College Readiness - New Sophia.org Course

[prof_frink]

Sophia has a new course that looks to be replacing Student Success:

College Readiness (3 credits, $229)
https://www.sophia.org/online-courses/college-readiness

[P226mem]

Thanks for the update. I was wondering when it would show up on their site after seeing it was newly ACE credited on national guide on ACE. Looking forward to more of the partner colleges being listed as accepting this new course.

[suzycupcake]

Thanks for sharing the info - Sophia courses are always good ?

[armstrongsubero]

@suzycupcake they are like the Apple of course providers in my opionion. Well put together courses. Especially thier college algebra course.

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Its just the price of them that makes them not competitive. But I'd choose them over SL or Study.com anyday.

[prof_frink]

Indeed, love their courses (on my 6th now). Curious to know if this would duplicate Student Success at TESU, which I believe comes in as FEL-101. I think the SL course comes in as FEL-199. Guess someone will have to be the guinea pig (might even be me, who knows).

[BrighterFuture88]

Thanks for sharing the info - Sophia courses are always good ?

Easily one of the higher quality course providers, but as mentioned above, their pricing doesn’t make them an attractive investment per se’.

[bjcheung77]

Sophia is excellent, I usually recommend them if you're going for 3 courses or more to take advantage of the HALFOFF or the coupon for $297/3 courses. They usually come out with these every now and then, I would even venture to say - email them/chat with them for a coupon if you're on their site or at least inquire about it. I like their dashboard and quantity/quality of info in their lessons...

[P226mem]

agreeing with bjcheung77 on coupons. I used a coupon code shared on this forum last year to get 4 courses at 99 per course. Just the right amount for specific courses I needed.

[jsd]

I've only done their 2 free (1cr) courses, and if they're all like that then I get the praise. I just couldn't personally justify spending that much on them when they're mostly repeats of every other cheaper options we have.

but if ease of use trumps cost, which it certainly will for many people, then i understand the appeal

[dfrecore]

I've only done their 2 free (1cr) courses, and if they're all like that then I get the praise. I just couldn't personally justify spending that much on them when they're mostly repeats of every other cheaper options we have.

but if ease of use trumps cost, which it certainly will for many people, then i understand the appeal

I recommend them if 1) you can't finish a course in a month, in which case your price goes up to go out over 2-3 months; or 2) if you have coupons; or 3) if you have tuition reimbursement that won't pay for monthly memberships, but will pay for ACE courses.