The quest for a better education has led many Indian
boys and girls to study abroad in countries such as the United Kingdom, which
boasts of superior educational institutions. However in their zeal for
obtaining an education in UK, many students do not take the necessary
precaution of following through and end up taking courses which result in what
is colloquially called a Mickey Mouse degree.
What is a Mickey Mouse degree?
A Mickey Mouse degree is a degree which is
considered to be a degree only in name. It is useless for all practical
purposes. These degrees are being offered as a nexus between fraud
consultants in countries like India and bogus colleges and universities in
the United Kingdom, many of whom have been set up with the sole purpose of
cheating students of their money. The
term Mickey Mouse refers to the uselessness or cartoonish nature of the
degree. Many fraud consultants encourage students
who aspire to study in the United Kingdom to apply for these degrees. The
students complete their education at bogus institutions after spending a huge
amount of money on tuition fees, flight ticket, visa cost and not to mention
the hefty fees that are demanded by these so called consultants. At the end of
it they are left devastated to know that their degrees have no value
whatsoever. Students with these degrees on hand find themselves in a position
where they had no value addition after spending considerable amount of time at
the university. Their newly acquired education credentials are not enough to
secure them a job. Most of these degrees have subjects that are far less
rigorous than the ones in a full-fledged academic course, and almost all of
them have no value in the job market whatsoever. All mickey mouse degrees are
not fraudulent per se. for example a person may genuinely take up a course in
‘the creation of Harry Potter’ should such a course be offered, purely out of
interest, and knowing fully well that it will not lead to a job. However that
is sadly untrue in most cases. Most of the time, the student has been lured
into these degrees by nefarious agents and
bogus
overseas education
consultants
How to protect yourself
The most important thing you can do to
protect yourself from these scams is to be aware and not believe in everything
that is claimed. Do a thorough back ground check on both the consultancy as
well as the university and the course you are applying for. Go through the
profiles of the students who have taken these courses in the past if possible,
and see what the placements for these degrees are like. It is also important to
not trust any consultant or university which offers you a degree at a cost
considerably less than the normal cost for earning that degree or for a GPA
that is much lower. It is always best to work with genuine consultants. Global
Tree has successfully placed many happy students in Ivy League and other top
universities as can be viewed in Global Tree reviews.
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