HEADS UP! Transfer Credit Policy Change

[Zardoz]

Indeed. 

My game plan is currently to go for 4 Westcott courses - Calc I, II, III and Linear Algebra - for a total of 16 RA credits from Brandman. Not super cheap, but given that there is no way around collecting RA credits, I might as well take them in something that benefits a data science degree.
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Doing Calc I and II there seems like a waste of money.

It's true that I could do 6 credits worth of Calc I + II at StraighterLine for probably half the price of Brandman. But then those would come in as ACE and I would have to find 6 RA credits on TEL or as TECEP, UExcel to make up for them. So in the end, it's a little bit cheaper to mix and match, but it's not a game changer.

Not to push this discussion too far off topic, but I figure one way or the other, I am going to need advanced calc and linear algebra, because that will do more than anything else to increase my options and chances for grad programs.