• University of the People: They evaluated my credits and approved 48 for transfer, which was much lower than the 90 I was hoping for.
  
• Nexford University: I had a difficult experience with their admissions. They gave me this feedback: "As for his Credly credentials, courses from Sophia and ACE-recommended credits can be transferred, normally Registrar team are the best team to further determine which courses can be transferred to the BBA program from these certificates. If he wish to proceed with this, he will need to submit his application and secure his official transcripts from coursera and sophia (not from credly) as they are the issuer." Ultimately, they told me that their university was not a good fit for me.
  

1. Are there any regionally accredited universities that might waive the "direct-from-high-school" transcript requirement for an adult international student who already has 138 ACE credits?
   
2. Is there a low-cost way to get my physical high school documents evaluated by a NACES member that does not require the direct-send method, given my school is permanently closed?
   
3. Are there any other fast and affordable, regionally accredited options I might have missed that are known to be flexible with unique situations like mine?
   

(10-17-2025, 04:51 AM)Tomas Wrote: With that budget, there isn't much of a choice, eg. one session at UMPI if you can manage. You pretty much named all options I could think of too. Maybe some degree from India could fall into that range, but I wouldn't probably even waste investigating in that direction, as there might be various obstacles eg. credit transferability or flexibility.
If you can do 8 hours a day, pay for 1-2 months of Sophia to gather missing credits for UoPeople.
Also check the legislature of your country, maybe you did that already and there is no way, but in many countries there is a backup plan for case when school closes down, as that is not an uncommon situation, eg. local archive, department of education, etc.

(10-17-2025, 04:41 AM)CollegeStudentAC Wrote: There are RA options but your budget is the problem.

Another NA option is Genesis University: https://genesisu.edu/

(10-17-2025, 04:51 AM)Tomas Wrote: With that budget, there isn't much of a choice, eg. one session at UMPI if you can manage. You pretty much named all options I could think of too. Maybe some degree from India could fall into that range, but I wouldn't probably even waste investigating in that direction, as there might be various obstacles eg. credit transferability or flexibility.
If you can do 8 hours a day, pay for 1-2 months of Sophia to gather missing credits for UoPeople.
Also check the legislature of your country, maybe you did that already and there is no way, but in many countries there is a backup plan for case when school closes down, as that is not an uncommon situation, eg. local archive, department of education, etc.

(10-17-2025, 07:19 PM)Hotdogman1 Wrote: ENEB comes in as a RA bachelor's (at least) when transcribed from NACES. At the very least, it should remove the high school diploma requirement.

(10-17-2025, 08:04 PM)wow Wrote: Before giving up on UoPeople, I strongly recommend looking at the "Helpful Information" on the UoPeople reddit front page: https://www.reddit.com/r/UoPeople/

The reason only 48 of your ACE credits qualify for transfer is that UoPeople is a liberal arts school, so you need a variety of courses. You're missing humanities and social sciences. Go to the UoPeople website, find the course list for your major, and decide what credits to take based on that.

Transfer equivalents for Sophia:
https://www.reddit.com/r/studydotcom/comments/1gzz1zq/studycom_university_of_the_people_transfer_list/

UoPeople accepts most Saylor direct credit courses (courses are free, $5 for one proctored exam per course), but you need to make sure they fit into the Pathway for the degree you want:
https://www.saylor.org/credit/courses/

(10-20-2025, 02:44 AM)abd Wrote:

(10-17-2025, 04:41 AM)CollegeStudentAC Wrote: There are RA options but your budget is the problem.

Another NA option is Genesis University: https://genesisu.edu/

Thank you for your reply!

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(10-17-2025, 04:51 AM)Tomas Wrote: With that budget, there isn't much of a choice, eg. one session at UMPI if you can manage. You pretty much named all options I could think of too. Maybe some degree from India could fall into that range, but I wouldn't probably even waste investigating in that direction, as there might be various obstacles eg. credit transferability or flexibility.
If you can do 8 hours a day, pay for 1-2 months of Sophia to gather missing credits for UoPeople.
Also check the legislature of your country, maybe you did that already and there is no way, but in many countries there is a backup plan for case when school closes down, as that is not an uncommon situation, eg. local archive, department of education, etc.

Thank you for your reply, I appreciate the feedback.
You are right about the budget, it's very tight, which is why I'm trying to be so careful with my choices. I will look into the Sophia option for UoPeople again as you suggested.
Regarding the high school records, I appreciate that idea. Unfortunately, it's highly unlikely to work in my specific situation. The school was located in a very small, remote village—not even a city—in a country that is not very advanced in terms of centralized or digital archives. The chance of a local department of education having a backup copy of a transcript from 13 years ago from a now-closed village school is almost zero, I'm afraid.

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(10-17-2025, 07:19 PM)Hotdogman1 Wrote: ENEB comes in as a RA bachelor's (at least) when transcribed from NACES. At the very least, it should remove the high school diploma requirement.

This makes a lot of sense, thanks!
I will check with UMPI and others to see if providing a NACES evaluation for my ENEB MBA will allow them to waive the high school diploma requirement. That would be a huge help.
Quick question on that: I only have the ENEB diploma itself. I didn't pay the extra fee for the UI1 degree when I finished about 6 months ago.
Anyone knows if NACES will evaluate the ENEB-only diploma? Or do I really need to pay for the UI1 version?

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(10-17-2025, 08:04 PM)wow Wrote: Before giving up on UoPeople, I strongly recommend looking at the "Helpful Information" on the UoPeople reddit front page: https://www.reddit.com/r/UoPeople/

The reason only 48 of your ACE credits qualify for transfer is that UoPeople is a liberal arts school, so you need a variety of courses. You're missing humanities and social sciences. Go to the UoPeople website, find the course list for your major, and decide what credits to take based on that.

Transfer equivalents for Sophia:
https://www.reddit.com/r/studydotcom/comments/1gzz1zq/studycom_university_of_the_people_transfer_list/

UoPeople accepts most Saylor direct credit courses (courses are free, $5 for one proctored exam per course), but you need to make sure they fit into the Pathway for the degree you want:
https://www.saylor.org/credit/courses/

Thank you very much!