Beware Of Non Accredited Schools

We have all seen the ads.

“You can get your bachelors degree in just 30 days!” 

“You can become an MD in just 6 months and four easy payments of just $199 each!”

These are schools that you need to stay away from. Short and sweet, just stay away from them.

There is no way that these companies can offer you the full fledged education that you will need to get the job or the career that you are after. You can even call these companies diploma mills because all they are doing is writing out some type of diploma and mailing them out after your final payment has been mailed.

Sure, they may make it look like you are learning something, but their degree is not going to stand up in the real work place. Each day, people get taken by these scams and unfortunately lose their money.

The sad part is that employers are not stupid. They know which schools are accredited and which are holding your resume down. 

Not All Are Bad, Though

It would not be fair for us to say that all schools that do not hold accreditation are bad schools.  This is in fact untrue. There are several reasons for this. For example, an accredited school will get their accreditation from a private organization.  In the United States, many of these organizations are not regulated and, therefore, their standards may be quite different.

On the other hand, some schools just do not pursue accreditation. In fact, this is very much true of schools that have religious affiliations.  Here, the simple fact that the accreditation process is very costly can cause the school to lose a good amount of money. 

On top of these things, it takes several years for a school to become accredited.  New schools may even have the latest advancements in technology, be fully staffed and provide innovative training and education but not be accredited.  They could be in the middle of it or may not even be pursuing it.