I have had an on going issues regarding my dissatisfaction with the accounting program that I had selected with Penn Foster I have documented correspondence with Penn Foster of my dissatisfaction with the course and materials I felt I was not and would not receive the quality education that was presented in the program outline I have since returned to a community college to obtain the accounting education that I feel Penn Foster's program lacked In additionPenn Foster is not accredited or recognized in California as Penn Foster had initially confirmed
I cancelled classes as Penn Foster and received an email confirmation in September that everything had been cancelledI was charged the amount of $on 10/1/I emailed the company and told them my account had been cancelled and to refund my paymentThey told me that I didn't cancel my log in so I would still be charged
I enrolled in the Vet Tech program and paid the registration fee and began paying monthlyOnce I began the program I realized it was not worth my timeI already have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university and did not want to continue with Penn FosterI knew the cancellation policy so I withdrew far before I finished 50% of the programI finished only assignments out of the total that would be if I continuedThe monthly payments continued for a few months and I paid enough money I thought should cover the 25% of the program I knew I had to payNext thing I knew they were charging me about $dollars moreI tried contacting many times and getting a breakdown of why I was being charged because I clearly did not finish a lot of the course and I had never received any shipments or anything extra I should be charged forEvery time I spoke with someone they said they would send me something in the mail with the breakdownEach time the mail came about days later a
I enrolled my daughter who went missing shortly after starting the programDue to this I forgot I had enrolled her and they continued to take payment outUpon calling I wanted to transfer the money to another course or get a refund since my daughter would not be completing the courseThey told me the only option was to keep my money and cancel the course even without a signed contract
I am currently enrolled in Penn Foster's vet assistant program I have completed all my exams and course work with 93% in the program I started my externship at local vet , however after spending weeks and completing over hours , I was told by my site supervisor that they could no longer help me do to the extensive list my school requires me to completeThe list is filled with tasks that are not entry level or even tasks that a vet assistant would normally performThis program requires no liability insurance I was offered no help or support from the school to find a site I questioned them about concerns I had about some of tasks being a liability issue but got no response Many of tasks on the list are very out dated but I am required to get these tasks checked off The school is partnered with both *** and *** hopitals , however none of the locations near me would even except Penn Foster Students None of tasks I completed during the time will count towards my f
When I joined Penn Foster College as a student, I was lead to believe that the degree programs were credited and would be accepted by potential employersI have since learned that companies are rejecting the degrees due to the degree's national creditingI have contacted Penn Foster's Student Service Center with the matter and was told that not all companies would except the programs degreesI was not advised of this when I was in the process of signing the agreement with Penn FosterI have canceled out the program after I learned from the student community center that the degrees were being rejectedPenn Foster sent me a letter demanding $for a cancellation settlementI do not feel I owe this amount due to being intentionally misled when I was in the process of signing the contractAt no time during the process was I informed of the problem with the degree's crediting
I have been checking my credit reportI noticed *** *** was on my reportI Disputed this count with all bureausTrans union deletes the countWhen I called *** *** to ask why you removed me from trans union but not from Equifax and Experian they have no answerThey ask me to seen a copy of my Identification, social security card and a notarize letter copy of my diploma from stating that I was not the one that applied for a diploma in Once I sent all that, they now saying they did receive my informationOnly item they have is the letterThats In possible to not get all informationSo I called back to resend the items and now they not answering me
I am currently enrolled in Penn Foster's Medical Assistant programI am going through the english composition class right nowThis class has taken me three times as long to pass than it shouldEach time I write a paper and submit it, a different faculty member reads and critiques itThere is not a limit on how many times a paper can be submitted, and there is no grade given until the paper is almost perfectThis is not beneficial to my learning experienceAll that is required of writing assignments is a passing grade of 70% or aboveI am wasting my time fixing papers to be close to 100% perfectIt takes too long for instructors to give feedback and further inhibits my progress in this programDirections for assignments are always unclear, and each instructor wants something differentWhile I understand that there are a lot of students enrolled at Penn Foster and limited staff, I am severely unhappy with my experience and will not recommend this program to anybodyI took this
I was enrolled in an Associate's Degree program where they allowed me to pay a low monthly fee per semesterI finished one semester and paid that off in full; or so they told meI then proceeded into my second semester when I fell into some personal issues and had to put off my schooling, I had called and let them know, I made payments when I couldI worked out a payment plan with themOne day they locked me out of my account and when I called the school they told me that my account had gone into collectionsI then called the collections agency and they told me in order for the school to give me access back to my account I had to make a certain amount of payments on time to themSo I did just thatI then proceeded to call the school and they told me that I was given information and in order for me to gain access back to my account and continue my education, I had to pay the full amount offThe full amount they are telling me I owe is the price for the semestersThat wa
I cancelled my course in November and was expecting a refund of $and should expect it with 4-weeks in the form of a check After six weeks and no check, I was informed that the account was reopened (Not by me) They were going to reissue me a check Received check for less than the original amount ($8.50) I called again, but with no real explanationEverything from they couldn't return the payment to my card, a mystery adustment, accounting, to it is only dollars
