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Guide to Online Education > Online Education In-Depth > Meet Real Online Students > Quinnon D., Bachelor's in Engineering

That's when Quinnon found Grantham.

Resuming his B.A. online in 2003, Quinnon found that the school worked well for him through deployment.

"It's a very military-friendly school," he says, remarking that Grantham hires military student advisors to better tailor programs for its students in active duty.

Though his Internet connections abroad were sometimes slow and fickle, Quinnon didn't encounter the rigid inflexibility that he had experienced at his previous college.

And it's a good thing that Grantham makes it easy for people like him, because although Quinnon's tuition grant covers his academic expenses, he's heard too many stories about other military students who are unable to keep up with less flexible programs.

"If circumstances make it so you can't complete courses and the school's not willing to work with you, even put your classes on hold, you're paying the government that money right back."

Grantham uses online platforms as well as mailed text, and students are invited to schedule times with the instructors for phone appointments.

Instructors also have mandatory time slots to be in class chat, so that, as Quinnon puts it, "students can chat with them in the school's environment."

Another bonus of the class chat rooms is a separate blog.

"The blog's pretty cool because there's a place where the students can log in, ask other students questions in their same discipline." He also describes how "people who have graduated stick around and answer questions to help other people out."

Finally enrolled in a school that's right for him, this time around Quinnon is applying his love of numbers to a program in Electronics Engineering Technology.

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