Exams on UMPI vs Study.com / InstantCert

[dfrecore]

Hi Guys, 

this is my first post here; been a long time lurker, downloaded the famous 6moth BABA plan for UMPI and now going for the degree! Its a great forum here and such a helpful ressource; pretty amazing! 

One question, that popped up while preparing the "external credits". Sophia.org courses are pretty easy and I really like the platform. Im doing all courses there, as suggested in the plan, and then planned to go forward with Study.com and InstantCert. 

Now, after having a look at InstantCert and Study.com, Im thinking about taking them at UMPI (except Bio) and need your opinion on this. 

Why? UMPI doesnt have proctored exams and to be honest, that makes it much more convenient to write an essay over there than making proctored exams on Study or Instantcert.

What do you guys think? Is that a stupid idea? Should I better stick to the plan and do the proctored exam at Study/Instantcert? Or is UMPI maybe easier? 

Thanks again for this great forum and in case anyone needs some help with Sophia.org, let me know! :

Thanks
Philipp

The main reason we recommend Sophia, Study.com and ICC is because if you want to transfer in the full 90cr, that's the "best" (and cheapest) way to do so.  The more credits you bring in and the more GEC's you cover, the more you get to spend time at UMPI on your major/concentration/minor coursework (especially the UL's).

Also, the Bio w/Lab course at UMPI was not a fun one for Ashkir (nightmarish might be a better description), so the SDC Bio w/Lab is a good way to avoid some pain.  The ICC Spanish exam is also a fast/cheap way to avoid the not-so-fun Spanish course at UMPI.  Now, those courses might have improved by now, but we don't know, so we go ahead and just tell people to skip them.

Time is literally money at UMPI, so it's critical to get everything possible transferred in if you want to make the most of your time there, and try to make sure you get done in 1-3 terms (that's what people here are doing - I would say 2 terms is the norm).