Penn Foster High School

This school is wonderful, and the ones that say the opposite may be better attending onsite classes instead of online. This is for self-motivated people that don’t require an instructor to be chasing them around.

I really feel like you can't go wrong with this school. I paid around 1300 because I referred my sister to the school. I paid 40 bucks a month, which they took out my account on the 20th of each month. I never had any issues with my payments. They give you 104 test and you complete them on your own time. Simple as that. Five days after I completed my last exam I received my high school diploma. It was that simple. No regrets.

This school was one of the first I saw in my search for a good online school. I looked over their entire website and read reviews online. They were not good. But did I listen? Nope. I thought that I should give it a try and see for myself. The price is VERY cheap, so you get what you pay for I guess. It was less than $1500 for 22 courses and your diploma. It took less than an hour to call and set up an account. When I got into the account, it looked normal enough. But the catch is that there are NO actual graded assignments. There are courses, and each course had about 5-8 'lessons' which is basically a BUNCH of reading about the subject. After each lesson, you take a 20 question exam. There is not artistic experience, no worksheets, no graded activities. You only get these 'Quick Checks' that they tell you to answer and click on a link to see the answer. It is not graded.

Their material and "professors" are outdated. They expect me to draw blood from a fake balloon which I understand given we’re working with animals but then they expect me to submit a video where I have to force a gastrointestinal tube down a live animal throat and administer fake meds. I even got an email from the "professor" let's call her "Rachel" because that's her real name, telling me to do it behind the owner’s back. This is not practical, illegal and completely inhumane to the animal. I will file for an BBB investigation and submit my emails to them.

Please read. The bookkeeping program is all online. There is no option to have printed material sent to you. Anything you want printed, you will need to print out for yourself. "From the instructor". I then replied with and received no response? Very rude and don't help.

First off the hold times are horrible. Secondly, I had enrolled my son and they instantly took the full amount even though I never had an option for any payment plan. I called. They indicated I would receive a refund for the difference between the amount down and the full amount. I call to check on why it's been a week and the money has yet to be returned. I was told by their support again another 20 minute hold, that it takes two weeks. So two weeks passes they refund the difference but instantly take it back. So I call again this time a 1-hour hold and was told it will take 2 more weeks. This organization is completely disorganized. They also told me that it is not uncommon for people to sign up and take the full amount of tuition. STAY AWAY.

Hi, we enrolled my son in Penn Foster for High School at the recommendation of another family that used it. Their 4 children all graduated from Penn Foster and went on to college and did well in college. That said, it is very, very basic education. You take 2 classes at a time, each class lasts around a month. When you finish one class, it opens the next class so you always have 2 classes open. There are a total of 102 'lessons' divided between about 22 classes. Each lesson takes 1 to 10 days to complete. For example, Earth Science includes 6 lessons and you complete it in a month. Math is Basic Math I and II and Consumer Math, nothing else.