Failing a college class...

[blackrosenova400]

Originally Posted by AJ

Got any names of who she has talked to? My co-worker is good friends with someone high up @ Rasmussen (might even be the dean if I recall), and I could run the name by him as well as the situation.

Which Rasmussen?

[AJ]

Just talked to him, his friend is the dean of admissions at the BP campus off 169.

He's also thinking she's probably suspened to the 6mo/1yr, but they apparently have changed their basis for enrollment and other changes to improve their gradutaiton rate. What that really means, I have no idea.

[daoshao]

Wife went to rasmussen and failed one of the required courses the first time. The teacher and counselor told her not to fail again or else she would be suspended and put on academic probation. Wifey ended up quiting her part time job and focused on passing that class. Wife passed it with ease the second time.

Your wife is going to have to wait 6 months to a year or transfer to a sister school. I say 'sister' school, because rasmussen credits don't really transfer to other schools too well.

[AJ]

Originally Posted by daoshao

Your wife is going to have to wait 6 months to a year or transfer to a sister school. I say 'sister' school, because rasmussen credits don't really transfer to other schools too well.

That's part of their change, some of these schools are good, but their credits don't transfer for shit, not like a regular university would.

They are moving to better their program and obviously that entails caring more about the overall education and graduation rate than just taking payment for classes as and allowing someone unlimited chances to "pay" for their degree.

End result here is she will probably get one more chance after a 6/12 month suspension and that will be it. Fail again and yes, she'll need to find another school or another program without that required class if allowed to stay in school at all.

[Super Bleeder!!]

Why do people go to these strange small schools anyway? Are they cheaper?

How are they better than a more popular public school like the UoM or one of the big private schools like St.Thomas.

[tpunx99GSX]

Originally Posted by Super Bleeder!!

Why do people go to these strange small schools anyway? Are they cheaper?

How are they better than a more popular public school like the UoM or one of the big private schools like St.Thomas.

They are usually a lot cheaper i believe.

[Super Bleeder!!]

Originally Posted by tpunx99GSX

They are usually a lot cheaper i believe.

Proof?

[goodhart]

LOL, not Rasmussen. My tuition last fall at SCSU was $3,700, I know my Wife's for spring quarter is roughly that. They do 4 quarters instead of 2 semesters (Summer being optional but typically shorter)

I think the reason people go to schools like rasmussen, dunwoody, etc, is for the more specialized subjects, more hands on, its more like tech school than a university from what I gather.

[A//// Guy]

I went to Normandale, where all credits transfer to major schools. Then I transferred to Metro State, which was almost the same price as Normandale but they offer 4 year degrees and are a MNSCU school.

See if somehow she can transfer your credits elsewhere and pick up where she left off.

Sucky situation though.

[AJ]

The big upside to some of these schools is that they are more program driven. Look at DeVry, they focus on Finance and Business areas. MN School of Business, same thing, decent programs, but both schools credits won't transfer to a university like a community college would, and they never were originally designed to either.

Personally, if you going back to school now for say accounting or finance, a university is not for the best choice imho. You can really get more specific education these days, but it's if you don't choose a university or cc to start with, and fail or decide to go another route it can be a bad move financially.