I turned in my final assignment for my Semester One courses
at Penn Foster
College at the end of
September. I sent in my proctor form,
and was notified that my proctor has been accepted by
the school. However, here it is,
November 5th, and I am STILL waiting to take my exams.
My proctor has not contacted me, and I can only assume he
has not yet received my final exams. I
am going to contact him tomorrow to confirm this. I also had a surprise waiting for me in the
mail today: a letter from Penn
Foster College
requesting ANOTHER $75 to extend my semester by another six months. Huh? I
thought I was out of extensions for the semester. I don’t need more time to finish the
semester. I just want to take the exams
for the semester I finished back in September.
I guess another phone call to Penn
Foster College
is in order.
I knew I had to turn in my final assignment before the end
of September to make it by the end-of-extended-semester deadline. However, I did turn in my assignments on
time. Is PFC trying to tell me that the
semester exams had to be completed by that date also? I certainly don’t need another six months
just to take my semester final exams, so why would I pay another $75 for
another extension, which I have been told I can’t get anyway?
According to PFC, a student has six years to finish an
associate degree progam, or 18 months per semester. I have already worked on this semester for
two years, although my plan is to finish the remaining semesters in less than
six months each.
Had I not had to wait a month or more to receive my grades
for my essays in English Composition, perhaps I could have finished the
semester in less time. I just want to
take my final exams. I have already paid
for the first semester, plus two extensions.
I have paid the examination fee. I
have finished the course work for the first semester. Now I have to pay another $75 just to take
the final exams?
I will be calling PFC student services tomorrow. This just doesn’t seem right.