For the past week or so I’ve been impatiently waiting to
begin my second semester at Penn Foster
College. Enrolling in the second semester is a bit
different than enrolling for the first.
When I started the first semester, I enrolled online, made my down
payment by credit card, and had instant access to my student account. My books arrived a few days later and I had
to mail a copy of my high school diploma to Penn
Foster College. To enroll in the second semester, I had to
mail my enrollment form and payment because there is no way to enroll in the second
semester online. That was over a week
ago, and I’m still waiting to begin.
Today, I received a piece of mail from Penn
Foster College. Initially, I thought it was something related
to my second semester of courses.
Instead, it was the transcript for my first semester at Penn Foster. It looks a lot like the report card my son gets
from his high school.
The transcript is pretty straightforward. It lists the courses I took during the first
semester, along with the grades and credits I received. According to the transcript, I earned 17
credits during the first semester. I received
3 A’s and 4 B’s. I got the A’s in
Information Literacy, Introduction to Business and Principles of
Marketing. I received B’s for Business
Orientation, Mathematics for Business and Finance, Principles of Management and
English Composition. Each course was
also awarded “quality points” which I assume are something like grade point
averages. If that is the case, then my
grade point average is 3.41.
Overall, I am pleased with my grades for the first
semester. If I can turn in a similar
performance for the next three semesters, I’ll actually graduate from Penn
Foster College
with honors (a grade point average of 3.4 or better). My credit card number hasn’t been processed
by PFC yet, so I’m assuming it will be awhile yet before I see the study guide
and text book for my next course. To be
honest, I’m not sure what my next course is.
I can’t find my original student handbook, and the program has changed a
bit since I first enrolled. I guess it
will be a surprise!
Whatever it is, I’m ready.