Online Schooling: Phoenix vs Kaplan

I graduated high school back in 2001. I had thought about going to college, but had to much going on at the time to even bother with it. Every time that I considered going to school, something got in the way of it, and I wasn't able to go back. I had never realized that there were online schools at the time, and on top of that, I didn't know anything about them.

When I finally decided to consider going back to school, it was September of 2006. I started researching different universities, and talked to a school official for one of the universities on the phone. At that point, they asked me if I was considering going to school on campus or online. At that point, I knew I had more options than I thought I had.

I decided to tell them that I wanted to check out a couple more schools before I finalized my decision with any one specific university. At that point, I started researching online schools instead. It was amazing how many schools offered online classes. They had classes for pretty much any area of study that you wanted to go into.

Come December of 2006, I had narrowed it down to 3 schools. It was between Arizona State, Phoenix, and Kaplan University. I knew what I wanted to go to school for, and at that point I had to figure out which school offered me the best learning opportunities, degrees, and experience. Arizona State didn't have too much for my area of study, so I decided against that one.

Then it was between Phoenix and Kaplan. Phoenix had a lot to offer, and I knew a few people who went or were going to their school whether online or on campus. Then when I looked into Kaplan, they had so much to offer as well. They actually had more to offer than Phoenix did, when it came to my area of study.

I started classes there back in January 2007. Their degrees are on two year plans. You can get your associate's degree within two years, then if you want to go on to your bachelor's it's another two years, and so on. I am starting out with my Associate's and working one degree at a time. I plan on getting my MBA through them.