05-03-2020, 11:32 AM
Sophia only gives you 60 days (plus a 30-day extension if absolutely necessary) to complete a course. That makes it very hard to synch up with any courses being taken IRL.
Sophia's English Comp I isn't unlike the (advanced) English classes I had in 7th and 8th grade. A smart high schooler should have absolutely no problems finishing English Comp I. IMO, for the most part, the gen ed requirements in most colleges (which Sophia provides, for the most part) only really exist to ensure that students actually left HS with various knowledge. There are, sadly, too many kids who graduate and who are barely able to read/write/do math. So your daughter is going to have to take a lot of redundant stuff in order to get her bachelor's.
That said, it does make it much, much easier for a dedicated student to do both Sophia and HS at the same time.
If your goal is for her to graduate with as little debt as possible, I would personally recommend skipping the associates and go straight to a bachelor's. An associate's and a bachelor's cost roughly the same when you're testing out of classes (as with Sophia) but an associate's really isn't worth all that much except in certain circumstances. Instead of paying $5-8k for an associate's and $5-8k for a bachelor's, just spend the $5-8k on the bachelor's.
Sophia's English Comp I isn't unlike the (advanced) English classes I had in 7th and 8th grade. A smart high schooler should have absolutely no problems finishing English Comp I. IMO, for the most part, the gen ed requirements in most colleges (which Sophia provides, for the most part) only really exist to ensure that students actually left HS with various knowledge. There are, sadly, too many kids who graduate and who are barely able to read/write/do math. So your daughter is going to have to take a lot of redundant stuff in order to get her bachelor's.
That said, it does make it much, much easier for a dedicated student to do both Sophia and HS at the same time.
If your goal is for her to graduate with as little debt as possible, I would personally recommend skipping the associates and go straight to a bachelor's. An associate's and a bachelor's cost roughly the same when you're testing out of classes (as with Sophia) but an associate's really isn't worth all that much except in certain circumstances. Instead of paying $5-8k for an associate's and $5-8k for a bachelor's, just spend the $5-8k on the bachelor's.
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