Free Winter term for Sophia members, Strayer U

[eriehiker]

Note: If you're NOT going for a degree at Strayer, these evaluation that they give you won't really matter.  The main thing I am waiting on is "What courses are available to take for the FREE term?"  I still have no list of courses to select from!  Does anyone have a list yet?  If it's some courses that I already have covered with the Alternative Credit providers (ACE), then it would be a "useless" term.  I am mainly looking to see if I can get Upper Level and Challenge Exams for cheap... that's all I am looking at!

If they make you take something dumb but allow you to take UL Challenge Exams that you want/need, then it's probably worth doing.  But if they won't...

I know.  The best strategy might be to just take one really easy actual class and take as many challenge exams as possible.  We are inside the building and now just looking around.

[rachel83az]

For those who haven't found it yet, the list of all courses Strayer has is at: http://strayer.smartcatalogiq.com/2020-2...og/Courses Are there challenge exams for every single course they offer? Or is it just a select few? I can't find information about this. Nevermind. I hadn't scrolled all the way down to the bottom of the generic exam info page. I was actually trying to read the catalog. Silly me!

Also relevant: https://strayer.sophia.org/#courses

[ylmir]

Note: If you're NOT going for a degree at Strayer, these evaluation that they give you won't really matter.  The main thing I am waiting on is "What courses are available to take for the FREE term?"  I still have no list of courses to select from!  Does anyone have a list yet?  If it's some courses that I already have covered with the Alternative Credit providers (ACE), then it would be a "useless" term.  I am mainly looking to see if I can get Upper Level and Challenge Exams for cheap... that's all I am looking at!

Yeah, I hope so, my first concern is
1. If they fit you into classes based on your "degree path," then we might end up only being able to take low-level useless things instead of real stuff. Or there were a few UL classes I was considering that I probably won't be allowed to take, since I do not have the Principles of Economics credit complete. But it's true, they will be okay. There are other UL courses there I can take based on having other courses transfer in.
I wonder about Goldilocks' experience, though. I saw earlier while looking through that they will put you in remedial courses for math and english, I think, if you cannot prove that you had experience with them at the college level somehow, or something like that. If no one else gets to it first, I will go back when I have more time later to look into the exact details of that.
On that note, Goldi, if you have any way to prove those things, say other ACE credit, you might be able to get out of them. Even if not, I did see they mentioned a deferment for your first term on at least one of those requirements (math?).

For those who haven't found it yet, the list of all courses Strayer has is at: http://strayer.smartcatalogiq.com/2020-2...og/Courses Are there challenge exams for every single course they offer? Or is it just a select few? I can't find information about this. Nevermind. I hadn't scrolled all the way down to the bottom of the generic exam info page. I was actually trying to read the catalog. Silly me!

Also relevant: https://strayer.sophia.org/#courses

You found it right before I got back to it, Rachel    

On the Sophia thing, that would be a big benefit, except that at the top they say "A $100 fee per course will be charged to release information to other institutions." I will try to dig into this more when I get the chance, but I suspect they will have a pretty solid way of ensuring that, considering that they are owned by the same company as Sophia, and they will likely cooperate to ensure nothing gets to ACE, only Strayer. But we will see  

[rachel83az]

For those who haven't found it yet, the list of all courses Strayer has is at: http://strayer.smartcatalogiq.com/2020-2...og/Courses Are there challenge exams for every single course they offer? Or is it just a select few? I can't find information about this. Nevermind. I hadn't scrolled all the way down to the bottom of the generic exam info page. I was actually trying to read the catalog. Silly me!

Also relevant: https://strayer.sophia.org/#courses

You found it right before I got back to it, Rachel    

On the Sophia thing, that would be a big benefit, except that at the top they say "A $100 fee per course will be charged to release information to other institutions." I will try to dig into this more when I get the chance, but I suspect they will have a pretty solid way of ensuring that, considering that they are owned by the same company as Sophia, and they will likely cooperate to ensure nothing gets to ACE, only Strayer. But we will see  

I was looking at the Sophia link as more of a way to see ahead of time what the courses taken at Sophia (which qualify you for the free offer) will be brought into Strayer as. Because some of the courses in the catalog have prerequisites (like Algebra before taking Precalc). It might make it a tad bit easier for some people to be able to argue that they should be placed in a different class.

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Strayer is having a webinar on Monday. You might be able to get your questions answered there: http://learning.strayeruniversity.edu/Info-Session

[Goldilocks!]

Note: If you're NOT going for a degree at Strayer, these evaluation that they give you won't really matter.  The main thing I am waiting on is "What courses are available to take for the FREE term?"  I still have no list of courses to select from!  Does anyone have a list yet?  If it's some courses that I already have covered with the Alternative Credit providers (ACE), then it would be a "useless" term.  I am mainly looking to see if I can get Upper Level and Challenge Exams for cheap... that's all I am looking at!

Yeah, I hope so, my first concern is
1. If they fit you into classes based on your "degree path," then we might end up only being able to take low-level useless things instead of real stuff. Or there were a few UL classes I was considering that I probably won't be allowed to take, since I do not have the Principles of Economics credit complete. But it's true, they will be okay. There are other UL courses there I can take based on having other courses transfer in.
I wonder about Goldilocks' experience, though. I saw earlier while looking through that they will put you in remedial courses for math and english, I think, if you cannot prove that you had experience with them at the college level somehow, or something like that. If no one else gets to it first, I will go back when I have more time later to look into the exact details of that.
On that note, Goldi, if you have any way to prove those things, say other ACE credit, you might be able to get out of them. Even if not, I did see they mentioned a deferment for your first term on at least one of those requirements (math?).

