Last Term at Kaplan

Some of you may know that I have been having alot of problems with the financial department at Kaplan.  Today pushing me over the limit when they called.  When I started asking questions, like I always do, the girl started to get smart with me.  Then I proceeded to blurt out very dirty words, loudly.  I will just be nice enough in my blog not to repeat them since this blog entry is for my English class.

Soon as I got off the phone with her, I changed my email and called my telephone company to change my phone number and make it private number.

So, the past few days I have been searching other colleges to attend.  In process of doing so I found where there are several complaints with the Federal Trade Commission and complaints with different states Attorney General's office on the same exact reason I'm having issues with them.  Alot of my friends that I have meet through Kaplan, posted on Facebook, this too, will be their last term for similar reasons.

I found a private college by the name of Rasmussen College.  They just celebrated their 110th anniversary; doing something right to be around that long.  It does cost more to attend their school but so far they seem to be 500 times better than Kaplan.  It is $420 a credit hour.  You have to take their STEP test to even be accepted to the school; writing, math and reading.  (I aced all of them so I don't have to take any refresher courses thank God!)  Kaplan on the other had just wants you in the school to get your loan money and be buried in debt up to your eyeballs by the time you graduate their school.  The next best thing about Rasmussen College is they will pay for my Exam test to become a RHIT.  That in it self shows you they are accredited.  So just think of all those people that graduated from Kaplan with their HIT degree.  Since Kaplan isn't accredited by AHIMA, you WILL NOT be able to be setted for that exam when you graduate.  (Kaplan didn't tell me this when I decided to join.  I found out they weren't accredited and they are just putting in their application just now, through one of my HIM professors in my 2nd term.)  They also have job placement when you graduate, which they have a 96% employment rate among their students.

I have made it very clear that I want constant contact between the financial department and myself.  If something changes on the account they are too notify me ASAP. 

Now the hard part - Transfer of credits.  I have a very, very good suspension Kaplan will hold my credits until I grow a money tree in my backyard.  Rasmussen will be the ones requesting them as they are the ones that pay for the transcripts.  That will be interesting to say the less.  If I can get everything set up now, I'll be good to go on July 6th which is when their next quarter starts.