UOP Enrollment Counselor

Discussion in 'Online & DL Teaching' started by rodecham, Jul 26, 2010.

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  1. rodecham

    rodecham New Member

    was contacted for enrollment counselor at UOP. Should be doing a phone interview in a few minutes
     
  2. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    Best of luck to you.
     
  3. StefanM

    StefanM New Member

    Good luck. It is a high-pressure sales position, so be prepared.
     
  4. rodecham

    rodecham New Member

    welp, no dice. I called the recruiter back like she asked me to and I got voice mail with no call back. This was BEFORE the interview mind you. How bad do you have to be to get ignored by the recruiter that calls on a Sunday before the interview??? LOL my heads still up!
     
  5. rodecham

    rodecham New Member

    Well, if I ever talk to the lady then I will keep that in mind. I used to work at Kaplan and they were high pressure sales in every department... it seemed that even the instructors where high pressure salespeople too!
     
  6. Psyche

    Psyche New Member

    Just keep in mind that most of mainstream academia does not really respect UofP.News reports also indicate they are now settling yet another lawsuit (about $80 million this time) for their recruiting techniques. If you do ever work for them, be very careful you don't set yourself up for any legal issues. Take it from others' experience.
     
  7. rodecham

    rodecham New Member

    That's some good information. When I worked at Kaplan I sometimes felt really badly for the students because I know some of them would never finish the program or get jobs (was the B&M campus so I met face to face) I met with the students after the enrollment guys had their hands on them and it was all a sale, not enrollment at all. They put so much pressure on FA to get money for the kids and would honestly be mad if FA couldn't "get" the kids financed. As many of you know there's not that much qualifying for stafford loans, you either are eligible or you are not.
     
  8. rickyjo

    rickyjo New Member

    Hmmmm... Perhaps this is where schools like UoP get the bad rap now and then. I've never heard anything truly bad about their classes, maybe it's their recruitment methods (TV ads, high pressure tactics, etc). I have the same complaint for Penn Foster. You call up for information and they want to pitch a sale before answering questions.

    I really do not believe that UoP is inferior, in fact, I believe schools geared towards adults are usually superior. All my information is 2nd hand, but that's the impression I get.
     
  9. TMW2009

    TMW2009 New Member

    There's a good number of comments and news articles on the web where people talk about their class experience. Lots of negative opinions about it from what I've seen...

    Here's one from 2007
    Probably one of the biggest complaints I've seen continously about their classes are: (especially at grad level) often a student couldn't rely on their classmates to do their part of the required group effort work: People were in the class that simply weren't at the level of understanding/knowledge/etc that they needed to be at for the class; and that it was only usually farther into the program (after those who simply couldn't hack it or kept falling behind) that things actually got better.

    I don't know, but I would hate to have to deal with that through half of a graduate program experience, especially at the prices they charge.

    Then again, as I've stated before, I'm just not fond of the Mass-Market mass-production of 'education' of places like UoP, Kaplan, Capella & Walden. Maybe I've always just romaticized the idea education and its ivory towers of learning. Shrug.

    But I know a number of people with degrees from those schools and often their degree works out fine for them. And that's what counts in the end. Does the degree suit, as the person who working and paying for it, you, your needs and your goals? If so, great for you. That's all that matters and no matter how much vitriol some random denizen on the internet may spew about your school, it doesn't change that it does exactly what it you wanted it to do when you decided to take that educational journey.
     
  10. kbchow

    kbchow New Member

    No doubt! I taught LSAT prep for them and really couldn't stomach that a good portion of the training was brand recognition (be sure to say The Kaplan Method, the Kaplan Money-Back Guarantee, etc). I guess that makes me an ivory tower snob...
     

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