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My only difficulty with Kaplan is the financial aid department.  When I try to contact them it takes several attempts and at least a week to hear back.  In addition Kaplan's classes end up costing almost $2000 per term, it is very expensive.  This is why I am considering finding another school, but it is difficult since all the other aspects of this school are so positive. 

I am in my third semester with University of Phoenix.  My experience has been both good and terrible.  My COM 125 professor was a complete idiot.  She deducted 12% off of my final grade for not having sufficient words in my final, when in fact i was well over.  She went back and fourth, then when she couldnt support her claim, she told me to be happy with my grade beause it is good.  A “B” for the class and a “c” on the final is not good in my book.  Her grading throughout the semester was a disaster.  I would miss a small detail and she would deduct 50% from my grade. 

This unfortunately is not the first idiot professor i have had there.  This semester it seems that my professors are both decent.  I am taking my core classes and enjoy it.  But I am looking into alternatives, because of the problems I have had to deal with. 

I called Colorado Tech because I know someone who graduated from there and loved it.  The person I spoke to in admissions “Doug Taylor” was a complet A**hole.  Instead of listening and answering my questions, he attempted to strong arm me into signing up.  I have been in sales and have run my own business for 5 years.  If any of my people treated a potential client like this they would be immediately fired.  Long story short I am willing to deal with the problems at the University of Phoenix. 

In addtion, course materials/study guides are not kept up to date.  I took a Sociology class where there were 100 points missing from the grading scale in the study guide.  A year later I found when I clicked on the same study guide online, that this error had still not been corrected, even though professor had been informed a year ago.  I am pleased with the professors, but I believe they spend most of their money on professors salaries, and then don't have enough left in the budget to improve other areas.  I do understand that this is a State College and money is limited.  Be prepared if you attend this school through extended studies to not wait for them to send exams, you will have to call and insure that things are getting done as they should

The computer systems are bad and they don't allow direct contact to IT people.  I finally could not proceed as my papers were not viewable by other students and the instructor when posted.  It was like taking a class and being told to sit in the hall.

* Live webcast is awfully bad.  It sometimes works sometime does not.  Pictures are blur, sound is soft and unclear unless a professor has a loud voice like Mr.  Windsor.  When you contact the web tech, they don't care.  All they do is to tell you that it works fine at THEIR ends.  Sound silly, doesn't it? 

* Teachers do not care much about DEN students, you hardly to make an appointment to see them.  If you raise questions about lectures or homework they don't want to answer you right away or just ignore.  If you keep asking, they will hate you.  They are not helpful at all except Prof Boehm or Horrowitz.

* USC shorts of good professors for MSCS and PhD CS.  It hires someone at PhD level (but not graduate) to teach 500 courses.  Some PhD student teaches Software Architecture CS578, a very important course for CS.  Some even does not have skills in a paricular subject, for example, an instructor at PhD level in Physics teaches Database 585.  Sound funny, huh? 

* TAs do not care about students for sure.  Most of TAs are not helpful at all.  They just want to get some money to support themselves when they're studying.  They don't care about students' need.  They dont' want to hear your questions about homework the need for help.  They would get mad and insult you if you insist.  Some TAs are very stuck up, they treat you like ididots.

* The Tuition is very expensive $5000 for 4 units course + $500 DEN fee that is not worth for the quality.  They can take in 300 students for one class but dont's want to spend time to answer students' questions. 

* USC is probably best for international students who are not acceptable or not qualified to other good schools.

* They just get your money but don't want to provide the adequate services or qualified teaching.  If you complain, they would say that it's your fault and that you're not good enough to understand the subjects.  That's is suck!!! 

* The surrounding environment is horribbly bad.  All kinds of crimes everyday --- roberry, sex assualt, etc.

* Parking attendants are stuck up also.  They treat you as if you're not deserved for a parking space.  Even you pay $8.00/day, you can not find a parking spot .  It can take up 1/2 -1 hour to find a parking space inside structure.