Beginners Guide To Getting Cheap/Fast College Credit

[rebel100]

I do want to strongly disagree with this FAQ in one detail. I do not believe people should wait so late to apply. For one thing, degree requirements and transfer policies can suddenly change. If you're enrolled and your units are already transferred, those changes don't apply to you. Second, if units don't transfer the way you expect, the sooner you know the sooner you can modify your plan.

I think this one comes down to an individuals need. For one thing, we generally only see major changes between academic years, so by the middel of summer or so new issues are generally figured out and this group can pretty much tell you what to expect. I will add that of late TESU seems to be undergoing the most substantive changes from year to year. EC priced itself beyond what we do here for the most part a few years ago, it's almost down to the "big 2". Charter Oak hasn't had a big change in 4-5 years, maybe more. Generally speaking it is not necessary to matriculate early, in fact this can be of considerable cost, COSC runs $250/semester, EC is $500/year, TESC has a cost associated with continued enrollment. through careful planning and attention to changes one can mitigate the risk and save a good bit of money.

Further, while it certainly matters how your credits are evaluated, this isn't completely unknown in most cases (if you're one of those cases then by all means apply and figure it out). I went to Charter Oak which by many accounts has the best customer service in the business....I still ended up with a little bad advice and had to teach them a few things about their own policies....so I'm just not in the camp that paying a rolling fee for a mediocre level of service is required to find success in alternative higher ed.

.....be smart though, and if you don't KNOW something find a satisfactory answer even if that means applying to all three and matriculating if required.....the savings in time and money off the conventional path will still be significant in most cases.