Diploma Mills

[cookderosa]

I think it is important to consider that accumulating college credit outside of a college and then transferring it into a college (in full or part) isn't something that everyone feels comfortable with- but who cares? I've been here a long time, and there is a difference between advocating for something (selling it- trying to convince people to believe the way you do) and just doing something for yourself. When I tested out of my AA, I was about 100% sure that everyone on the planet would want to do that too - WRONG. Even when I enrolled at TESU as a STUDENT taking CLASSES, most of the students hadn't heard of CLEP and didn't realize TESU was one of the top 3 most accepting colleges of assessment credit in the world. Had no clue. Didn't care.
Here are the facts: over 3200 regionally accredited colleges in this country will accept credit by exam in some amount. If you want to save money and time, you can LEGALLY and ETHICALLY take advantage. If you don't want to- that's also nobody's business but your own. However, when someone comes here and says that using credit by exam or non-college courses at a regionally accredited college is the same as buying a degree from a diploma mill, they are spreading lies and it needs to be called out.