Advice on Transferring Sophia Courses

[studyingfortests]

  Don't bother speaking with TESU - their advisors are TERRIBLE. Avoid that at all costs.  Instead, ask your questions here.

I echo this, but with one caveat: TESU advisor Don Stoltz is amazing.  You can choose which advisor you want to speak to.  I spoke with Don on multiple occasions while working on my degree, and he was extremely accurate. He predicted which credits I could successfully appeal to apply where I wanted them, gave 100% accurate information about which courses would come in which way, and was totally helpful.  Two friends who have also completed TESU degrees also worked with him and were similarly impressed.

Has anyone had a positive experience with Excelsior admissions?  Excelsior, like TESU, is terrible.  Instead, ask your questions here.

I echo this as well, and also with one caveat:  The Excelsior admissions rep, which was incredibly pesky and persistent, was absolutely useless answering even the most basic questions about credit transfer. However, I bitched sufficiently persistently, and he hooked me up with an actual advisor.  This person was amazing... she was accurate, very detailed, sought out answers to questions she wasn't sure of, and even went to bat over a credit for the CSM Learn course.  She even said "I hope you'll enroll at Excelsior, but only if it is the best fit for you," which I'm sure the admissions rep would have been mortified to hear.

So good advice is available, but the advice here is just as good and sometimes better. Only difference is, you might be able to get an email from Don or someone in advising at Excelsior confirming what you're told, which will go a long way if they later try to tell you otherwise.  That's the one advantage I can see for talking with someone from the school. [/quote]