My girlfriend spent a year at Art Institute of Philadelphia. Because she couldn’t get loan approval for her second year, she dropped out. Unfortunately, the lack of regional accreditation makes AIPH a black hole for transfer credits.
At this point, we’re trying to get her back into school, and I want to get her out of there. I initially suggested taking courses at community college and transferring them in, but found AIPH requires special sign off for existing students to do that, a policy I strongly suspect is motivated by their for-profit nature. I’m hitting the end of my knowledge in this area, so I’m turning to the Teeming Millions.
Does anyone have advice on how to get out of non-regionally accredited colleges without having to start all over at another school? Are there even any PA schools that will accept AIPH credits?
I’m not understanding the question – who won’t accept CCP credits, the Art Institute? Why should she care if she doesn’t want to go there? As far as her credits from there being transferred elsewhere – what do you mean by “regional accreditation” – either a school is accredited or it isn’t, I don’t think it varies by region.
And yay on having a gf! You bringing her to the next Dopefest?
There is such thing as regional accreditation. I think it serves to allow schools to accept credits from schools accredited within their own region without necessarily accepting everything accredited in other regions. For example, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools does accreditation in the South.
She could look for schools that accept CLEP exams for college credits: Earn College Credit with CLEP – CLEP | College Board Some schools may also grant credit on a case-by-case basis. This would involve her doing some investigation, making her case, and negotiating.
Ignorance fought – thanks. I was thinking about the agreements certain four-year programs have to accept credits from prerequisites taken at community colleges for people transferring in as juniors. This is something else, obviously.