For those who haven't found it yet, the list of all courses Strayer has is at: http://strayer.smartcatalogiq.com/2020-2...og/Courses Are there challenge exams for every single course they offer? Or is it just a select few? I can't find information about this. Nevermind. I hadn't scrolled all the way down to the bottom of the generic exam info page. I was actually trying to read the catalog. Silly me!

Also relevant: https://strayer.sophia.org/#courses

You found it right before I got back to it, Rachel    

On the Sophia thing, that would be a big benefit, except that at the top they say "A $100 fee per course will be charged to release information to other institutions." I will try to dig into this more when I get the chance, but I suspect they will have a pretty solid way of ensuring that, considering that they are owned by the same company as Sophia, and they will likely cooperate to ensure nothing gets to ACE, only Strayer. But we will see  

I did send them transcripts of my previous college work, including math, English, etc., but they still say they require you to take their courses. It may depend on which coach and Dean you get though as to whether or not they'll let you defer this term. They also have an auto-enroll feature where they will just automatically enroll you in courses for the next term. Be sure you don't check that box during the enrollment if you aren't sure about taking a second term!

Once you are accepted, you can see all of the course guides which is basically the syllabus for each class. I realized you could see the courses without enrolling, but I think I was talking more about a class schedule. It seems like maybe the courses are all offered all the time (?). Not sure. 

The bookstore is easy to use. It already has our free term spending limit loaded and the leads you to exactly what materials are needed for your courses. Laptops begin shipping next week.

[rachel83az]

Can you see anything about taking/scheduling challenge exams?

[ylmir]

Note: If you're NOT going for a degree at Strayer, these evaluation that they give you won't really matter.  The main thing I am waiting on is "What courses are available to take for the FREE term?"  I still have no list of courses to select from!  Does anyone have a list yet?  If it's some courses that I already have covered with the Alternative Credit providers (ACE), then it would be a "useless" term.  I am mainly looking to see if I can get Upper Level and Challenge Exams for cheap... that's all I am looking at!

Yeah, I hope so, my first concern is
1. If they fit you into classes based on your "degree path," then we might end up only being able to take low-level useless things instead of real stuff. Or there were a few UL classes I was considering that I probably won't be allowed to take, since I do not have the Principles of Economics credit complete. But it's true, they will be okay. There are other UL courses there I can take based on having other courses transfer in.
I wonder about Goldilocks' experience, though. I saw earlier while looking through that they will put you in remedial courses for math and english, I think, if you cannot prove that you had experience with them at the college level somehow, or something like that. If no one else gets to it first, I will go back when I have more time later to look into the exact details of that.
On that note, Goldi, if you have any way to prove those things, say other ACE credit, you might be able to get out of them. Even if not, I did see they mentioned a deferment for your first term on at least one of those requirements (math?).

For those who haven't found it yet, the list of all courses Strayer has is at: http://strayer.smartcatalogiq.com/2020-2...og/Courses Are there challenge exams for every single course they offer? Or is it just a select few? I can't find information about this. Nevermind. I hadn't scrolled all the way down to the bottom of the generic exam info page. I was actually trying to read the catalog. Silly me!

Also relevant: https://strayer.sophia.org/#courses

You found it right before I got back to it, Rachel    

On the Sophia thing, that would be a big benefit, except that at the top they say "A $100 fee per course will be charged to release information to other institutions." I will try to dig into this more when I get the chance, but I suspect they will have a pretty solid way of ensuring that, considering that they are owned by the same company as Sophia, and they will likely cooperate to ensure nothing gets to ACE, only Strayer. But we will see  

I did send them transcripts of my previous college work, including math, English, etc., but they still say they require you to take their courses. It may depend on which coach and Dean you get though as to whether or not they'll let you defer this term. They also have an auto-enroll feature where they will just automatically enroll you in courses for the next term. Be sure you don't check that box during the enrollment if you aren't sure about taking a second term!

Once you are accepted, you can see all of the course guides which is basically the syllabus for each class. I realized you could see the courses without enrolling, but I think I was talking more about a class schedule. It seems like maybe the courses are all offered all the time (?). Not sure. 

The bookstore is easy to use. It already has our free term spending limit loaded and the leads you to exactly what materials are needed for your courses. Laptops begin shipping next week.

All good ideas, Goldi, you're a step ahead of me. I'm sorry to hear they still put you in the basic courses, that is quite irritating. But yes, hopefully the Sophia things will help people get a leg up. I might ask about that in my coaching session, if they put me in basic classes. 
As far as the bookstore, do you mean that we have credit loaded already in the bookstore? That would be a lovely surprise, I was planning to figure out some way to limit how much I paid for textbooks, as it looked like those were not included.

[bjcheung77]

Does anyone know how many courses we're authorized to take at max?

[dbinghamjr]

Does anyone know how many courses we're authorized to take at max?

4 courses (18 qtr hours)

[rachel83az]

So, I decided to fill out the form found in the first post of this thread. Now what? Do I wait for them to send me something besides spam? Do I have to fill out an application?