[jki275]

You probably benefit, we don't know who you are. It looks to me like you're shilling. You're a new account that exists solely to shill for your school that advertises itself as free but isn't, and advertises itself as accredited but isn't.

ymmv.

And I don't know what you consider "prestigious", I don't consider WGU prestigious.

[uopeoplestudent]

> your school that advertises itself as free but isn't

Tuition free, which it is.

https://www.uopeople.edu/tuition-free/what-is-tuition-free/

"UoPeople’s Tuition-Free Model is 100% real! We offer degree programs absolutely tuition-free, thanks to our generous donors who support our mission. To help support the university’s continued operation, UoPeople charges a $60 application fee, and an Assessment Fee per course completed ($100 for the undergraduate programs, and $200 for the graduate programs). That’s it. No annual enrollment fees, and no cost for course material. For those who cannot afford these fees, scholarships are available to help support their studies."

> advertises itself as accredited but isn't.

Nationally accredited, which it is. Here's what the US Department of Education says: "Accredited since (01/16/2014)"

https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/institution-profile/233675

> I don't consider WGU prestigious.

UC Berkeley is fairly prestigious, no?

https://www.ecampusnews.com/2016/04/22/uop-partners-with-uc-...

Sure, new account could be a shill. I understand the skepticism, but I think I've provided enough throughout my various comments here to demonstrate that I'm a student while also maintaining my privacy.

You don't have to agree, but at the very least you can stop spreading misinformation about the school.

[jki275]

I'm not.

It's not tuition free, it has "fees" that replace tuition, and its accreditation is worthless, and the school goes to great lengths not to make that clear to its applicants.

And your "UC Berkeley" statement says "will consider", not will admit and not will transfer. It's very very mealy mouthed in terms of whether anyone actually gets in.

You're the one with the incentive to spread misinformation, and that's exactly what you're doing.

What would my incentive be? I've got multiple actual accredited degrees I'm working on another. What does explaining what this school is actually doing benefit me in any way? "National accreditation" is essentially worthless. This is known in the academic community, it is less well known to the people institutions like this prey on. I personally know people who have been taken by these institutions and I don't like to see it happen to people.

All I'm doing is telling people the misinformation you're feeding them.

[uopeoplestudent]

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Report me, then.