Kaplan University Kaplan University is a big FRAUD Ft. Lauderdale Florida

With your entire thread I would have to say yes, online education is not for everyone. Just like a standard brick and mortar university is not for everyone.

Lets look at your comments reguarding your two classes and when you dropped out of Kaplan. Before I continue here are some facts that I know from Kaplan.

Each term there is an $85.00 per term technoligy fee, and it is $305 dollars per quater credit hour. Most classes are 5 credits long, some are six, there are a very few that are 4, and the advanced career strategy course is 2 credits. The Advanced start Bachlore progam has only 6 credit courses. The MBA progams are $395 per credit hour. Lastly some programs have a lab fee of $100.00.

Now from what you said about your bill amount I would think that you might have either done an accociates degree or a bachlore's degree. You could not have done an advanced start or an mba program, because the numbers don't add up.

Also because of the lab fees it looks like you did not take any of the medical or programing programs. The numbers do not add up with the lab fees.

Now the first question I have is this. Did you read your enrollment packet? The second page of the enrollment agreement, states clearly the tuition reembursement if you withdraw from school. If you withdraw within the first 7 days you get back your full tuition for that term. from 8-14 days 90%, and it goes down 10% for each week, with a cut off at week 5 where you don't get anything back.

From your comments here it looks like you did not read your enrollment agreement on this portion.

Now when looking at your numbers Kaplan did not over charge you. Your first term was $3060.00 plus an $85.00 tech fee, that is a total of $3145.00. Now if you called in to cancel classes on day 8 of the second term then you are responsible for 10% of that second term. $3060.00 X 10% = $306.00. That $306.00 is what you would owe on your second term. Remeber there is also a $85.00 per term tech fee as well.The total for the second term would be $391.00. The total from first and second term would be, $3145.00 + $391.00 = $3536.00.

Now that is not the same number as what you had, so the only thing that makes sense is they credited you back that second term's tech fee. $3536.00 - $85.00 = $3451.00. I cannot explain the $9.60 difference, unless it is intrest.

It also appears that you did not pay your initial $95.00 deposit towards your first term tuition. Just from looking at the numbers presented here. Or you did pay it, and they did not credit you the $85.00 tech fee, or your intrest was more then $95.00.

Either way you were billed the correct amounts, and if you are in doubt, ask for a transaction record, and you will see how it all breaks down.

Now to your other comments about the billing, and what they said regarding what you would pay out of pocket. Depending on what degree program you choose, the out of pocket exspenses is about accurate, since it appears that you did not get abny pell grants. Your out of pocket expense for an accociates degree, would be $333.34 (rounded up to the nearest penny) for a bachlore's degree would be $166.67. With fincal air through the federal goverment, based off your EFC (estimated family contrabution) is what the goverment gives an amount it will cover in loans. Based off your income, the goverment might not back you in loans that cover your full cost of tuition.

The comment about your out of pocket expenses was correct, there was a misinterpretation on your part. Also before you even enrolled or can sign your enrollment agreement, you are shown a projected fincal plan. You see how the first three terms are broken down, starting with the total cost, then student contrabution,(that shows how much you are paying monthly) federal grants, subsidized goverment loan, and unsubsidized goverment loan. You are then transfered to the fincail aid department at Kaplan, and they go over the breakdown with you.

You have to click the I accept tuition button, in order for you to proceed any further. If there was any concerns about tuition should have been adressed then, but that is not the last time you can say stop. When you go to sign your documents, you have to inital the second page of the enrollment agreement. If you did not read that page and just inital, then Kaplan can not be held responsible that you did not read your documents in regards to funding.

Now here is where your confusion sets in. The comments about refunds. When you start a term at Kaplan, your student loan account is charged for the full term, $3145.00. When you withdawn from classes you were only responsible for $306 + $85= $391.00, so you are owed a refund on the difference. $3145.00 - $391.00 = 2754.00. That is the amount refunded to you. In reading down through your complain, in regards to the dates of your request for refund, again it seems you are confused.

You might have made a request for a refund on 9/22/2006, but they did give you your credit on 7/27/2006 for the amount owed for the rest of the tuition for your second term. From this post it seems your expecting a refund for the charges accured for the education that you did receive.

Now as for your local college's not accepting credits from Kaplan is odd considering that Kaplan University is regionly accredited through the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. It is the same accreditation as state universited in the nort centeral united states. My wife had no problem with her credits transfering, when she went for her psych degree.

In closing I can see how you could be upset and jaded, but numbers do not lie. Kaplan did not scam anyone, and you were charged the agreed upon fees for the education you received.

In the future I recommend for everyone to read all of your documents, before signing anything.

Patricia, I could not agree with you more. I really think that the anguish that they have put so many people through with their relentless deceptive and misleading tactics needs to be stopped. So I wasted to years of my life to get my Bachelor's in Law and Legal Studies, and just finished for them to suddenly tell me that two courses from my Associates Degree which they approved the credits, are not up to the educational criteria of the school?? And I have to take them??? Why all of a sudden is this not recognized until I complete my degree??? This is just blatant misrepresentation as they are a for profit school. Now I realize if I ever do get my degree that it will be as worthless as a piece of turd on the ground. Wish I knew this a long time ago. I filed a complaint with the Dean and told him I want this a---ole student advisor dismissed and that I was filing a tort action against them. Enough is enougt! IF anyone is interested in filing a class action suit, please let me know I would be more than happy to join and shut these scammers down. I cannot believe all the hard work and sweat I put into this for nothing. What a waste of two years of my life.

The reason that you're credits are not recongnized/accepted is because you probably live in a state that does not accredit Kaplan as a higher education facility.  You can check online.  That is the problem that I had and why I decided to drop out...I am currently seeking legal counsel to settle the some $26,000 or so that they charged me.  Good luck!