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Sophia.org Transcipts to Big 3
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(08-12-2020, 02:04 PM)ss20ts Wrote:
(08-12-2020, 11:18 AM)BrianFallon Wrote:
(08-12-2020, 10:45 AM)rachel83az Wrote:
(08-12-2020, 10:36 AM)ss20ts Wrote: I had transcripts sent 2 weeks ago through Parchment to UMPI. It was $5.25. Much cheaper than ACE! Faster too because it's sent electronically.

ACE is also sent electronically (at least, that's an option). It's pretty ridiculous for them to charge $15 for an automatic or semi-automatic email.

You aren't paying for an automatic or semi-automatic email.  You are paying for the work that went into a process that allowed that email to be sent.

You are paying for the work that ACE put into developing their program; evaluating organizations, and having colleges accept their recommendations.

While it's annoying to pay the $15, I know that I am paying for the all of the steps that led to that email being generated.

Just another way to look at it........

You pay $15 for EVERY transcript though. That is an outrageous price for a transcript. Transcripts aren't what is funding ACE.

True enough.  We can agree to disagree.  Guidestar publishes ACE's Form 990 tax return because non profit tax returns are public.  Under their college credit recommendation service, ACE spends five times as much on it than we pay them for transcripts.
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(08-13-2020, 12:25 PM)BrianFallon Wrote:
(08-12-2020, 02:04 PM)ss20ts Wrote:
(08-12-2020, 11:18 AM)BrianFallon Wrote:
(08-12-2020, 10:45 AM)rachel83az Wrote:
(08-12-2020, 10:36 AM)ss20ts Wrote: I had transcripts sent 2 weeks ago through Parchment to UMPI. It was $5.25. Much cheaper than ACE! Faster too because it's sent electronically.

ACE is also sent electronically (at least, that's an option). It's pretty ridiculous for them to charge $15 for an automatic or semi-automatic email.

You aren't paying for an automatic or semi-automatic email.  You are paying for the work that went into a process that allowed that email to be sent.

You are paying for the work that ACE put into developing their program; evaluating organizations, and having colleges accept their recommendations.

While it's annoying to pay the $15, I know that I am paying for the all of the steps that led to that email being generated.

Just another way to look at it........

You pay $15 for EVERY transcript though. That is an outrageous price for a transcript. Transcripts aren't what is funding ACE.

True enough.  We can agree to disagree.  Guidestar publishes ACE's Form 990 tax return because non profit tax returns are public.  Under their college credit recommendation service, ACE spends five times as much on it than we pay them for transcripts.

It does not cost $15 to email a pdf of a transcript or even to print it out on a paper and put a 55 cent stamp on it to mail. This is the most expensive transcript I have and I have 8 of them. Sophia through Parchment is literally a third of the price.
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#23
I sent my transcript via Parchment on the 11th. TESU picked it up the same day. They took until yesterday to add a note to OSS. Way at the bottom. Where nobody looks.

Quote:08/25/20
Please be advised that we are in receipt of your Sophia transcript.
Training programs reviewed and recommended for credit by the American Council on Education (ACE) College Credit Recommendation Service MUST be submitted on an official ACE Registry transcript . Contact ACE to request an official transcript sent to the Registrar's Office, Thomas Edison State University.
Mail - One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 250 Washington DC 20036-1193
Phone: (202) 939-9434
Email: credit@ace.nche.edu
The TESU Office of the Registrar address is 111 West State St. Trenton, NJ 08608-1176
Please note that based on an agreement between Study.com and Thomas Edison State University, courses completed through Study.com will only be accepted in transfer off of an official Study.com transcript. Study.com coursework will not be accepted in transfer off of an ACE transcript.

I figured that was probably going to happen, but oh well. Taking 2 weeks to add that note is a bit silly, though.
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