What to Do As a Student

As a student, then, what are you to do? When it comes to finding out if a school is worth the cost, you should take into consideration accreditation. But, you should do so knowing a few things.

First, realize that accreditation is done for online schools just as it is done by those in traditional form. Some of the standards may not fit well. Nevertheless, ask questions. Find out if the school is accredited and who has done the accreditation. The online accreditation organization is that of The Distance Education and Training Council. Yet, some are being accredited by the standard accreditation organizations as well.

In either case, ask these questions.

• Is the school entirely or specific schools within it accredited?

• If not, is the school in the process of getting their accreditation at this point?

• If not, why not?

• If the school is accredited, take a few minutes to verify which organization accredited the school.

• Is this organization legitimate? You can find this information rather easily on the web just by looking at the Better Business Bureau or doing a search.

• If the school is not accredited or in the process of getting it, find out if they were turned down. If so, find out why?

 Why go through this trouble? It is quite simple. Your degree, your education and your funding is going towards that valuable online degree. You deserve to make the best decision possible and you can only do this with all the information in hand.

Taking accreditation seriously is important. Getting these answers is essential. With so many bad apples on the web looking to take your money, you do need to know what you are investing in as well as what it will get you.

Finally, the bottom line is that you should take into consideration this fact.

If it is too good to be true, it probably is.