UMPI

[any4yeardegree]

Has anyone transferred ACE-approved credits to UMPI other than Sophia and CLEP?

They have an agreement with StraighterLine.

https://www.straighterline.com/colleges/...uivalency/

Addition to Sophia and CLEP, I should included Straighterline in my original question about UMPI accepting ACE-approved credits.  

I was thinking more along the lines of the non-so-popular ACE-approved providers such as TEEX, ALEKS, etc.

[ss20ts]

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IF you do decide to go to UMPI, still apply for FAFSA, even though you say you don't qualify, that way you can get school grants/scholarships.

Any idea on how much these scholarships/grants are?  Do you have to apply, or do you automatically give them to you?

This info can be found at this link.
Scholarships and Awards | UMPI Offices and Services

As far as applying or automatically getting them, from what the fin aid office said if you fill out the fafsa, you're automatically considered for them.

Keep in mind that this page is for on campus students not YourPace students. I am unaware of any scholarships for YourPace students. We are eligible to apply for financial aid including Pell grants and student loans through our FAFSA.

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Are there oral presentations/speeches? If so, do you record a video of yourself or how does it work?

This may be a stupid question, but if you use a Pell grant/financial aid, are you truly allowed to add more classes if you want to accelerate? When I was looking into NAU's self paced program, I spoke to someone who attended and they said they weren't allowed to accelerate or add classes even when they completed all their work in the subscription period because they were using financial aid and weren't paying out of pocket.

There are some classes which have an oral component. Some are recorded and you upload the file to the learning platform. Others are completed via a Zoom meeting with the professor. 

Yes, you are allowed to add as many classes as you can complete even while using financial add. All full time students start off with 2 courses per term and when you complete one, you ask your academic advisor to add the next course on your degree audit. I receive financial aid and completed 4 courses my first term and 8 my second term. I have my final 4 courses to complete in the Spring Term 1.  

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Has anyone transferred ACE-approved credits to UMPI other than Sophia and CLEP?

They have an agreement with StraighterLine.

https://www.straighterline.com/colleges/...uivalency/

Addition to Sophia and CLEP, I should included Straighterline in my original question about UMPI accepting ACE-approved credits.  

I was thinking more along the lines of the non-so-popular ACE-approved providers such as TEEX, ALEKS, etc.

I don't believe they do. They don't accept a lot of ACE providers. They accept some classes from the main ones.  Also keep in mind, courses from TEEX don't fit into any of their degree plans. 

[any4yeardegree]

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IF you do decide to go to UMPI, still apply for FAFSA, even though you say you don't qualify, that way you can get school grants/scholarships.

Any idea on how much these scholarships/grants are?  Do you have to apply, or do you automatically give them to you?

This info can be found at this link.
Scholarships and Awards | UMPI Offices and Services

As far as applying or automatically getting them, from what the fin aid office said if you fill out the fafsa, you're automatically considered for them.

Keep in mind that this page is for on campus students not YourPace students. I am unaware of any scholarships for YourPace students. We are eligible to apply for financial aid including Pell grants and student loans through our FAFSA.

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Are there oral presentations/speeches? If so, do you record a video of yourself or how does it work?

This may be a stupid question, but if you use a Pell grant/financial aid, are you truly allowed to add more classes if you want to accelerate? When I was looking into NAU's self paced program, I spoke to someone who attended and they said they weren't allowed to accelerate or add classes even when they completed all their work in the subscription period because they were using financial aid and weren't paying out of pocket.

There are some classes which have an oral component. Some are recorded and you upload the file to the learning platform. Others are completed via a Zoom meeting with the professor. 

Yes, you are allowed to add as many classes as you can complete even while using financial add. All full time students start off with 2 courses per term and when you complete one, you ask your academic advisor to add the next course on your degree audit. I receive financial aid and completed 4 courses my first term and 8 my second term. I have my final 4 courses to complete in the Spring Term 1.  

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Has anyone transferred ACE-approved credits to UMPI other than Sophia and CLEP?

They have an agreement with StraighterLine.

https://www.straighterline.com/colleges/...uivalency/

Addition to Sophia and CLEP, I should included Straighterline in my original question about UMPI accepting ACE-approved credits.  

I was thinking more along the lines of the non-so-popular ACE-approved providers such as TEEX, ALEKS, etc.

I don't believe they do. They don't accept a lot of ACE providers. They accept some classes from the main ones.  Also keep in mind, courses from TEEX don't fit into any of their degree plans. 

@ss20ts,  Thank you for all this information.  It was very helpful.  Sounds like I need to talk directly with UMPI - soon.  

I noticed when speaking with TESU admission staff, different admission personnel have different levels of knowledge - particularly with the ACE-Credly/Acclaim debacle.  The lack of sharing vital knowledge amongst co-workers drives me ape-$xyz-crazy!  

Anyone in the UMPI admission office we should specifically ask for?

[bjcheung77]

I noticed when speaking with TESU admission staff, different admission personnel have different levels of knowledge - particularly with the ACE-Credly/Acclaim debacle.  The lack of sharing vital knowledge amongst co-workers drives me ape-$xyz-crazy!  

Anyone in the UMPI admission office we should specifically ask for?

LOL, any provider at the moment is going to be going bonkers with the Acclaim/Credly issue. It'll take some time for that to be fixed...
In regards to UMPI, anyone would do. Their advising/customer support is much better than any of the Big 3 it seems...

