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FubarMan User ID: 971515 United States 06/06/2010 09:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it is supposed to be a legit diploma; it is an online deg. I got an MBA. I went to apply for a job at a bank as a financial officer. They asked me for a copy of my degree. When I presented it to the interviewer, the bitch laughed and said this diploma is a joke. Wtf? I spent tons of cash getting this on-line degree. How is it a joke? I dont get it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 717575If the University of phoenix is accredited, it should be good to go. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 717575 United States 06/06/2010 09:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it is an accredited online university. Your comparison makes absolutely no fucking sense. Mmmm... YOU DON'T GET IT. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 883744Maybe that's WHY you spent all that money getting the modern equivalent of a diploma from the back of a pack of matches? Just something to think about... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 750018 United States 06/06/2010 09:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it is supposed to be a legit diploma; it is an online deg. I got an MBA. I went to apply for a job at a bank as a financial officer. They asked me for a copy of my degree. When I presented it to the interviewer, the bitch laughed and said this diploma is a joke. Wtf? I spent tons of cash getting this on-line degree. How is it a joke? I dont get it. Quoting: FubarManIf the University of phoenix is accredited, it should be good to go. Depends on the accrediting agency; some are more highly regarded than others. Some are not regarded at all. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 717575 United States 06/06/2010 09:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | that is the thing, it is accredited. So why the hell did she laugh and ridicule my diploma? it is supposed to be a legit diploma; it is an online deg. I got an MBA. I went to apply for a job at a bank as a financial officer. They asked me for a copy of my degree. When I presented it to the interviewer, the bitch laughed and said this diploma is a joke. Wtf? I spent tons of cash getting this on-line degree. How is it a joke? I dont get it. Quoting: FubarManIf the University of phoenix is accredited, it should be good to go. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 717575 United States 06/06/2010 09:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it is supposed to be a legit diploma; it is an online deg. I got an MBA. I went to apply for a job at a bank as a financial officer. They asked me for a copy of my degree. When I presented it to the interviewer, the bitch laughed and said this diploma is a joke. Wtf? I spent tons of cash getting this on-line degree. How is it a joke? I dont get it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 750018If the University of phoenix is accredited, it should be good to go. Depends on the accrediting agency; some are more highly regarded than others. Some are not regarded at all. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 750018 United States 06/06/2010 09:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it is supposed to be a legit diploma; it is an online deg. I got an MBA. I went to apply for a job at a bank as a financial officer. They asked me for a copy of my degree. When I presented it to the interviewer, the bitch laughed and said this diploma is a joke. Wtf? I spent tons of cash getting this on-line degree. How is it a joke? I dont get it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 750018If the University of phoenix is accredited, it should be good to go. Depends on the accrediting agency; some are more highly regarded than others. Some are not regarded at all. Then again, maybe she is just a little snot. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 994360 United States 06/06/2010 09:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If the University of phoenix is accredited, it should be good to go. Quoting: FubarManThats just the beginning of the story. Check the wikipedia. The University of Phoenix (UPX) is a private for-profit institution of higher learning. For profit schools are interested in making money, not teaching students. '[Its] business degree is an M.B.A. Lite,' said Henry M. Levin, a professor of higher education at Teachers College at Columbia University. “I’ve looked at [its] course materials. It’s a very low level of instruction.” How long did it take to get this "MBA" and how much did you pay? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 993883 United States 06/06/2010 09:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | that is the thing, it is accredited. So why the hell did she laugh and ridicule my diploma? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 717575Because it's online. You didn't physically attend a real college and probably didn't put in the amount of time people would for the degree. Online degrees can be earned in months, maybe even weeks compared to 4 years at a college. Some employers will look beyond the paper because they want someone who put the time into it. It sucks, especially if you spent money on it, but it's true. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 994372 United States 06/06/2010 09:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | is there a website I can go to to see a list of recognized accrediting agency and dubious ones? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 717575It's a fine time to be wanting to check the school's accreditation now. You should have done that before you sank your life's savings and effort into Phoenix. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 988584 Australia 06/06/2010 09:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Because online degrees are not highly regarded by the business community... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 717575why is that? The course work is the same as if you went to an onsite school. I dont get it. Hes right it is its just a different way of doing it. Its backed by the University of Phoenix, its a real University. I would complain to her boss shes a retarded psycho. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 993883 United States 06/06/2010 09:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If the University of phoenix is accredited, it should be good to go. