Kaplan University-Davenport Campus Top Questions

I receive knowledge from my courses, and it is a good reason to attend for a better life.

Kaplan University has a BS Forensic Accounting/Auditing Program designed for future forensic accountants. After completion of my bachelors, I will be well equipped with the academic knowledge needed to pursue my dreams in the forensic accounting entity.

Having graduated from high school 29 years ago and having taken college classes periodically throughout that time, I understand the importance of an education. After my divorce, I decided that I needed to return to school to continue my education, both for my own betterment and as a role model for my two children. I feel it is imperative that they see the importance of an education beyond high school and the best way to teach that is by example. I have gained better personal insight about myself and the goals and needs of others throughout my studies. I anticipate completing my courses and acquiring skills to assist me in my next role, as a mentor/counselor/advocate for children. Without this experience, both as a student and as a mother, I could not have understood the importance of an education and its value in my life and my children?s lives. I believe the value will continue to be apparent as I progress throughout my career, hopefully having a positive impact on those I encounter.

Attending college for the third time has made me wished I had stuck with it the first time. I am married with a child now and it is a lot harder to attend school when you have a family. Not only that to find time to look for scholarships, do homework and house work, and spend quality time with my husband an daughter. I do enjoy college more now when I am older because it is my adult conversation for the day. I have a two year old and I am a home maker. I love talking with my daughter, but it isn't as intellectual as class discussions. It is valuable to attend college because it shows my duaghter that women to go to college and can still be mommies.

I beive that every person should have to opportunity to an education and I love going to school. I am able to pursue a career that makes me happy and for the rest of my life I know that I will have a degree. That is one of the best feelings in the world and when I finally do finish, that is something that no one can take away from me.

I have learn that college is not for everyone but it is a great way to better yourself, even if you are not planning on using your college experience in the work place.

I was previously a salon owner until I became ill and could no longer stand on my feet to make a living. Without a job, especially in a downward economy where my husband's income had dropped by two thirds, I was becoming depressed. I saw a commercial about Kaplan Online, but had never been to college and didn't know where to begin, they helped me with everything and were so kind. The dust has been removed from my brain. Skills that I had previously enjoyed but pushed aside, as in writing and researching, have been restored. I look forward to school even though it is difficult, and I believe that soon I will have a valuable career in a growing field. I cannot imagine feeling hopeless forever with no security for a future, and going to college has taken away any hopelessness and fear of my future. I hope it is also a subconscience message to my son, that one is never too old for a new start.

My long term goal is to attend law school. I am currently studying legal studies at Kaplan University. I hope to attain my BS in legal studies which hopefully will lay a firm foundation upon which to build andfurther my education in law school.

College has taught me that though a mother has to learn to be flexible, a time manager, and jack-of-all-trades, students have mountains that are sometimes insurmountable to climb. Many parents simply have forgotten with age or my case, never knew existed, the struggles of our young adults. I thought going to school was the cakewalk while my job as mother, breadwinner and homemaker was difficult. Learning is hard and my return to school has been a challenge. While it appears the student?s soak up their studies like a sponge, it takes me twice as long to grasp the same material. They are truly inspirational, the young adults I?ve met during my experience have taught me just how involved school is beyond studying; they are learning to save our world. Additionally, being a fulltime mom, I am a living demonstration to my two teenaged daughters the value of getting an education early in life before children. The value of my degree will be reflected when I am in the position to help them obtain theirs.

Before I attended college, I cared less about where my life was going. I hated high school for my poor grades. It was like once I started failing, it kept getting worse and the less I cared about it. With college I was given another choice to rise above myself and give myself a purpose in life. I didn?t want to flip burgers for the rest of my life. I wanted to be somebody who was confident in what she was doing and enjoyed every minute of it. I never had a rich life with money as a kid, only rich experiences. I wanted that to continue by taking what I have learned and will learn and put it to the test with the real world. The education is just a bonus within this experience that I will be getting out of going to this college and the people I meet along the way.