It is important to understand the danger you face by falling for a diploma mill scam. If you trust the wrong people, you can cause a long delay in your education because your life can be consumed with the process of untangling yourself from diploma mill clutches. You can end up signing a document that sinks you into costly legal obligations that last for years.
Don't be too trusting. Don't accept an organization's claims of being accredited. There are fake accrediting bodies! A few things you should always do?
- Check accreditation body to see if it is acknowledged by the Commision of Higher Education. Do not ask the name of the college but simply present your CAM/OXIM admission letter to the CHE.
- Check out the physical address of the CAM/OXIM institutions.
- Compare the cost DALC's programmes with the cost of a known reputable college around.
- If it's too easy, think twice (exemptions, fast track, form 4 leaver starting at 2nd yr etc) think again.
Remember: It might be a diploma mill if:
- You can't find a genuine physical address, telephone/fax no.
- They offer credit for life experience
- They charge by degree or program (not by semester hour)
- You can't find the names of faculty members or staff on the CAM/OXIM website
- The CAM/OXIM web site is fancy, but there are no links to departments
- There are words misspelled
- They promise a degree in less than two years
- They don't require original official transcripts when enrolling you.
BEWARE!!
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