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davidpdx

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17. It depends on the school
Sat Mar 29, 2014, 10:33 PM
Mar 2014

There are obvious scams out there, too many to name. I'm doing a doctorate online and I've had both good and bad instructors. The thing about online is you have less of a support network (including classmates) to contact. With Facebook and other means it is possible, but it takes a lot more time and effort to interact with others. It also requires setting a schedule and doing more on your own. For doctoral level classes it's not a problem as most of it is reading and writing anyway.

When I was doing my master's, the school I went to used multiple format classes: weekly on campus, compressed weekends on campus, and online. I did a few classes online and a few compressed weekend, but most on campus.

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