BOG Associates from Pierpont (As of now 2019)

[ChilliDawg]

I am sure that this response will not really help anyone, but I must say that my dealings with Pierpont were spot-on.  Corresponding with Nancy Parks was very pleasant and always resulted in immediate replies.

I completed the BOG program back in 2017.  I totally stumbled upon a reference about the program on this forum, and decided to pursue it.

I was one of the fortunate ones that already had everything completed at other institutions, and simply transferred everything over to Pierpont, and applied for graduation.  Diploma arrived in weeks.   Total cost was the cost of two transcript transfers.  Applied for the school in April, 2017 and graduated in June of 2017.  

My point in saying all of this is that I was HIGHLY suspect that the program might be forced to change, and NOT for the better.  I simply could not understand how they could award a degree without charging me a penny.  There had to be time and effort involved by their transcript evaluators, Ms. Parks, and others.  They had to pay for the diploma, packaging and mailing, etc.  At the time (2017), I remember a huge influx of people on this forum discovering the BOG program.  Pierpont was the most popular because of their academic residency requirements.  I remember telling my wife that I could not imagine that Pierpont could keep it up much longer without either adding a residency requirement or at least charging a fee.  I am wondering if we are not starting to see the end result of that.

I remember having a conversation with Ms. Parks about West Virginia and the area surrounding the school.  I believe that one of the other posters here hit the nail on the head.  This program was probably designed for West Virginia students of low resource and opportunity, and they weren't expecting an out-of-state influx to the program.

I am truly grateful for the opportunity that I had to earn that degree, but after moving on and completing other programs, and given the lack of transcripts from Pierpont, I have never really advertised that I have the degree.  Much like Cookderosa said, it hangs on the wall in my office with the other stuff.