that they got Ebooks? I have always gotten text books in the mail and also they are real books used by local colleges and universities as well so I was able to sell them afterwards for a good buck. I've also had an awesome academic adviser who always gave me a call back, I did have an issue with financial aid when I first started it but they straightened it out right away. The class room is easy to read and respond in, it's very similar to a forum format but way easier to read and has tabs on the side for easy navigation and Seminar is set up like a chat room, so it's easy. I've had a great experience thus far with teachers, they are challenging but help you if you need it, they also constantly update methods to give the students more information regarding topics. I have to say that Kaplan is a great school, I'm also part of the American Criminal Justice Association/ Lambda Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Alpha Phi Chapter through Kaplan and am a member of Alpha Beta Kappa national academic honor society through Kaplan as well. I guess your experience depends on whether you want to learn and earn your good grades and have a career or you want to have an easy A and not put for any effort.

kaplan sucks

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on October 28, 2007

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Kaplan university as fine as far as the teachers, but the admissions and other dept. need to go take some customer classes, they are rude and they seem like all they really want is your money,they could care less if you have problems.
then comes the books , i have one class right now in this term where we hardly ever even use our book, but i'm stuck paying for it in the end, some of the work givien is really quite agrivating considering that it isn't helping me with my major at all. i wish that i never enrolled at kapln online university

Kaplan is AWESOME

By: brianpowersdec19 (Graduate) on October 19, 2007

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I would have never thought I could finish a degree, but the way Kaplan works is soomething I wish everyone could experience.

Kaplan University Sucks

By: MariannaApril (In Progress) on July 17, 2007

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Kaplan University is soooo expensive and people who should be there for you (like advisor) NEVER THERE!I found classes are very convenient and easy, but sometimes seem like teachers dont care if you have a question about the material, and they probably feel because some of us 1000 s of miles away that we are not that important. I would recomend stay on campus colleges unless you dont have time and need to be home.

I love Kaplan

By: kimriddle (In Progress) on April 26, 2007

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I was first a student at University of Phoenix. I was unhappy there so decided to switch to Kaplan. I really love it. I am on my 4th term at Kaplan. The teachers are great. They are really concerned with every student. The councelors are also great too. I highly recommend this university for anyone wanted an online education.

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