Kaplan University-Hagerstown Campus Top Questions

There is not one type of stereotype while attending Kaplan Univeristy online. You do not get to actually "see" your classmates unless they upload a picture. The students in your online classroom come from various places across the country and ages vary.

When I think about the different types of students who go to school online at Kaplan Univeristy, I think about people who have a busy schedule and an online environment fits them best. There are a lot of moms, older students, single parents, and people from all over the world attending college online with Kaplan. There are people from all walks of life attending online schools. Everyone has one goal in mind, to better their education and get a degree so they can enhance their abilities in their careers or start a new career.

The stereotype of students at Kaplan University is that everyone is older and that this is not their first time in school. Actually, I have many first time college students in classes with me.

At Kaplan or any online university for that matter, the number one stereotype that adult learners run across is that we're all "lazy" because we're not going to traditional campus. The stereotype itself is likely 50{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} accurate as there are adult learners that don't do their work on time or have help from spouses/realatives/other sources that label the rest of us that actually do our own work. The inaccuracy of the stereotype is just this: it is more economic to go to an online college for your Undergraduate Degree; you save money (gas/room & board/food). You get out of it what you put into it, regardless of traditional or online.

Our school is a widely varied cross of people from those just out of high school to older retired people. Everyone shares the same goals and the mix works really well. Everyone has mutual respect and we all have a great time sharing experiences and helping each other along the way. It's like the great melting pot and we all pull together.