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 994360Thats just the beginning of the story. Check the wikipedia. The University of Phoenix (UPX) is a private for-profit institution of higher learning. For profit schools are interested in making money, not teaching students. '[Its] business degree is an M.B.A. Lite,' said Henry M. Levin, a professor of higher education at Teachers College at Columbia University. “I’ve looked at [its] course materials. It’s a very low level of instruction.” How long did it take to get this "MBA" and how much did you pay? Same way a Harvard degree will be looked at greater than a degree from U of North Dakota, or some other state that's not known for pumping out multitudes of highly educated people in famous roles. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 717575 United States 06/06/2010 09:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it took me about 1 yr to finish the program. If the University of phoenix is accredited, it should be good to go. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 994360Thats just the beginning of the story. Check the wikipedia. The University of Phoenix (UPX) is a private for-profit institution of higher learning. For profit schools are interested in making money, not teaching students. '[Its] business degree is an M.B.A. Lite,' said Henry M. Levin, a professor of higher education at Teachers College at Columbia University. “I’ve looked at [its] course materials. It’s a very low level of instruction.” How long did it take to get this "MBA" and how much did you pay? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 988584 Australia 06/06/2010 09:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | that is the thing, it is accredited. So why the hell did she laugh and ridicule my diploma? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 993883Because it's online. You didn't physically attend a real college and probably didn't put in the amount of time people would for the degree. Online degrees can be earned in months, maybe even weeks compared to 4 years at a college. Some employers will look beyond the paper because they want someone who put the time into it. It sucks, especially if you spent money on it, but it's true. No its the same, here you can do it too, through different universities. Obviously you cant do medicine, but other things like accounting, arts you can do. People become CPA's with an online off campus degree here. Its all the same stuff, same exams, etc. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 988584 Australia 06/06/2010 10:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it took me about 1 yr to finish the program. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 717575If the University of phoenix is accredited, it should be good to go. Thats just the beginning of the story. Check the wikipedia. The University of Phoenix (UPX) is a private for-profit institution of higher learning. For profit schools are interested in making money, not teaching students. '[Its] business degree is an M.B.A. Lite,' said Henry M. Levin, a professor of higher education at Teachers College at Columbia University. “I’ve looked at [its] course materials. It’s a very low level of instruction.” How long did it take to get this "MBA" and how much did you pay? That's what it is, its not a real University, it only does online stuff. Some real universities physical ones where people actually go to them offer online off campus types of degrees. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 717575 United States 06/06/2010 10:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | that is some really fucking up shit! this country! damn this country! they tell you to get an education. They accredit these kinds of institutions giving you the impression they're legit. But yet! they will fuckin reject it!! damn this country!!!!!!!!!! that is the thing, it is accredited. So why the hell did she laugh and ridicule my diploma? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 993883Because it's online. You didn't physically attend a real college and probably didn't put in the amount of time people would for the degree. Online degrees can be earned in months, maybe even weeks compared to 4 years at a college. Some employers will look beyond the paper because they want someone who put the time into it. It sucks, especially if you spent money on it, but it's true. |
FubarMan User ID: 971515 United States 06/06/2010 10:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | is there a website I can go to to see a list of recognized accrediting agency and dubious ones? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 717575it is supposed to be a legit diploma; it is an online deg. I got an MBA. I went to apply for a job at a bank as a financial officer. They asked me for a copy of my degree. When I presented it to the interviewer, the bitch laughed and said this diploma is a joke. Wtf? I spent tons of cash getting this on-line degree. How is it a joke? I dont get it. If the University of phoenix is accredited, it should be good to go. Depends on the accrediting agency; some are more highly regarded than others. Some are not regarded at all. Yes I just looked this up recently. There are several accrediting agencies in the US. I don't have any links but I did look it up for work for a friend that was getting an online degree. We looked it up before she enrolled. The Human resource office in that company should have reviewed your file before an interview if they did not like your education, then they had no business interviewing you. I'm glad you did not go to work for them, they don't sound like they have it on the ball. Good luck on your next interview. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 988584 Australia 06/06/2010 10:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wtf it looks real to me. The University of Phoenix (UPX) is a private for-profit institution of higher learning. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Apollo Group Inc. which is publicly traded on NASDAQ (APOL) an S&P 500 corporation based in Phoenix, Arizona. As the university with the largest student body in North America, it has a current enrollment of 420,700 undergraduate students and 78,000 graduate students,or 224,880 full-time equivalent students. The university has more than 200 campuses worldwide and confers degrees in over 100 degree programs at the associate's, bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels. [link to en.wikipedia.org] |