Penn Foster

is "school" is a joke. the site is always down and having technical difficultys. way too much reading material and no hands on experience. in my line of work hands on is the only way to learn. i was basically doing this just to get a degree. if you really want to learn go to your local Boces . do not use this "school" Waste of time and money

I'm really surprised at what I'm reading. I've been doing my homework with PF, calling in and clarifying the enrollment agreement/etc, and I already knew of all of your complaints and I'm not officially enrolled yet! PF has a list of colleges that accept their degree credits (it's located on their main website), but the colleges are mainly online institutes (what'd you expect from an ONLINE COLLEGE like PF?!) I'm excited to grab a low-cost associate's from PF, then transfer to a low-cost good college like APU Online (another college online that accepts PF credits). Yes, you can't receive your degree until you pay it off completely, but I don't see that being unreasonable. If they're practically going to hand you a degree for a fraction of the cost of your average degree these days, I don't mind! Good luck to everyone else, and keep it in mind for the future: RESEARCH before diving into life's opportunities! Don't give PF a chance if you aren't self-motivated, because online colleges are designed for people who can teach themselves the material and become their own teacher!

First of all, their accreditation is posted plainly on their website. Penn Foster is nationally accredited, but for Early Childhood Education, it would be incredibly difficult to reach regional accreditation from what I have read. I am enrolled in the AS program and I love it so far. I can go at my own pace, and the instructors are always helpful! I like that I can speak with actual instructors rather than having to wait for a call back from a 'tutor' which is what I experience at Ashworth. Overall, I am thrilled with my experience.

I have not had any problems with penn foster i am almost done i am in final class with 3 more tests to take passing with a 95 average.You don't need to go to a libary to do exams just buy a computer.

This is the worst school i have ever been too, i wish i would have known better coming out of high school, i did not do my research or anything, so please do your research! this school is over priced, fake, ridiculous, you will learn nothing! you have to go to a library to take exams which many do not do anymore, you have to order over priced expensive books that no one will buy back, hello EBOOKS PENN FOSTER!!! you might as well sit in a class room this is by no means an online school, the people in the office were extremely rue, and it seemed like i was paying and paying but the price did not go down, no one would accept these credits i looked for over a year to find a school that would take these fake credits and i only found one school in my state, thank goodness, i switched immediately and they would not give me my transcript even though they did not want to give it to me that was fine but they had to give it to my new school, my new instructor said they were unprofessional, rude, and she had never heard of them, eventually i got it, and i have never been happoer the new school applied the credits to me getting a bachelors, because they said with all of the credits i had there i should have already had my associates, they said i was pretty much into the bachelors field with how many credits i had! they aid no associates program should take three years, there bachelors program is four years, well thank goodness they transferred my credits from them which was a headache,well ill be done with my bachelors in another year, and the classes are awesome and i currently have aa 4.0 and was invited to the golden key international society membership for having a high GPA,everyone recognizes my credits and i got a job teaching immediately. Do not go to penn foster they are not a real school, please young people do your research, i later go harassed for the remainder due which i understand, but i had made arraignments to pay they also do not offer financial aid, the school i went to did and i received the pell grant and many others which i had to use to pay penn foster off, i told her as long as i never hear from them again then just take the money, and they and the nerve to send me letters asking me to come back! i moved and changed my number and have not heard from them since

DO NOT enroll in this program unless you are not planning on continuing with a bachelors. I completed an associate degree with them that took me 3 years, after that, i wanted to transfer the 70 credits i earned and NO COLLEGE in New York accepted the credits! Turns out Penn Foster is not regionally accredited!! I had to start ALLL over again from zero. What a waste of TIME and MONEY!!

Be very careful! They seem wonderful with all of their payment plans, no interest, etc...however, they give you one year to finish each semester and you could take 33 months per semester to pay it off, yet they neglect to tell you that you do not recieve your degree until every penny is paid off. They make it seem great and wonderful, like you are paying installments to a loan, but that is not the case. They do not take finacial aid or grant money. So if you have over $6,000 to spend right now...go somewhere else!

Had issues regarding the receiving of materials as I am an international student.And its really frustrating when the emails to & fro most of the time do not had any answers to the issues. Customer service is not that good both for email & call centre