Cheap, Easy, Fast Degree - Help Please

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Reference: You can transfer unlimited credits from all sources regardless of where they're from, but what will come into the degree is as follows, a mix/match to get you to the max of 114 credits.

For TESU, 114 from 4 year colleges/universities
90 credits from ACE/NCCRS sources.
90 credits from foreign sources
90 credits from CCs

For Excelsior, 113 from all sources above, including NA institutions.  For COSC, they're similar to TESU, but the numbers are slightly different... It depends on the institution you're looking at, you should once again, review links, such as this one comparing institutions: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Ch...University

Question:  So I went through the links but now I'm even more confused... why do some people take courses from different schools? for example someone was doing their degree with charter oaks but took a couple courses with Penn foster.
Answer:  The course they were looking for is cheaper at Penn Foster, Penn Foster is NA but they have ACE recommendation for credit.  Taking a course at COSC may costs hundreds more and take longer to complete.  We recommend taking the cheaper, easier, faster option for ROI/Value.

Question: Also why chose to go through study.com for example if the course has a 100 quizzes and several exams?
Answer:  Same as above, some courses also are not available from other providers, example, I/We usually recommend Sophia.org for lower level, Study.com for upper level.  Courses at the institutions can cost a few hundreds to a grand per course, using ACE/NCCRS options, it can be from a few dollars to a couple hundred.

Question: Also I read in one of the links that TESU allows up to 90 credits but has too be from a single source. Does that mean we can only use Sophia.com for example?
Answer: It's Sophia.org not .com, the single source it's referring to is from ACE/NCCRS, not a single provider.  You need 30 RA credits at TESU (foreign credits count  towards this number), 90 can be ACE/NCCRS max.

Question: Another question is I read charter oaks let's you test out on like 90 percent of the business administration degree is that true? Also what do u guys know about charter oaks in compared to TESU?
Answer:  COSC is no longer as 'easy', they have made more changes.  Both COSC/TESU allow 114 credits transferred in, Excelsior lets 113.  The courses they accept ranges.  You should remove COSC from your list in favor of Excelsior and TESU.

Question: Also how can I find out for example which school has the least writing? And which one has only multiple choice exams or mostly? So basically like which one is the easiest?
Answer:  You're only taking the Info Lit at Excelsior plus the Cornerstone/Capstone, At COSC/TESU, you only take the Cornerstone/Capstone.  At UMPI, you take 30 credits residency.  All of them you can take approved courses from any provider they accept into their degree, you can take non proctored courses or exams.

Okay thank you so much for the clarification. I started getting confused with everything I was reading.

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So I went through the links but now I'm even more confused... why do some people take courses from different schools?for example someone was doing their degree with charter oaks but took a couple courses with Penn foster.

Not every easy/inexpensive source has enough credit in the required areas, especially prior to 2020/2021. Sophia, for instance, used to be more expensive than ASU Universal Learner is now and the ASU classes didn't exist. People had to get what they could from where they could.

Also why chose to go through study.com for example if the course has a 100 quizzes and several exams?

See above. Study.com may be the only source of credit for some degrees. However, SDC only has ONE exam per class. Upper level classes have at least one paper or project that need to be done. If you decide to go through with the TESU Computer Science degree, it's mostly projects for the UL classes. Not a lot of writing. I think there are two? papers that you need to do for Comp Sci on Study.com, though I may be getting it confused with the BSBA CIS. Definitely one paper, possibly two. The rest are projects. For instance, creating/manipulating a database and then pasting screenshots & writing a sentence or two about what's been done in a Word document. These projects are not really writing.

Also I read in one of the links that TESU allows up to 90 credits but has too be from a single source. Does that mean we can only use Sophia.com for example?

This is a misreading. What TESU actually allows is up to 90 credits from ACE/NCCRS sources. Study.com is ACE. Sophia is ACE. Saylor is ACE. Coopersmith is NCCRS. OnlineDegree is NCCRS. Davar is NCCRS.

The remaining 30 credits can come from TECEPs (TESU's own exams), prior college/university credits, and foreign university sources.

Another question is I read charter oaks let's you test out on like 90 percent of the business administration degree is that true? Also what do u guys know about charter oaks in compared to TESU?

This is old, old information. COSC is no longer recommended here because of policy changes in the past couple of years. It is no longer possible to get a test-out degree from COSC. You need to take several COSC classes OR have a lot of prior upper level classes.

Also how can I find out for example which school has the least writing? And which one has only multiple choice exams or mostly? So basically like which one is the easiest?

UMPI: There will be a lot of writing. Each class has multiple milestones plus a final paper or project. The papers are often (but not always) around 1500-2000 words. The milestones can be as long, or for some classes they're longer than, the papers/projects. Plus, the easiest/cheapest source for credits is going to be Sophia and several of those classes have multiple papers as well.

COSC: Not viable because you have no upper level RA credit.

Excelsior: You can transfer everything except for 3 classes. Cornerstone, capstone, information literacy. All 3 classes have papers to be written, but the capstone includes a group paper. I don't know about you, but being forced to do a group paper when not already fond of writing sounds terrible! People who like/don't mind writing so much complain about the group aspect of the capstone. The transferred classes can be mostly/entirely exams, however.

WGU: Mostly exams, though there is writing in the capstone. WGU is notoriously not easy, however, for students who don't already have a job in the industry. Some of the certifications they require are quite difficult to pass and a lot of students don't pass them on the first attempt. Without prior knowledge, you're probably looking at at least 2-3 terms at WGU PLUS classes from Sophia and Study.com to have the best chance of getting a degree. That's outside of your budget.

TESU: This is one of the most difficult to plan for, but you already have 30+ RA credits. That's the biggest hurdle out of the way! If you're willing to settle for a Liberal Studies degree, it is possible to test out of almost everything that remains. The cornerstone and capstone classes will still require writing. I think you might need a couple of Sophia classes that have a paper, but I'd have to double check. If you really, really want a Comp Sci degree, there will still be papers/projects in some of the Comp Sci classes from SDC. It's possible to cut those down to a minimum, however.

If you'd like, I can knock up a Comp Sci degree plan for TESU that requires minimal papers.

Omggg please that would be a great! That way I can get an idea of how to complete courses and what I'm looking at because there is so much information that I'm getting it all confused.