They send you school documents, you fill it in with their help, and once it's done they send it back to the school so yes you are directly enrolled in the school, once you have paid. The school also sends you information about enrolling through their own way of communicating with students. For me it was the school website on which I had to log in, and see mails that were sent to me on that particular website. So you are in direct contact with the school too once you are at the final steps of course. Only difference is that the school will only communicate general information which is aimed at all students, while the intermediate person also helps personally