Masters Propio (ENEB, etc)

They want a copy of you Bachelor's degree. I have gotten this request quite often from various master propio degrees. Now I usually go ahead and send it when I first apply.

 

Thank you both. @MichaelGates and @Johann I will then respond with my Bachelor's degree and see what they would say.

 

You'll be 100% OK.

 

I don't think you need him. Sounds more like Dr. Seuss is your go-to guy.

 

Guys and Dolls

 

Then I was wrong. If you can't get Levicoff, maybe you could channel the late Marlon Brando. He sang this song - "I'll Know" in the original version. Who knew he could sing?

 

Some people claim they sent their SOBAT Bachelor's degree - to ENEB as well as to other institutions - and got away with it.

Well, somewhat remarkable if this is the truth. A "Bachelor's degree" for CHF 155 that has at least SOME use!!

 

A good friend has a postcard from the '40s showing Marlon Brando as Sky Masterson reading the Yiddish Daily Forward. In Yiddish.

 

I didn't find the following message on DI, FYI the PRESTIGIOUS: Northern International University
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Dear Student:
We inform you that Masstercursos has recently signed an agreement with the prestigious American university: Northern International University.
From this moment on, all the students of Masstercusos will be able to request a diploma from this university, which will have, according to the legislation of this university, a load of 400 teaching hours and 16 ECTS.
In attached data, we show you an image of this new diploma.
All students who want this new diploma can write to us at [email protected] or by replying to this same email so that we can provide you with information about it.
Due to the procedures that we must follow, it is necessary to make the payment to the university to obtain this diploma, which costs €288.
Thank you for your trust. We continue working to offer you the best training and university diplomas.
All the best.
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MASSTERCURSOS
[email protected]
www.masstercursos.com

 

Stupid of me. I meant to say the card was set in the '40s not that it was from the '40s.

 

Why do it? The school has no recognized accreditation here in US. Its HQ is Guatemala City and the California office is just a branch.
They have several branches in Latin America, they say, and everything they teach is "own title" - i.e. nothing approved by any authority. They wrap themselves in Hague-convention speak that they say gives them permission to do that. They are approved by California University Foreign Credential Evaluators. We've talked about California University FCE numerous times. That is not in any way akin to recognized US accreditation.

My take: Keep your 288 Euro in your pocket. Things like this give me an increasingly bad vibe about Masstercursos.

 

Now we learn infallibly that he could actually read Yiddish? So...your friend has a talking postcard? Amazing!

I've been told you can see and hear Elvis reading Yiddish on YouTube --- and Howard Hughes, too!

 

Good grief! This gives me MCA business school vibes. So these foreign schools set up an “American” University online, claim it’s prestigious, and charge gullible Americans for a “cheap” foreign degree.

 

I shouldn't say that. Mr. Brando learned many things that he used in his art. He may have just memorized some things that he read onstage, who knows, but that's totally legit - and takes mental effort. It's part of learning lines. His acting accomplishments were huge.

Dang that 10-min. timer. Again.

 

Exactamente. But I'd say it's more like a "degree-looking paper."

 

I assume those being targeted are actually non-Americans. Their website is in Spanish. They claim a fake accreditor (International Accreditation Organization [IAO]) and affiliations with a bunch of foreign schools in Mexico. https://ni.university/convenios/ An American student probably recognizes those things don't line up but someone studying abroad may not.

 

No - and no again. It's actually bilingual-sorta. The "English" button works and you get the usual iffy-quality translation. They're targeting everyone they can get. Google: "California – about 28% of the population in California speaks Spanish, which is about 10 million residents." And other US States, as well, e.g. New Mexico. Google: "New Mexico – almost 550,000 residents of New Mexico speak Spanish, which makes up about 28% of the population." And there are 1,709,778 Spanish speakers in Miami-Dade County FL. (67% of the population). That number of speakers comes close to the entire population of Havana! (2.13 million).

So yeah, targeting Americans. Targeting anyone who will buy. Incidentally, IAO - the B.S. "accreditor," has "accredited" over 1300 schools. Many of them are schools "created" by Axact, the Pakistan-based world-wide fraudulent degree operators.

Don't feed into this nonsense. Dangerous to your wallet.

 

True points… targeting wallets. For me, it started with the Groupon deal. I was definitely skeptical from the start, but curiosity got the better of me. I figured for $250 or so, it was worth a shot. Worst case, I might learn something. So, what did I learn?

• They partner with fake schools to get more money
• They offer alternative assessments to get more money
• They will extend your time limit to get more money
• You might choose to shop around to see if someone will officially say your degree is equivalent to RA Masters - and you will spend more money
• They have materials that are poorly translated to English
• There are Masterclasses that really are random
• There is no actual instructing going on

Might it work for some? Sure. It will depend on a whole bunch of factors. But personally, I don’t want to jump through all those hoops. I love a good deal as much as the next person, but these keep looking worse and worse to me.

For free/cheap options, I am going to stick with 100 Million Learners, Saylor, UoPeople, HAU, etc

 

I've no doubt some of this "University's" students might be aspiring immigrants to the US. People who think, mistakenly that a so-called "Prestige American degree" (which this is NOT) might look great on their Immigration application. Unfortunately, it won't - and a lot of money is taken from people of very limited means, who can't afford that. Perhaps even worse, their hopes are taken away as well.

 

I'm certain I could fall for a scam like this in other countries where I'm less familiar with the way things are meant to be. It's heartbreaking that there are people out there preying on those who don't know enough about the process.