Encouraged by UMPI Enrollment Advisor to Enroll

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The problem here is assuming that people spent time on this forum before talking with UMPI, many don't.  That's reality, no matter how much experience you or others may have with the program. 

I don't care if I get PLA or not, the point here is simple - I told them I am interested in it.  I told the person on the phone, and I told them when I checked the box for PLA when I applied. Now they are performing a degree audit for me, without once contacting me about PLA.  If they allow PLA, which they do, and they have a box for you to check during your application, they should be talking to you about PLA before doing your degree audit, period.  Those things have nothing at all to do with the enrollment counselors and nothing to do with whether or not PLA makes sense for YourPace students.

You can take your frustration elsewhere. I have never assumed anyone who has ever applied to UMPI is familiar with this forum. A few of us have said over and over to complain to YourPace about these enrollment counselors. The enrollment counselor is NOT performing a degree audit. The degree audit is done by your advisor whom you would speak to about PLAs. Enrollment counselors get you through the admissions process and many of your questions are beyond their scope. This is true for MANY schools. Admissions and the Registrar don't work together. They're totally different departments and people. 

I just looked at the application process because PLA was not on the previous application. If you look at the application, it is NOT an UMPI application. It is a University of Maine system application. The PLAs are geared towards on campus students. This is a general application and not specific to YourPace. They have streamlined the application process and it's now processed by the U of M system not UMPI. Again if you want to file a complain about the enrollment counselors, write an email to Jessica.