Degree Plan Help - COSC vs TESU

[Merlin]

My question to you guys:

1. Is the study.com/straighterline route the quickest for time? Taking CLEPs are pretty much out -  travel time is slim for me. Cost is a factor, but speed to completion is more important.

2. Will the study.com or straighterline method help me to really roll through these courses? I have plenty of time during the day to read/study, but I'm really trying to finish asap. I'm at 25/120 right now.

3. Do you guys think that an end of year graduation is even possible?

Thanks
rego

1 & 2. Study.com and Straighterline are two of the best options. Completion speed depends on how much of the material you already know and how much time you can put into it. If you don't know the material, you can generally power through SL courses more quickly than Study.com, but the downside is you'll also tend to learn less. Courses at Study.com generally take 1-3 weeks to power through if new to you. If you already know the material, both options are equally fast. There are also alternative options like Shmoop, Saylor, Davar, Ed4Credit, etc., but for the most part they don't offer much that isn't available via SL or Study.com, and each has their own plusses and minuses.

3. Not impossible. You'd have to apply for graduation in like September and have all your courses (including Capstone) completed no later than November. And the Capstone isn't self-paced, so you'd probably need to aim to do that early to get it out of the way. You'd need to average completing 5 courses per month to make it happen. Tough but possible. I'm aiming for 4 courses per month and finding it pretty rough. Then again I've been focusing primarily on Study.com due to the scholarship (which you should also sign up for, its 6 free courses / 18 credits and has nearly 100% acceptance.)