Low cost ACE reviewed history courses from Shmoop.com

[nnahh]

How long did the ACE approval process take?

I requested credit Monday, got the email asking for password authorized the same day and haven't heard anything since.

[ndelco]

How long did the ACE approval process take?

I requested credit Monday, got the email asking for password authorized the same day and haven't heard anything since.

Two of mine were done same day and the other was done next day. I'd email them to see what's up.

[whisb]

Did the price change to $87?

[bjcheung77]

Did the price change to $87?

Yes, It was updated yesterday. It's still well worth it for three History courses for 9 credits.
Pretty good if you include the Math ones that are not duplicates of ALEKS, such as Finite Math and Geometry.

[whisb]

Yes, It was updated yesterday. It's still well worth it for three History courses for 9 credits.
Pretty good if you include the Math ones that are not duplicates of ALEKS, such as Finite Math and Geometry.

Hey bjcheng77 - I have been using your excel course list (BSBA gen mgmt) for about a month, thank you! I would say if one could figure out how to get 120 credits and deal with all the emails and calls to schools, well that drive alone is worth a degree.

So I have a question for you - what are you thoughts on the articulation agreement to transfer to a local university? (i.e. TESU to University of Oklahoma) I need structure and am struggling to keep all the methods aligned to a plan. Just finished up Aleks.com with 12 credits and the 2 cr ethics course.

[dfrecore]

Hey bjcheng77 - I have been using your excel course list (BSBA gen mgmt) for about a month, thank you! I would say if one could figure out how to get 120 credits and deal with all the emails and calls to schools, well that drive alone is worth a degree.

So I have a question for you - what are you thoughts on the articulation agreement to transfer to a local university? (i.e. TESU to University of Oklahoma) I need structure and am struggling to keep all the methods aligned to a plan. Just finished up Aleks.com with 12 credits and the 2 cr ethics course.

I think the Excel spreadsheet you're using in actually mine. I created several, not sure how they got bjcheung's name on them. But I digress.

Usually, articulation agreements are already written, and are between a state's CC's and the state's public universities.

In CA, there is a general one for all CC's to the UC system (IGETC) and another one for the CC's to the CSU system. Then, there are specific ones that are more local. For instance, here in San Diego, you can find specific ones for the 7 local CC's to the 2 CSU and 1 UC schools nearby, plus most of the local private schools also have them. There are also written agreements here between specific CC's and specific CSU schools - so anyone who graduates from a CC in the North County area with a certain GPA is guaranteed acceptance to CSU San Marcos unless they don't have the major that you want, in which case you're guaranteed acceptance into San Diego State University. Anyone who graduates from a CC in the South County area is guaranteed acceptance into SDSU, unless they don't have that major, and then you get into CSUSM.

So, I don't think there is a way to get an articulation agreement between a 4-year college like TESU in NJ, and a 4-yr college like University of Oklahoma.

Most people who want to graduate from a specific school need to work backwards from there, to figure out the best way to go about getting to that school. That means that all credit should be done with the specific school in mind, and that may mean that one of the Big 3 isn't really in the picture.

Other's here may have additional info that contradicts this, but it's how I understand how this usually works.

[whisb]

This is helpful! Thank you.

Do you have a spreadsheet for the the BSBA in HR? Thats actually the degree I am working towards at TESC - So far I have done the aleks (intermediate Algebra, Intro to Stats, College Algebra, Beginning Alegebra) and the Ethics course from the Institute.

What did you find the TECEP courses tough? Also I read at some point a method to reduce the out-of-state fees by taking one TECEP. Did you do this. (Sorry for the overload of questions)

[CGaboury]

TESC is now TESU. Beginning ALgebra won't transfer there. Lastly, TECEP's are done through the school. They no longer meet the criteria for a Residency waiver. You'll need to pay that$2,000. (Still far cheaper than taking the classes and paying per credit hour)

[dfrecore]

This is helpful! Thank you.

Do you have a spreadsheet for the the BSBA in HR? Thats actually the degree I am working towards at TESC - So far I have done the aleks (intermediate Algebra, Intro to Stats, College Algebra, Beginning Alegebra) and the Ethics course from the Institute.

What did you find the TECEP courses tough? Also I read at some point a method to reduce the out-of-state fees by taking one TECEP. Did you do this. (Sorry for the overload of questions)

I took 5 TECEP's, but I think I took 5 of the easier ones, so not the best person to tell you if they were tough or not. They stopped counting for residency earlier this year, so you're now going to have to pay the $2,000 residency waiver. It's not an out-of-state fee by the way - the term "residency" in this instance refers to taking courses at the school. So if you don't take 16cr of courses at the school, then you aren't a "resident."

Re: ALEKS, the 4 courses you can get credit for at TESU are Int Alg, Coll Alg, Stats & Precalc. Beg Alg is considered developmental at TESU.

Yes, I have a spreadsheet, I'll attach it. It was for someone in particular, and utilized a lot of overlap of exams, so not necessarily what you might want to take - like if you take the 3 ALEKS courses (2 of which are required), you might want to also take Saylor's Business Stats, Shmoop's Finite Math & Geometry, and the Applied Liberal Arts Math TECEP, all of which wouldn't need to be studied for, plus the ALEKS Precalc course which might take quite a bit more work but probably would be free - but if you hate math, you might want to skip those and take other courses you'd enjoy more. Just delete those and replace with other courses instead.

[whisb]

At what point should I pay the 2000? Meaning, should I work on courses outside of TESU and is there an advantage?
By the way, thank you for correcting me on that, I thought I was going crazy because I saw it written both ways.

I have 17 credits. Whew! Maybe I can complete Aleks PreCalc tonight?!

Seems like I am a year or to late on having a easier and cheaper degree. SO sad FEMA and low cast waiver. Still much less than local schools.