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Originally Posted by sirjake
The only thing that makes me leery about a list like that is that they don't offer any specifics. I.e., what OTHER degrees these users may have had. Sure, so and so may have had a degree from Excelsior and got into Harvard's MBA program, but they fail to mention that she is a minority student who graduated with honors from Stanford first. (i.e., Excelsior was her second degree and not really what got her in.) I mean, it's somewhat comforting, but until I see some kind of specifics, or get in myself, it's not something that I see as overly reassuring.
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VERY good point. You can also add to the list the student whose father donated $100k to help build a new gym (the 'flip' side of affirmative action).
At the same time I'm not sure a degree from Walden University, Phoenx online or AIU is going to carry any more weight than Excelsior or Thomas Edison. Although I suspect straight A's from an accredited college is a plus during admission, which is why it concerns me just a bit having a transcript with lots of pass/fail grades.
One thing is for sure... I'm digging the CLEP thing so far. Full years worth of economic credits in less than a month and no mindless projects to do or worthless papers to write. Can't beat that!