Capella University STOLEN TIME,MONEY, AND HEART OF SENIOR PERSON Minneapolis Internet

I obtained my MS from Capella University in Psychology/Mentla Health Counseling, and maintained a 4.0. I am a senior citizen. I was very pleased with the quality of the education and the professors, so I decided to obtain my PhD from Capella, also. Stupd.

The catalog states that a PhD student may choose their mentor and their own review board. I was not allowed to do either. My mentor could not have mentored a crocodile, although they probably were relatives. Throughout the years of this battle, I never once heard from or was contacted by any member of the review board. Finally, my mentor and I seemed to meet a semi-comfortable communication level.. Not for long.

I was "assigned" a different mentor. No choice. And this one was a doozy. Even worse. Didn't show up for appointments, was not prepared, and I am convinced that she lived on another planet. During all of these months, I still maintained a 4.0.

Once again, I was "assigned" a new mentor. No choice. And this one was the worst of all of them, combined. She was irrational, delusional, hysterical, and erratic. She belonged to some club for which she took 3-5 days off every two weeks. Figure the math on that one. And she needed 1-2 days prior to and after having gone to this club. You can imagine how impacted the so-called continuity of the program, the progress of my program, the maintaining of enthusiasm, energy, motivation, and interest. In addition, she was down right nasty and yelled a great deal. She never criticized the quality of my work, as none of the other mentors did, either. She just could not remember what the topic was, what was need to accomplish, and where we left off.

I was dropped from the PhD program! No notice. No discussion. No questions. No reasons. Dropped. Period. Needless to say, I was ticked. I called everyone, including the Provost, the President, every Dean possible, the President of Capella, Inc., every person who sat on the board, the President again and again and again. I finally was told that I was takiing too long. Remember my last mentor? Remember how often she was absent?

The catalog states that a student "may take up to 7 years, at the discretion of the university". Of course there are several important words in this statement and they all benefit Capella. I was only into my 18th month, and regardless of the ludicrous mentors I was assigned, I actually was making good progress. In fact, I was actually ahead of the prescribed schedule.

I contacted DOE, OCR, ADA, POTUS (yes, I did), the governors and attorney generals of both relevant states, plus the department of education of each, and a myriad of othe people, organizations, groups, and entities. OCR was useless. The negotiator was prepared to assuage Capella, and he was very proficient at doing so.

I won't count the dollars in financial aid that have been stolen from me and for which I am responsible. I can't describe the mental, psychological, emotional, and physical repercussions from Capella's greedy and unethical tactics. I do not have the amount of time left on earth to spend and waste. And then to decide to go on in my pursuit meant finding a real-accredited-credible-ethical-honest-professional-committed to education and the student-did I say honest? university with a PhD program that I want. And none will transfer more than 6 credits. So essentially, one just starts over and somehow finds motivation, drive, energy, enthusiasm, and a willingness to trust again. Not to mention taking all those research course again.

I have since discovered at least 50, and probably more, ex Capella students who had the same, or nearly the same, experience. All of them were dumped from their PhD program for absolutely no viable or credible reason. None.

I am still recuperating from this. My vim and vigor are far less, and my enthusiasm is definitely less.

Please take great caution if you are considering Capella University. I really enjoyed it and respected it during my MS. I was royally duped.