I had signed up for penn foster to further my education, which is why I wanted to get my highschool diplomai was told they were accreditedim in the welfare program and my instructors at the careerlink associated with community action southwest informed me that it is in fact not seen as legit through the department of educationso I started getting my schooling through career link insteadi called the penn foster school and they refuse to help and cease further collections , and refund the money I had already put into the programi believe it is advertising to promote a program that is not a legit diploma
I cancelled classes as Penn Foster and received an email confirmation in September that everything had been cancelledI was charged the amount of $on 10/1/I emailed the company and told them my account had been cancelled and to refund my paymentThey told me that I didn't cancel my log in so I would still be charged
I was enticed to sign up for school by the low fee of for the first month promotionThe next day I logged in and it said tuition paid in fullI had next to nothing in my bank account under (400.00) and it over drew me and took my check deposited by my job that dayI called in to see about what penn foster could do and they said you can wait days and we will refund it I then went to my bank (chase) who said it is noting they can do because they gave me an allotted time for refundI THEN RETURNED TO MY JOB where I COULD CALL THEM AGAIN AND THEY TOLD ME NOW THE WAIT TIME IS DAYS SO FROM DAYS TO DAYS MY NEGATIVE BANK ACCOUNT, CHILDREN, RENT , BILLS, SINGLE MOM
*** High School was a nationally accredited Alternative School High School diploma and I have gotten some of the best jobs with this High School Diploma but it is not the same as Penn Foster High School and they kept lying about the legitimacy of the contract and what ever fraudulent licensing they had with *** High School was not my fault and I am a sexual assault victim who was harassed severely because of this stupid *** High School Diploma and I am also a Domestic Violence Victim who has suffered severely and economically *** with all these student loans that mess up my credit reportIt's not okay to play games with people's lives like that and I should not have to pay any school loans for the Penn Foster College Healthcare Management Associates DegreeMy life and my child as well as my future is not a joke and I want this matter corrected by Penn Foster as soon as possible
Jaime D***, the Admissions Rep for Penn Foster College, suggested I notify the Executive staff of Penn Foster, my reasons for cancelling my enrollment with them Once you ask for info online, reps immediately contact you to sell you on their school Several reps call until you advise them you are working with a repI got her...Jaime D*** After less than hours, I requested to cancel my enrollment She was not helpful and confrontational during the enrollment process This behavior persuaded me to take my money elsewhere When contacting the school/her to cancel, you cannot get a response Won't even answer If you want better service, respect and just helpful customer service intelligence, pick another school as this person obviously portrays what you will get if you attend....trash!
I was taking a course from Penn Foster and came to the realization that the course is years old Nobody takes courses that are that old It is not relevant or timely They refused an equitable solution They said I signed a waiver I did, but the stipulations on the waiver have not been met This makes the waiver null and void as it hasn't been in effect yet, and I am due 50% of my tuition back
Penn Foster lies to get moneyI called to enroll in the High School with the Professional Childcare pathwayBefore enrolling I asked upfront if they gave certificate for the childcare and I was told yesWhen I completed the program and paid it off in full I only received a High School Diploma and no certificate so I called and was told I didn’t get one so I explained that I asked in advance before enrolling because if I wasn’t issued a certificate I was not doing the program he transferred me to someone else who then told me I did and he would look into itStill no certificate so I emailed and I have a email from them stating I do get one and they would mail it out well I never got it so I emailed like more times with a response saying my program didn’t come with one explained situation to that person with no replyFinally called today and lady said she would look into it they emailed saying no sorry I was misinformed and I don’t get s certificateMissed informed by different
My daughter enrolled in the first semester to get her Vet tech certShe completed the first semester and we paid it offShe then attempted to enroll in second semester and was told she had to take two additional classes to get credit for first semester which cost almost as much as the first semesterShe enrolled and took the classes and passed the testwe paid it off and she tried again to enroll in second semester After several phone calls she received an email saying her high school diploma was not acceptedSo she called and resubmitted the diplomaShe received an email saying it was acceptedSo she again attempted to get started on second semester, unable to access the second semester, she contacted student care and then received an email saying they do not accept her high school diplomaSo more emails and phones calls only to be told a supervisor would call her in hours
I have had an on going issues regarding my dissatisfaction with the accounting program that I had selected with Penn Foster I have documented correspondence with Penn Foster of my dissatisfaction with the course and materials I felt I was not and would not receive the quality education that was presented in the program outline I have since returned to a community college to obtain the accounting education that I feel Penn Foster's program lacked In additionPenn Foster is not accredited or recognized in California as Penn Foster had initially confirmed
I cancelled classes as Penn Foster and received an email confirmation in September that everything had been cancelledI was charged the amount of $on 10/1/I emailed the company and told them my account had been cancelled and to refund my paymentThey told me that I didn't cancel my log in so I would still be charged
