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What are Capella University's admissions standards?

. . . Only bottom-feeders need apply

We have just come across some rather enlightening statistics. Capella University and some of their esteemed "learners" (Capella-speak for "student") love to toss around the term "rigor" as part of their feeble attempt to describe the Capella experience. Interestingly, we've just come across (March 27, 2007) some very enlightening information published by the United States Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics regarding the "rigor" of Capella University's admissions process. Before we tell you how difficult it is to enroll in one of Capella's undergraduate programs (their standards are so high that we're confident that these must apply to their graduate programs too), we've created a quck test to determine if you are worthy of becoming a Capella "learner":

Instructions - Which of the following best describes you?

1. Do you breathe?
2. Is your body temperature greater than 32 degrees Fahrenheit?
3. Do you have a bank account?
4. Are you willing to pay for a "degree"
5. Do you lack lifeguards in your gene pool?
6. Are you a bottom feeder?
7. Other?
8. All of the above?
9. Any of the above?
10. None of the above?

Answer:

Did you get the right answer? Of course, you shouldn't be surprised that

Capella University admits 100% of all applicants

. . . to their undergraduate programs. Yes, you read that correctly! You can get admitted to Capella University even if you have one foot in a hole and the other on a banana peel! The following chart comes directly from the National Center for Education Statistics:

Are you surprised? We're not.