Online College Degrees

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I started one of those programs. Started it say 7 years ago. I bought into their whole deal of "if you sign up with us, we don't do any homework or projects, and it's really easy". They said that and I along with several other people signed up. I didn't realize it was a series of prerequisite "clep" books that they sent me, you read these books on a subject, go to a local college and take a test. They didn't explain that was how it was going to be. They made it sound like one reads these small books, there was participation, and you won't be alone and can get help anytime, and its a highlight of your course and you just test out, easy as that. I am a horrible test taker and I need that actual class structure. I was under the impression everything was online and the books that were being sent were on line stuff and it wasn't at all. It was a do it yourself home study to attempt to get out of classes. I passed my first exam in ethics, attempted government but didn't pass that, and that's where all my interest stopped and that was the end of getting my BSN. I got suckered by the salesman point blank. IT cost me a small fortune to get these manuals as they called them. Which were xerox copies stuck in a notebook. AND that wasn't even the cost of the actual college courses that had to be taken online. ( The college was accredited and similar to Un. of Pheonix but a tad cheaper). I never made it that far so I can't comment on the online courses at all. I was very disillusioned by the whole thing. The other girl that I know that signed up with me, she never completed one exam, as she didn't realize how it was going to work also. I do know another lady that is getting her BSN online thru U of Pheonix and seems to be doing okay with it.

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I had to go to a certified testing center also. It was a long time ago, but that's the reality in class or at home. You have to take tests. I can't imagine it has changed much, though, because they have to verify WHO is taking the test. If it was really easy to get a degree, they really wouldn't be worth much. We all struggled through our Bachelors, etc.