Why Capella?
Capella Learner #1:
We chose Capella, and I mean that strongly. I mean Cornell is in our backyard, Syracuse University, we have some of the best schools in the world right here in New York and we chose Capella, we did not settle for Capella, we chose Capella.
Capella Learner #2:
Capella was really the way -- the answer for me to do that, because with Capella I can go to school from 5 to 7 in the morning, which works to my schedule.
Capella Learner #3:
I chose Capella, I researched other online universities and Capella fit my needs as far as money and time with the program.
Capella Learner #4:
They were looking at me, they were not just rubber-stamping me through, and I thought that added quality and value to the program that I did not find in the others.
Discover our commitment.
Capella Learner #5:
The reason for Capella is because all your competitors took too long to be responsive, and Capella was very responsive within a 24 hour period and had a very good detailed website. It was providing me the information that I was looking for.
Gretchen Koenig, Capella enrollment counselor:
It really is about touching people’s lives. You just never know when you call someone’s home what kind of door or window they need you to open for them.
Capella Learner #6:
Gretchen followed up with me, she was very thorough. I had a lot of questions, because I do work a 60-hour workweek and I wondered all the time how in the world am I going to fit a PhD level work into my schedule, and she was very reassuring.
Discover our support.
Capella Learner #7:
It has got a lot of support and that is the thing I find different in other online schools. The support is great here, you have support from all sides, not just the professors, you got the libraries, you got your counselors, you have got your advisors. They call me, I do not have to call them, so that was good.
Paul Schroeder, Capella senior vice president:
We are here to help support our learners, we are here to help them be successful. What we are talking about is not an environment where we want learners to be a number, we want to treat them in a lowest cost way, we want to provide a really high quality experience that helps them succeed.
Capella Learner #8:
What I do like about Capella is the support. They do not just put you out there and tell you go do it.
Capella Learner #9:
And having that support system just -- oh God, it speaks not volumes but encyclopedias for what it can actually do for you. I cannot encourage anyone and everyone enough to come to Capella.
Discover our excellence.
Capella Learner #10:
I find that I am working much harder in the Capella program, nothing against the other universities, but you can kind of sit in the traditional class and sort of zone out, and as long as you write a good paper at the end, you get your A. Not here.
Capella Learner #11:
The instructors here what they do is they point you on the direction and let you discover what you need to discover.
Rubye Howard Braye, Capella faculty member, School of Business and Technology:
And it evokes the type of commitment for me so that I am just absolutely committed to helping them finish so that they can go do the things that they are saying they want to do.
Capella Learner #12:
I think that as long as people are ready to take charge of their education that Capella is a great place to do that.
Capella Learner #13:
It was quite a journey and Capella made it so it was a great journey.
Rediscover your dreams.
Capella Learner #14:
Well, I am a first generation college student, and so this is a big thing for me personally, as well as my family.
Capella Learner #15:
It is believing that there is something bigger and better out there than you and you are stepping into that, and through that knowledge you are making a difference in the world, because of the knowledge that you do obtain.
Capella Learner #16:
It has always been my dream to teach on the college level and I do believe that that degree is going to allow me to do that.
Capella Learner #17:
My long-term goal is to build a university in my country one day, I am from West Africa.
Capella Learner #18:
I cannot have seen anything else, my life go in any other direction, it is almost like you have got two lives; you have got the before and you have got the after.
Capella Learner #19:
I am absolutely certain it is the right thing to do. I know I am doing it in the right place at the right time. But exactly where it is going to lead, I do not know, but I know I am on the right road.
Capella Learner #20:
I really think you should go for it and do not let any situation stop you. Use your faith, lean on your family, whatever support system you have, and you go for the goal, and do not stop and don’t give up.