I enrolled in the Vet Tech program and paid the registration fee and began paying monthlyOnce I began the program I realized it was not worth my timeI already have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university and did not want to continue with Penn FosterI knew the cancellation policy so I withdrew far before I finished 50% of the programI finished only assignments out of the total that would be if I continuedThe monthly payments continued for a few months and I paid enough money I thought should cover the 25% of the program I knew I had to payNext thing I knew they were charging me about $dollars moreI tried contacting many times and getting a breakdown of why I was being charged because I clearly did not finish a lot of the course and I had never received any shipments or anything extra I should be charged forEvery time I spoke with someone they said they would send me something in the mail with the breakdownEach time the mail came about days later a
I enrolled my daughter who went missing shortly after starting the programDue to this I forgot I had enrolled her and they continued to take payment outUpon calling I wanted to transfer the money to another course or get a refund since my daughter would not be completing the courseThey told me the only option was to keep my money and cancel the course even without a signed contract
I am currently enrolled in Penn Foster's vet assistant program I have completed all my exams and course work with 93% in the program I started my externship at local vet , however after spending weeks and completing over hours , I was told by my site supervisor that they could no longer help me do to the extensive list my school requires me to completeThe list is filled with tasks that are not entry level or even tasks that a vet assistant would normally performThis program requires no liability insurance I was offered no help or support from the school to find a site I questioned them about concerns I had about some of tasks being a liability issue but got no response Many of tasks on the list are very out dated but I am required to get these tasks checked off The school is partnered with both *** and *** hopitals , however none of the locations near me would even except Penn Foster Students None of tasks I completed during the time will count towards my f
When I joined Penn Foster College as a student, I was lead to believe that the degree programs were credited and would be accepted by potential employersI have since learned that companies are rejecting the degrees due to the degree's national creditingI have contacted Penn Foster's Student Service Center with the matter and was told that not all companies would except the programs degreesI was not advised of this when I was in the process of signing the agreement with Penn FosterI have canceled out the program after I learned from the student community center that the degrees were being rejectedPenn Foster sent me a letter demanding $for a cancellation settlementI do not feel I owe this amount due to being intentionally misled when I was in the process of signing the contractAt no time during the process was I informed of the problem with the degree's crediting
I have been checking my credit reportI noticed *** *** was on my reportI Disputed this count with all bureausTrans union deletes the countWhen I called *** *** to ask why you removed me from trans union but not from Equifax and Experian they have no answerThey ask me to seen a copy of my Identification, social security card and a notarize letter copy of my diploma from stating that I was not the one that applied for a diploma in Once I sent all that, they now saying they did receive my informationOnly item they have is the letterThats In possible to not get all informationSo I called back to resend the items and now they not answering me
I am currently enrolled in Penn Foster's Medical Assistant programI am going through the english composition class right nowThis class has taken me three times as long to pass than it shouldEach time I write a paper and submit it, a different faculty member reads and critiques itThere is not a limit on how many times a paper can be submitted, and there is no grade given until the paper is almost perfectThis is not beneficial to my learning experienceAll that is required of writing assignments is a passing grade of 70% or aboveI am wasting my time fixing papers to be close to 100% perfectIt takes too long for instructors to give feedback and further inhibits my progress in this programDirections for assignments are always unclear, and each instructor wants something differentWhile I understand that there are a lot of students enrolled at Penn Foster and limited staff, I am severely unhappy with my experience and will not recommend this program to anybodyI took this
I was enrolled in an Associate's Degree program where they allowed me to pay a low monthly fee per semesterI finished one semester and paid that off in full; or so they told meI then proceeded into my second semester when I fell into some personal issues and had to put off my schooling, I had called and let them know, I made payments when I couldI worked out a payment plan with themOne day they locked me out of my account and when I called the school they told me that my account had gone into collectionsI then called the collections agency and they told me in order for the school to give me access back to my account I had to make a certain amount of payments on time to themSo I did just thatI then proceeded to call the school and they told me that I was given information and in order for me to gain access back to my account and continue my education, I had to pay the full amount offThe full amount they are telling me I owe is the price for the semestersThat wa
I cancelled my course in November and was expecting a refund of $and should expect it with 4-weeks in the form of a check After six weeks and no check, I was informed that the account was reopened (Not by me) They were going to reissue me a check Received check for less than the original amount ($8.50) I called again, but with no real explanationEverything from they couldn't return the payment to my card, a mystery adustment, accounting, to it is only dollars
I had signed up for penn foster to further my education, which is why I wanted to get my highschool diplomai was told they were accreditedim in the welfare program and my instructors at the careerlink associated with community action southwest informed me that it is in fact not seen as legit through the department of educationso I started getting my schooling through career link insteadi called the penn foster school and they refuse to help and cease further collections , and refund the money I had already put into the programi believe it is advertising to promote a program that is not a legit diploma
I cancelled classes as Penn Foster and received an email confirmation in September that everything had been cancelledI was charged the amount of $on 10/1/I emailed the company and told them my account had been cancelled and to refund my paymentThey told me that I didn't cancel my log in so I would still be charged
Seriously horrible customer service!! I literally got kicked from my program because I was late completing it but paid extra money for extra time!!!
