Online High

As you recall from yesterday, I am profiling a diploma mill in the hopes of teaching you what to avoid. Yesterday, I wrote about unreasonable time expectations. Today, I want to look at life experience credits.

On its website, the “school” in question offers the following statement:

Answer some questions about your life and work experiences, the number of years of high school education you had if any, other things you have done, etc. Usually there will be enough credits based on this information to issue a high school diploma.

While I am sure submitting this information will result in them giving you a piece of paper, it would be wrong on your part to assume that the paper is a diploma or worth anything. The problem with their statements is actually two-fold:

1. It offers to give you credit for courses you have taken, but does not require transcripts; and
2. It offers to give you credit for “other things you have done.” This, in that industry, is often called life experience credits. It’s a fake. You cannot get a high school diploma or a college degree based on life experience credits.

Stay tuned for the next point.