Excelsior or Charter Oak?

[BGN]

Casting my vote with Charter Oak for the following reasons. Yes, The degree is in general education.The transcripts however will reflect the concentration.
Also having State College in the name sounds better in my opinion.

COSC has great customer service. My experience is limited to Charter Oak, but anytime I had a question or concern my calls or e-mails have been returned within a day. COSC has a much smaller enrollment than Excelsior or TESC, so they probably don't get the volume of inquries and service calls the other two do.

With Charter Oak you can qualify for Federal Finanacial Aid if needed. I did qualify for student loans,but never used them.

Charter Oak is very flexible and generous in granting credit in my opinion. The reason I never used my financial aid is that I tested out of requirements using Clep and Dantes. They also grant letter grades for most Dantes(the one exception I know of is 'Principles of Public Speaking.') Also they accept the 'Clep English Comp with Essay ' exam worth 6 credits. From what I read Excelsior will not accept this exam.

To be honest, I think you can't go wrong with either choice. I have read nothing but good reviews for COSC and Excelsior. It is what you put into it that makes it worthwhile.

One last note on why I picked COSC over Excelsior. Anyone from Excelsior may want to take note. I was able to access COSC catalog without having to register or login. I was able to go right to COSC's site and find info about tuition,credit,courses with no hassle. I have enough user id's and passwords I have to deal with,without having to register and log in to view a school catalog. I went to Excelsior's site to get info and saw I had to register to have access to basic information. Not wanting to go through the hassle I went to COSC's site to see if it was the same and I never went back to Excelsior's.

I just completed my requirements with COSC for my degree, and am waiting on approval of my academic autobiography. Upon approval I will be done. Matriculated with Charter Oak in Sept. 06 will graduate May 07. Will post my results of the Clep's and Dantes I completed in another post. Did 19 test in all in under a year.

Thanks,
BGN