I was enticed to sign up for school by the low fee of for the first month promotionThe next day I logged in and it said tuition paid in fullI had next to nothing in my bank account under (400.00) and it over drew me and took my check deposited by my job that dayI called in to see about what penn foster could do and they said you can wait days and we will refund it I then went to my bank (chase) who said it is noting they can do because they gave me an allotted time for refundI THEN RETURNED TO MY JOB where I COULD CALL THEM AGAIN AND THEY TOLD ME NOW THE WAIT TIME IS DAYS SO FROM DAYS TO DAYS MY NEGATIVE BANK ACCOUNT, CHILDREN, RENT , BILLS, SINGLE MOM
*** High School was a nationally accredited Alternative School High School diploma and I have gotten some of the best jobs with this High School Diploma but it is not the same as Penn Foster High School and they kept lying about the legitimacy of the contract and what ever fraudulent licensing they had with *** High School was not my fault and I am a sexual assault victim who was harassed severely because of this stupid *** High School Diploma and I am also a Domestic Violence Victim who has suffered severely and economically *** with all these student loans that mess up my credit reportIt's not okay to play games with people's lives like that and I should not have to pay any school loans for the Penn Foster College Healthcare Management Associates DegreeMy life and my child as well as my future is not a joke and I want this matter corrected by Penn Foster as soon as possible
Originally I posted a complaintBut Penn Foster has fully remediated the situation for myself and my family
Jaime D***, the Admissions Rep for Penn Foster College, suggested I notify the Executive staff of Penn Foster, my reasons for cancelling my enrollment with them Once you ask for info online, reps immediately contact you to sell you on their school Several reps call until you advise them you are working with a repI got her...Jaime D*** After less than hours, I requested to cancel my enrollment She was not helpful and confrontational during the enrollment process This behavior persuaded me to take my money elsewhere When contacting the school/her to cancel, you cannot get a response Won't even answer If you want better service, respect and just helpful customer service intelligence, pick another school as this person obviously portrays what you will get if you attend....trash!
I was taking a course from Penn Foster and came to the realization that the course is years old Nobody takes courses that are that old It is not relevant or timely They refused an equitable solution They said I signed a waiver I did, but the stipulations on the waiver have not been met This makes the waiver null and void as it hasn't been in effect yet, and I am due 50% of my tuition back
Penn Foster lies to get moneyI called to enroll in the High School with the Professional Childcare pathwayBefore enrolling I asked upfront if they gave certificate for the childcare and I was told yesWhen I completed the program and paid it off in full I only received a High School Diploma and no certificate so I called and was told I didn’t get one so I explained that I asked in advance before enrolling because if I wasn’t issued a certificate I was not doing the program he transferred me to someone else who then told me I did and he would look into itStill no certificate so I emailed and I have a email from them stating I do get one and they would mail it out well I never got it so I emailed like more times with a response saying my program didn’t come with one explained situation to that person with no replyFinally called today and lady said she would look into it they emailed saying no sorry I was misinformed and I don’t get s certificateMissed informed by different
My daughter enrolled in the first semester to get her Vet tech certShe completed the first semester and we paid it offShe then attempted to enroll in second semester and was told she had to take two additional classes to get credit for first semester which cost almost as much as the first semesterShe enrolled and took the classes and passed the testwe paid it off and she tried again to enroll in second semester After several phone calls she received an email saying her high school diploma was not acceptedSo she called and resubmitted the diplomaShe received an email saying it was acceptedSo she again attempted to get started on second semester, unable to access the second semester, she contacted student care and then received an email saying they do not accept her high school diplomaSo more emails and phones calls only to be told a supervisor would call her in hours