How effective is correspondance schools?

Question

I was looking at Penn Foster degree and certificate programs and I was reading through the success rate. I know they are accredited but has anyone successfully went through them? Will prospective employers look at that information and use it? I don't want to enroll into something without any findings of fact.It seems too good to be true.

Answer 1

I looked into doing that myself, cause i did not have the time nor paitence to go to school. I never did it though because the exective manager where I worked at the time  told me most people will not take you seriously becuse it is an accerated course and you do not have the drive or will to accomplish a 2 to 4 year  degree program, 99.9% of the time you will not even get an interview or beconsidered for a postion with in the company,

I would suggest going to a community college in your area or take night classes somewhere even if you don't have a degree most of the time if you just finish a couple of classes in a program that is related to your career goal it would be more of a success to you, all you really need is experince in a field and you can advance with in a company. unless you want to be a nurse, doctor, or lawyer