[ss20ts]

@ss20ts,  Thank you for all this information.  It was very helpful.  Sounds like I need to talk directly with UMPI - soon.  

I noticed when speaking with TESU admission staff, different admission personnel have different levels of knowledge - particularly with the ACE-Credly/Acclaim debacle.  The lack of sharing vital knowledge amongst co-workers drives me ape-$xyz-crazy!  

Anyone in the UMPI admission office we should specifically ask for?

Ask admissions what? They don't process transcripts. That's the registrar and you don't get to speak to them about credit transfer. All YourPace students go through the YourPace admissions staff. Not sure how much they will tell you until you apply. Many schools won't say much without an application. Most people working in admissions at most schools aren't overly well versed in ACE. Those credits are all up to the registrar like all other courses. 

[rachel83az]

I noticed when speaking with TESU admission staff, different admission personnel have different levels of knowledge - particularly with the ACE-Credly/Acclaim debacle.  The lack of sharing vital knowledge amongst co-workers drives me ape-$xyz-crazy!  

Anyone in the UMPI admission office we should specifically ask for?

LOL, any provider at the moment is going to be going bonkers with the Acclaim/Credly issue.  It'll take some time for that to be fixed...
In regards to UMPI, anyone would do.  Their advising/customer support is much better than any of the Big 3 it seems...

I agree with this! Everyone is probably going crazy at the moment dealing with the ACE/Credly/Acclaim stuff. Nobody knows what anyone else is doing. It certainly won't help that this has happened in the middle of a pandemic when a lot of college campuses are shut down and the office is working from home. You're going to be a lot slower and worse than usual under those conditions. That said, from what other students have said about UMPI on this forum, I think you'll have a good result no matter who you talk to in advising/customer support. They certainly sound more on-the-ball than the advisors at TESU, at least.

[dfrecore]

I noticed when speaking with TESU admission staff, different admission personnel have different levels of knowledge - particularly with the ACE-Credly/Acclaim debacle.  The lack of sharing vital knowledge amongst co-workers drives me ape-$xyz-crazy!  

Anyone in the UMPI admission office we should specifically ask for?

LOL, any provider at the moment is going to be going bonkers with the Acclaim/Credly issue.  It'll take some time for that to be fixed...
In regards to UMPI, anyone would do.  Their advising/customer support is much better than any of the Big 3 it seems...

I agree with this! Everyone is probably going crazy at the moment dealing with the ACE/Credly/Acclaim stuff. Nobody knows what anyone else is doing. It certainly won't help that this has happened in the middle of a pandemic when a lot of college campuses are shut down and the office is working from home. You're going to be a lot slower and worse than usual under those conditions. That said, from what other students have said about UMPI on this forum, I think you'll have a good result no matter who you talk to in advising/customer support. They certainly sound more on-the-ball than the advisors at TESU, at least.

TESU has been known for their terrible customer service the entire time I've been on their forum (10+ years).  EC and COSC have always been much better.

[portia8]

Hi there, I have some questions about UMPI and as I saw this post was still active I thought I'd ask. I just wanted to know what sort of application documents you have to send in for your admission, such as high school transcripts and so on, if that could be specified I would greatly appreciate it. Also, I was wondering if they would accept Sophia credit as my only initial transfer for admission as I have no other forms of credit. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, I'm mainly concerned with how to qualify for admission. Thank you very much.

[rachel83az]

Hi there, I have some questions about UMPI and as I saw this post was still active I thought I'd ask. I just wanted to know what sort of application documents you have to send in for your admission, such as high school transcripts and so on, if that could be specified I would greatly appreciate it. Also, I was wondering if they would accept Sophia credit as my only initial transfer for admission as I have no other forms of credit. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, I'm mainly concerned with how to qualify for admission. Thank you very much.

Instructions for application are here: https://www.umpi.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/ It looks like if you have 60 or more transferable credits (which you will have if you have completed Sophia) then you may not have to send in your HS transcript. I don't think ashkir had any credits except Sophia to transfer in (though I may be incorrect about that).

[ss20ts]

Hi there, I have some questions about UMPI and as I saw this post was still active I thought I'd ask. I just wanted to know what sort of application documents you have to send in for your admission, such as high school transcripts and so on, if that could be specified I would greatly appreciate it. Also, I was wondering if they would accept Sophia credit as my only initial transfer for admission as I have no other forms of credit. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, I'm mainly concerned with how to qualify for admission. Thank you very much.

You need to fill out the online application. It's VERY short. It's free.

https://online.umpi.edu/admissions.aspx


You'll need to send them all of your transcripts. I believe you'll need a high school transcript if you don't have an associate degree or higher. They do accept some Sophia courses, but not all. Ashkir has a thread with a list of what he took and the courses that UMPI accepted. You don't need to take classes anywhere. UMPI offers every course needed to complete all of their degrees. They're not super picky when it come to admissions. 

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Instructions for application are here: https://www.umpi.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/ It looks like if you have 60 or more transferable credits (which you will have if you have completed Sophia) then you may not have to send in your HS transcript. I don't think ashkir had any credits except Sophia to transfer in (though I may be incorrect about that).

That's not the website to use for YourPace. That's not the application for YourPace either. You do not have 60 transferable credits if you completed all of the Sophia courses. There are many they do not accept. Ashkir did a thread listing all of the courses and what UMPI accepted.