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i have considered online schools, and also checked out some local colleges. the advisor at the community college told me to never go to an online school, because they aren't certified?! and basically none of the classes will ever transfer to a "real" school. is this true?

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WHAT??? Who would tell you something like that without having evidence to support his/her findings? You have to do extensive research to determine what online school you would like to attend and review its state's (and regional) higher education approval and accreditation status with the specfic organization(s) and boards.

Online school are just are great as on campus classes. There are specific classes you MUST take on campus while other course are available online. Also, accreditation is a "voluntary" request from the school itself; it is not mandatory AND the transferring of courses to another institution is based upon the state's (and regional) higher education organization/agency approval of the courses to be transfered. Just continue researching and asking questions. Best wishes.

PS. If I am incorrect with the information provided above, someone please correct me. Enjoy your day.

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thanks! it sounded a little weird to me too, since online schools are so popular these days. but basically what she said was that most online schools are either not accredited, or they aren't accredited properly (they don't have all the accreditations they should) as a result if you graduate with, for example, an associates in nursing and want to become an rn, you can't because if the school was not accredited properly you can't sit for the exams to become certified. OR if you graduate with an associates, and want to transfer to get the b.s. no other colleges will accept your credits and you'll have to everything over again, so you wasted all your time at the online school taking classes that don't transfer. i was stunned to hear this, and was hoping it was just a shameless ploy to get me to go to her school, cause i can't believe schools can advetise these degrees if they are basically "fake" degress like this counselor was saying.

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It depends on for what you are "attending." If someone claims they can make you a nurse and you have no clinical experience they are a scam. If it is www.excelsior.edu AND you meet certain criteria for attendance it is okay PROVIDED that your state will license you after Excelsior.

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Nonsense! I do all of my theory classes online but I have to do my clinical in a hospital setting and I have no problem and my friends who did this before me have none. Do your research and see for yourself.

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Nonsense! I do all of my theory classes online but I have to do my clinical in a hospital setting and I have no problem and my friends who did this before me have none. Do your research and see for yourself.

i figured. the adivosr mentioned kaplan by name and said their credits wouldn't transfer, but i couldn't believe it because i have heard so many great things about them, and from what i can tell, they have everything an online university should. and from what i can see several people on this site love kaplan.

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