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smedini
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| Sheikh N Bake wrote: |
Some employers in Saudi and perhaps to a lesser degree the UAE even like to see your original degree. Not sure what that proves. I could get some heavy paper, a good printer and artsy software, print it out and forge the signatures on it.
Diploma mills from the U.S. should be not be troublesome at all. It's a very simple matter--get a copy of Barron's Profiles of American Colleges, which lists every accredited bachelor degree-granting institution in the country. If it's not accredited, it won't be in there. The only exception to my Barron's rule is that it does not include the handful of accredited Upper Level universities, which offer only the third and fourth years plus graduate degrees. (Examples: Univ of Houston at Clear Lake; Governor's State University). Those can be found in the Peterson's guides. I like Barron's because it's so user-friendly and has the best profiles. Still awake, everyone? |
But what about diploma mills everywhere else? A quick jaunt down Khao San Road in Bangkok with a few bucks in hand and I could have any PhD I want  !
Just being cheeky...Happy New Year, everyone 
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Sheikh N Bake
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| Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:04 am Post subject: |
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| Goodness, they must be some erudite bargirls. "Hey Joe, you buy me subscription to Harvard Law Review ?" |
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Nordic
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| Do the universities keep your original centificates or passports with them? I heard this is the case with high schools in Abu Dhabi. |
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
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| Nordic wrote: |
| Do the universities keep your original centificates or passports with them? I heard this is the case with high schools in Abu Dhabi. |
Er, um...not by the hair of my chinny, chin, chin! 
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adorabilly
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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Nordic.
Not any of the decent universities in the UAE.
They will take your passport when they go to get the visa, and usually that takes 4 to 6 weeks.
But after that it is yours |
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
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Notice the emphasis on "decent"...
NCTBA
P.s.- Hey, adorabilly! |
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adorabilly
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:02 am Post subject: |
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| Hey NCTBA. |
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ckhl
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I obtained a residence visa in Sharjah only last August. Having the univ. where I'd obtained my MA send transcripts directly to the HR dept. sufficed. The HR dept. did want to see my "orginal" degree, which, as some rightly pointed out, is not really original. The glossy certificates a graduate receives upon completing a course of study and sometimes embellishes his living room  wall with can easily be forged. |
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