ENEB Master Thread

[cacoleman1983]

Yes the degree would still be valid without an accreditation with MCA but it would not help get a better evaluation even with a transcript without accreditation I don't think.  They need both accreditation and a transcript to sway an evaluator.  Without either one of those, it would remain worthless.   I could see a few progressive evaluators given it a Masters degree equivalency from a regional accredited school if MCA had atleast one of these.   That would make MCA become similar to a UCN partnership.

Your point would apply 100% if MCA were only based in Spain, but this wouldn't apply to MCA as it stands because MCA has a base in the United States and that's where the degree would be conferred from. So in that case there wouldn't be a foreign degree evaluation. That being said, while I can see that MCA is registered in the State of Florida, they are not on the Florida approved schools list. That just adds another layer to why this deal is no good.

People and schools that come from foreign locales tend not to understand the difference between being state registered and being state approved in the United States, because in a number of foreign parts it's one in the same for a school (those places tend to be stricter on schools which is why it's like that) and they think it works the same way here. Granted, the receiving school may not care that your unaccredited degree is state approved or not, but when trying to enter schools that generally don't accept unaccredited degrees and coursework it's not a stretch at all to expect a higher level of scrutiny during the admissions process, just high enough for them to check and find out the school you got your unaccredited degree from isn't even state approved. The outcome of that probably won't be favorable since, after all, you would already be trying to get in with an unaccredited degree, it not being state approved would be another knock and way to deny you.

Got it!   So MCA is essentially trying to replace the need of a foreign evaluation by being located here in the USA. Looking at their current price and the fact they have no solid recognition, its best to stick with a foreign evaluator.