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Review - Eh.. | Final Overall University Grade = D
By: Anonymous User
Years Attended/Graduated: Just finished 1st quarter
Student Review:
The biggest problem I’ve experienced is not with the online school itself, but the people actually running the school. When I decided to attend VCO I had a man contact me from the school to help me through the process of registering. He was VERY helpful.. gave me so many reasons Virginia College Online was a great school and so right for me and blah, blah, blah… every time I would email him, he replied almost immediately.. same with phone messages. After classes began it was almost impossible to get a hold of him! Like he got me to sign up, collected his commission for “recruiting me”, and then said screw her. I decided to change my major, that was a mistake. I sent an email to one of the deans requesting the change and he sent me a bunch of forms to print out. He said I needed to fill them out, sign them, and mail them back to him.. and to expedite the process I could also fax him a copy. “No problem,” I thought, and did it the same day… Well I mailed it to him over a week ago and still haven’t heard anything. And for some reason they never get my faxes, although other people do with no problems.. Anyway, so I faxed it to him like 7 times. I finally emailed the guy yesterday asking if he received anything from me and he never responded. Also I requested a letter to verify my enrollment to the school as a full time student to give to my employer and I got a letter stating I was only half time, which is wrong. The people that work in the office seem extremely unorganized, unintelligent, AND ignorant. The communication is TERRIBLE! When you finally DO get ahold of someone, they act like its such a pain in the butt to answer your question.
Final Recommendation: D, I don’t recommend at all.
Virginia College Online Student Reviews
Review - VCO Review | Final Overall University Grade = C
By: beth.suyak [at] gmail.com
Years Attended/Graduated: 2004-2007
Student Review:
As a graduate from Virginia College Online, I was thinking that my degree would open doors for me in the business world. However, the exact opposite occurred. Many firms will not hire from Virginia College Online because anyone can take a course and pass a test. I changed colleges for my MBA and by doing so reopened many of those slammed doors because many of companies understand the differences between knowledge and the ability to apply that knowledge.
Final Grade: Overall, I would give the school a C-. It has potential but in my eyes, it is a degree mill.
(2 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)
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