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Penn Foster Career School is considered to be one of the largest certified schools of independent home study. Penn Foster Career School has a number of well-developed and quality distance education programs. These education programs were designed to help the customers to gain skill that they need to succeed in the fields they are interested in. These fields may be: health services, business, education, engineering, automotive, trade, technology and many other fastest growing spheres. Penn Foster Career School programs allow the students to study on-line, in print or in combination of these two ways. Middle States Commission has accredited Penn Foster Career School. Please try to contact Penn Foster Career School Customer Service directly prior to posting any complaints on this site.

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Animallo...		 Penn Foster Career School - Vet Tech Program
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

First I will start off. Back in the early 2000's I went to do the grooming program. Realized the degree was a joke and hands on experience (JOB) was the way to groom. Start as ...

#317205
May 08, 2012
 150

Jillybilly		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

Penn FOster has been around a long time and will go out of there way to help you any way possible and they care about your education its not a scam. Also, as far as payments they a...

#310439
Apr 06, 2012
 413

Meinvegas		 Penn Foster Career School - PENN FOSTER SUCKS !!!!! AVOID THEM !!!
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

Just wanted to WARN anybody even thinking about utilizing this "school"... Ensure that you DO NOT take ANYTHING that you are being told on the phone as the truth...Do your own rese...

#292494
Jan 27, 2012
 1527

Anonymous		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster 1-800-856-9635 Keeps Calling...
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

This is very annoying!!!!!!When you request information from this school, they automatically place you on a list for a bot to call you everyday if you have not signed u...

#286358
Jan 04, 2012
 912

Woofman		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster to little for to much
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

Took Appliance repair course cost With Penn FosterTuition 608.00Reg fee 90.00Shipping 40.00Admin fee 60.00Total 798.00way to much for a course t...

#284531
Dec 28, 2011
 1332

Anonymous		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn foster
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

I think its bullshit to pay 700 for a highschool diploma, being a single parent I couldnt leave home so I had to get something online. They are money hungry and the work isn't chal...

#280506
Dec 10, 2011
 1132

Fedupemp...		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster Scam Details
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

I am a Penn Foster Sales Employee. Yes, I said sales, NOT admissions rep or anything like that. I am going to tell you exactly how it works there, plus i will answer any questions ...

#277917
Nov 28, 2011
 4546

Anonymous		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster? Need students too join a class action lawsuit
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

I finished the Penn Foster Veterinary Technician program and have contacted the AVMA by phone with no response!!!! They stole my money, my ill disabled american veteran grandfathe...

#276491
Nov 21, 2011
 1771

Anonymous		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster EDU Shady Business
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

I enrolled in the Jewelry Repair program, but found the materials to be poorly written and very light on content. The lessons were shipped...slowly...and were very thin booklets...

#274885
Nov 14, 2011
 1189

Catira58		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster School - I am pissed
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

I enrolled in Penn Foster School. I paid my first installment and they sent me the first lesson, I wait for the second one, arrived so late that I forgot I was studying. I sent a l...

#273700
Nov 08, 2011
 1476

Taylorkc		 Penn Foster Career School - Help!
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

Hello, I was wondering has anyone got accepted into a University without having to go to a community college for two years? I can not find a real answer anywhere. I don't wanna...

#265581
Oct 02, 2011
 1019

Brittany...		 Penn Foster Career School - Worst Experience Ever!
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

Penn Foster is a rip off and a scam. First off, the academic advisers from the school told me that the school was totally accredited and that it was the same as attending a univers...

#264979
Sep 29, 2011
 2133

Sinophile		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster Charged me for a Product I never received
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

In 2005, my grandmother had asked me to take a pet grooming course with my uncle. I refused at first, but she insisted. I eventually gave in, and sent away for the course.

#264329
Sep 26, 2011
 1109

Michelace		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster only cares about money; rip off!
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

It would seem that, with all its accreditation and whatnot,Penn Foster would be a reliable, trust-worthy school that truly cares about the students that enroll, but that is not the...

#260672
Sep 08, 2011
 1068

Cisco22		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster sends incorrect materials for the Court Reporting program
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

Penn Foster is a fraud! I am in the Court Reporting program, and have received books that have HUNDREDS of errors in them. To add insult to injury, no one will return my phone call...

