I'm not trying to be a jerk, but most online colleges are degree mill scams. I don't know about the University of Phoenix, but the one my mom went to gave everyone straight As no matter what they did and were only accredited regionally, not nationally. In other words, no one would hire her with a degree from there. Please make sure your college is a real school that is nationally accredited before you sink too much money into them. Many online "colleges" are publicly-traded corporations who live off of students that get financial aid from the government and will let anyone in and give anyone a degree just to make a profit.
I'm not trying to be a jerk, but most online colleges are degree mill scams. I don't know about the University of Phoenix, but the one my mom went to gave everyone straight As no matter what they did and were only accredited regionally, not nationally. In other words, no one would hire her with a degree from there. Please make sure your college is a real school that is nationally accredited before you sink too much money into them. Many online "colleges" are publicly-traded corporations who live off of students that get financial aid from the government and will let anyone in and give anyone a degree just to make a profit.
This is very true to some degree and there is some sound advice in there somewhere.
You do need to make sure UoP is properly accredited. I took two courses there, learned absolutely nothing (who learns a semester of instruction in 5 weeks) and found contact with the teachers was absurd. I believe they've gotten better, but it is still difficult to say how much one retains in 5 weeks when the instruction goes by so fast. It is not like the instruction is thinned out to make up for the lack of time, they just pile it on you.
I personally would never attend again and went onto to get my degree from a school that is nationally accredited, though the majority of it was done online. I will also say that UoP was very interested in my money and not so interested in my grades.
I will say this though, you're wasting your money paying for an AA from UoP. Community college is way cheaper and will most likely get you an AA with some sort of concentration, but it requires you to get off your ass and go to class.
Online is not for all, it takes a highly motivated self starter to really complete the courses and actually learn something.
I start University of Phoenix Feb 16th.
I am Enrolled in Associate of Arts in Information Technology/Web Design program.
Anyone else here going to college in their PJ's?![]()