Should I earn credits at Sophia Learning before UMPI even with a PELL grant?

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Do you know if I can do both simultaneously? As in not pushing back my UMPI start date and work in Sophia if there is downtime waiting for papers to be graded/milestone approval.

You can do both Sophia and UMPI, but it's not advisable. As you can have 2 courses open on UMPI so you can keep going while waiting for Milestones to be affirmed and the Rough Draft returned. There isn't much down time when you have 2 or 3 classes open. It's easier to get everything done on Sophia. Once you're enrolled at UMPI, you need written permission from your academic advisor to transfer in additional courses. They have generally given approval in the past, but that could change. You would also be taking time away from your UMPI classes. Doing both at the same time will most likely slow you down.