You can learn a lot about an online college by visiting its website and talking to its admissions counselors. But, I've always believed that the best way to learn about the college's student experience is to talk to the students who have studied there.

Terry recently gave a very thorough description of the online exams given at Penn Foster College. Here's a blurb:

I have just returned home from taking my Semester One final exams for the Associate in Business-Marketing program from Penn Foster College. All I can say is this: thank God it was on open-book exam. It doesn't help, of course, that I have not worked on a lot of this material in almost two years, but I'm not using that as an excuse. Overall, I think I passed most of the exams. The fact that Penn Foster is a nationally-accredited distance learning school should not lead anyone to believe that translates to "easy".

Check out the post for the details.