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Diploma Mills: Don't get ripped off
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“Earn a college degree based...on life experience”? Most employers & schools consider it lying if you claim academic credentials that you didn't earn through actual course work. Using a “degree” from a diploma mill to apply for a job or promotion, you risk not getting hired, getting fired, and in some cases, prosecution. Here's how Diploma Mills work. What do you know?
| | NO STUDIES, NO EXAMS — Get a Degree for Your Experience. Diploma mills grant degrees for “work or life experience” alone. Accredited colleges may give a few credits for specific experience pertinent to a degree program, but not an entire degree. |
| | NO ATTENDANCE. Legitimate colleges or universities, including online schools, require substantial course work. |
| | FLAT FEE. Many diploma mills charge on a per-degree basis. Legitimate colleges charge by the credit, course, or semester, not a flat fee for an entire degree. |
| | NO WAITING. Operations that guarantee a degree in a few days, weeks, or even months aren’t legitimate. If an ad promises that you can earn a degree very quickly, it’s probably a diploma mill. |
| | CLICK HERE TO ORDER NOW! Some diploma mills push themselves through aggressive sales tactics. |
| | Accredited colleges don’t use SPAM or high-pressure TELEMARKETING to market themselves. Some diploma mills also advertise in newspapers, magazines, and on the Web. |
| | ADVERTISING THROUGH SPAM OR POPUPS. If the school caught your attention through an unsolicited email or pop-up ad, it may be a diploma mill. Legitimate institutions, including distance learning programs, won’t advertise through spam or pop-ups. |
| | "No one is ever turned down." |
| | With an additional payment of $75 in tuition, you will earn summa cum laude. |
| | If you enroll today, we will send you your diploma, a laminated, wallet-sized replica of your diploma, honors of your choice, transcripts and letters of recommendation. |
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