#260171
Sep 06, 2011
 796

Xylorhiza		 Penn Foster Career School - Certfied Personal Trainer? Good Luck
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

It's not possible. What they don't tell you up front is you only have 10 weeks to complete the program. In their advertizing they say up to 2 years to finish your "degree" ...

#256508
Aug 19, 2011
 1328

Sucked in		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster online Grooming school
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

Took the grooming course at Penn Foster online schooling. Definitely a waste of time and money. The "certificate" you receive in the end is not worth the paper it's print...

#255412
Aug 14, 2011
 1156

MiraLor		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster, has anyone actually graduated medical b/c?
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

Has anyone actually graduated the medical billing and coding program? I would really like to know, and if so were you able to find a job afterwards? I have been going through thi...

#254069
Aug 08, 2011
 1607

Rarringt		 Penn Foster Career School - Ripped me off
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

I attended the program for few months, had a hardship and they refused to acknowledge the need for deferring my account till matters cleared up. They ignored student rights to ask ...

#253724
Aug 06, 2011
 959

Anonymous		 Penn Foster Career School - PENN FOSTER DISAPOINTMENT
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

Now saying that your compliant wolves are waiting for me to submit to put up YOUR PROBLEMS, well hate to make you cry but the disappointment of this school is the material that the...

#247987
Jul 10, 2011
 1743

SAHM4		 Penn Foster Career School - I am loving Penn Foster!
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

I am currently enrolled in the Medical Coding and Billing program. I love that it is self-paced. I also love the automatic payment plan. As a SAHM, this works great for me. The ex...

#241894
Jun 07, 2011
 1507

Kimlam		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster charges in full for entire degree amount if you get behind
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

If you enroll with Penn Foster and get behind in payments, they will send you to collection for the full amount, whether you've taken all the classes in the course or not. I en...

#241174
Jun 03, 2011
 1233

Andisaid...		 Penn Foster Career School - If you don't do your research, then don't get mad at the outcome!
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

I like Penn Foster because like some other schools, they don't pressue you into signing things you don't understand just to keep there stats up. Right away, they pay atten...

#239976
May 27, 2011
 1945

Darth Fr...		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster = Scam Giant!
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

To begin I would like to say this. this is a negative "review" also known as a complaint:) If you even act like you're thinking of doing this school don't.They ...

#237310
May 12, 2011
 7846

MADRAGON		 Penn Foster Career School - GOOD PENN FOSTER PROGRAM
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

I am a Penn Foster correspondence student taking fundamental electronics - not a company associated secret plant.I am well pleased with Penn Foster. Materials are well...

#235173
Apr 30, 2011
 1795

Anonymous		 Penn Foster Career School - Fraudulent report on my credit
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

Penn Foster School apparently reported that I owed them $88 after they had never billed me or contacted me for over two years. Their collection lady called me 3 years after I ha...

#232543
Apr 15, 2011
 1247

Anonymous		 Penn Foster Career School - Their credit copamy keeps calling
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

I have never taken a Penn Foster course although I did ask for info only some time ago. Now I am getting two calls a day from USCB of Scranton Pa which is their collection company....

#227450
Mar 18, 2011
 1799

SeriousM...		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster Takes Peoples Hard Earned Money And Does Nothing
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

This seemed like the perfect online schooling for quick education. However, a amall glitch in my payment due to the bank rejecting their automatic withdrawl system and I saw the tr...

#221129
Feb 11, 2011
 2722

MissMommy		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster is a Money Hungry Scam
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

This online school is a rip-off. They charge you $20 additional no matter how you pay, by bank or credit card. The withdrawl system cannot even be used with a savings account and ...

#220055
Feb 05, 2011
 1740

Pissedof...		 Penn Foster Career School - Penn Foster Online College misrepresented their tuition and fees.
5.0 P.O. Box 1900,Scranton,PA,18501 (outside US) 925 Oak Street (within US) ScrantonPA 18515 1-800-27544-10,570-961-4033(outside the US) http://www.pennfoster.edu/contact_us.html

I have found this business to be less than professional. Start with the fact that they've misrepresented their tuition and fees to me. Couple that with posts in their "discussion f...

#207627
Nov 17, 2010
 4132
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