Buyer Beware!

With the growth of online learning, there has also been a growth in fraud. Some unscrupulous companies take advantage of vunerable students with the promise of a high school diploma or GED diploma for a fee. Beware- many of these companies are diploma mills! They will take your money, require very little of you, and send you a fancy piece of paper that is absolutely worthless. How can you separate a diploma mill from a legitimate online learning institution? First of all, no one in the United States can earn a GED diploma online. The only way to receive a GED is to pass the tests at an official testing center like ours. In the state of Maine, there is no fee to attend GED preparation classes or to take the GED tests. If you are interested in earning a high school diploma, do a little research before you pay any fees to an Internet school. Is the institution accredited? Do they promise you a diploma in a very short period of time? Will your local college accept a diploma from them? Remember the old saying, if it looks too good (or in this case too easy) to be true, then it probably isn't legitimate. At any adult education program in the state of Maine, there is no fee to attend classes leading to a diploma. This June we expect almost 40 adults will be receiving a GED or high school diploma through our program. They didn't pay a cent for their credential but every one of them will tell you that they earned it.