Olivet Nazarene YourWay (more cheap RA credits)

[msa145]

Yeah, I also had issues and did have to do a password reset: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...its?page=4

Mailed IT and got it to reset. Working fine now.

[k-k-k-katy]

Was just thinking this morning that it is possible that quite a few people here have completed courses by now through ONU and I am very interested in reading reviews.  I'm a few weeks away from taking my first ONU course and feeling a little nervous.  Hopefully, at least a few people will post their experiences.  Thanks!

[jcooke]

Update: Just saw that they added chemistry at some point in the last several days.
I finished World Lit last month and am rounding out Thematic Studies in Lit. I'm a little apprehensive about posting a review of the course, as it seems like ONU wants to keep course content on lock-down.
If you want or need the lit courses, be prepared to do a good bit of writing. Mostly 3-4 page papers in APA on various topics, but there's a lot to pack into those 3-4 pages each time. I'm loving them so far. I'd like to see them add the Ethnic Relations course spoken of above. I believe these will be the only courses I'm interested in completing through ONU at this time.

[k-k-k-katy]

Update: Just saw that they added chemistry at some point in the last several days.
I finished World Lit last month and am rounding out Thematic Studies in Lit. I'm a little apprehensive about posting a review of the course, as it seems like ONU wants to keep course content on lock-down.
If you want or need the lit courses, be prepared to do a good bit of writing. Mostly 3-4 page papers in APA on various topics, but there's a lot to pack into those 3-4 pages each time. I'm loving them so far. I'd like to see them add the Ethnic Relations course spoken of above. I believe these will be the only courses I'm interested in completing through ONU at this time.

Thank you so much for responding, that is so kind!  The courses I've looked at are "regular" courses so, really, I am not as worried about specific course content.  I am more interested how others felt about the provider and the logistics of taking a class through ONU.  Any problems or glitches or entire courses to look out for?  For instance, it is clear by reading this forum, that if you are going to UMPI, don't take their biology with lab course.  How many souls have been saved from torment from reading that advice?! :-) Is homework submission straightforward?  How long do the assignments take to get graded?  I'm glad to hear you got through your courses.  I do like writing papers so that sounds encouraging to me.  I hope the courses I take are more about writing.  On the other hand, I am a very nervous test-taker.  So, while I'm not looking for answers to test questions, could you answer if the tests are open-book and/or timed?  Does grading for quizzes and tests show up immediately, upon completion, or do you have to wait for notification?  Does the study material correlate to the tests, quizzes?  (I'm not going to take the Lit classes, so I'm not asking a specific question here).  One of my Sophia courses had a few test questions that had nothing whatever to do with the study material, it was weird!  My worst test situation is getting a test question where the multiple choice answers *might* all be right, but without telling the student to pick "the most correct" answer, they leave you just guessing and hanging, like, are they tricking you or what?  Could you make a comparison between Sophia (course work load, time spent on course, style of study materials, like that) and ONU?   Did the instructor respond quickly and helpfully to you?  Would you rate your overall experience as good, would you recommend ONU to others as a good option?  I'm only planning on taking 2 courses through them for RA credits, I'm sure I'll be fine, but I love to read forum posts about what's coming up for me to kind of get me ready to do it myself.  Nice to know there is a survivor, haha, thanks!!

[dfrecore]

Update: Just saw that they added chemistry at some point in the last several days.
I finished World Lit last month and am rounding out Thematic Studies in Lit. I'm a little apprehensive about posting a review of the course, as it seems like ONU wants to keep course content on lock-down.
If you want or need the lit courses, be prepared to do a good bit of writing. Mostly 3-4 page papers in APA on various topics, but there's a lot to pack into those 3-4 pages each time. I'm loving them so far. I'd like to see them add the Ethnic Relations course spoken of above. I believe these will be the only courses I'm interested in completing through ONU at this time.

Thank you so much for responding, that is so kind!  The courses I've looked at are "regular" courses so, really, I am not as worried about specific course content.  I am more interested how others felt about the provider and the logistics of taking a class through ONU.  Any problems or glitches or entire courses to look out for?  For instance, it is clear by reading this forum, that if you are going to UMPI, don't take their biology with lab course.  How many souls have been saved from torment from reading that advice?! :-) Is homework submission straightforward?  How long do the assignments take to get graded?  I'm glad to hear you got through your courses.  I do like writing papers so that sounds encouraging to me.  I hope the courses I take are more about writing.  On the other hand, I am a very nervous test-taker.  So, while I'm not looking for answers to test questions, could you answer if the tests are open-book and/or timed?  Does grading for quizzes and tests show up immediately, upon completion, or do you have to wait for notification?  Does the study material correlate to the tests, quizzes?  (I'm not going to take the Lit classes, so I'm not asking a specific question here).  One of my Sophia courses had a few test questions that had nothing whatever to do with the study material, it was weird!  My worst test situation is getting a test question where the multiple choice answers *might* all be right, but without telling the student to pick "the most correct" answer, they leave you just guessing and hanging, like, are they tricking you or what?  Could you make a comparison between Sophia (course work load, time spent on course, style of study materials, like that) and ONU?   Did the instructor respond quickly and helpfully to you?  Would you rate your overall experience as good, would you recommend ONU to others as a good option?  I'm only planning on taking 2 courses through them for RA credits, I'm sure I'll be fine, but I love to read forum posts about what's coming up for me to kind of get me ready to do it myself.  Nice to know there is a survivor, haha, thanks!!

I agree that all of this is more helpful to know than actual course content, which you can get from the syllabus.

[Mian]

World Literature is a LL course. ENG 301 (Thematic Studies in Literature) is UL.

Is that confirmed UL at TESU?

[rachel83az]

World Literature is a LL course. ENG 301 (Thematic Studies in Literature) is UL.

Is that confirmed UL at TESU?

Unlike with ACE courses, TESU almost always brings in UL credit from other universities as UL. AFAIK, it's exceedingly rare that they would even consider bringing it in as LL. So, while I'm not sure that it's 100% guaranteed at this point, there's probably a 99% certainty. Exactly what they'll bring it in as is still a mystery at this point until someone posts what they got.

[Mian]

World Literature is a LL course. ENG 301 (Thematic Studies in Literature) is UL.

Is that confirmed UL at TESU?

Unlike with ACE courses, TESU almost always brings in UL credit from other universities as UL. AFAIK, it's exceedingly rare that they would even consider bringing it in as LL. So, while I'm not sure that it's 100% guaranteed at this point, there's probably a 99% certainty. Exactly what they'll bring it in as is still a mystery at this point until someone posts what they got.

Oh that's good to know, thank you. I noticed on the application first page a yes/no question about high school diploma/ged. Do they reject you automatically if you answer no? I have a college transcript, but no high school.

[rachel83az]

I did not send in my HS stuff to apply to ONU. All I did was upload my unofficial ASU transcript.

[sarahmac]

I did not send in my HS stuff to apply to ONU. All I did was upload my unofficial ASU transcript.

Did you put ASU as the most recent school? It asks for all the schools you previously attended and a transcript for each. I am wondering if its worth doing a course at ASU just so I can get a transcript, since the only RA one I have is the XAMK one.

I emailed ONU to ask what they would like me to do about transcripts, because I also took iGCSE's in highschool so.. no American style GPA. It won't let me fill in the application without filling the GPA box, and obviously XAMK uses the Finnish system. I can upload photocopies of my iGCSE certs, but you can't proceed through the form without inputting a GPA.

I emailed them a couple times for different things too, like I can't input my address (US military address overseas, they don't have AE as an option for state) but in each case they just ignored my emails :/