What if my Degree contains too many Transfered Credits from Sophia etc.?

[Old Guy]

Specifically it's about recognition in Canada. 

Any school that has the words university and the name of a state would be absolutely fine in Canada.  I would expect it would be considered equal to any school that has the words university and the name of a province.  Canada doesn't have snobby universities although Queen's and McGill likely imagine themselves to be.

[ecdw94]

Imagine, 90 of your credits were transfered from other places like study.com or sophia. While you have only finished 30 of credits as in residency.  (Bachelor's degree).

Would that make a difference (make it more difficult), to be accepted to a Master's program at a different University ? Since many Universities require you to have a Bachelor's degree as a prerequisite?


Two more questions: 

If you want to attend a Computer Science Master's degree,  but you have your Bachelor's degree from a different field and it is not even a 3-4 years degree but rather a 12 Month degree?


I may be at a totally wrong place to ask that, but does anyone know how a 12 Months BABA Degree from UMPI is recognized in Canada?  It seems like I can not choose 12 Months in (https://applications.wes.org/ca/degree-e...ol/poe.asp  ) the Degree Equivalency Tool. Since the lowest duration for a Bachelor's degree that you can chose is only 3 years long? Specifically it's about recognition in Canada. 

And will UMPI ever offer affordable Master's degree programs?

Thank you

I will say that GPA probably matters more than ACE credits - so if you practically flunked out of college 20 years ago (like I did), and then come back and do 30cr at UMPI, your GPA may still not be great, and you might want to do more than the minimum number of credits there to up your GPA.

Also, the vast majority of schools will require a bachelor's degree to get into a master's program.  There are VERY few that do not.  Like, 3 or 4 schools.

UMPI does have an affordable Master's degree - the MA in Organizational Leadership.  It's $2,000 per 8wk term.

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As to the second point, does it matter if I transfered Calculus and Discrete Math from Sophia to UMPI for the BABA degree? Or it is not possible /or i need to take them at UMPI directly as electives?

As to the latest answer, yep and thank you, its a 120 credits degree which would theoretically mean that it's simply a 4-year degree. I was planning to do that in 2 semesters by transfering most of the stuff from Sophia and co. As people have said, it is not realistic to graduate in 1 semester. Would you comment on that?

Sophia doesn't have Discrete Math (although SDC does).  But I don't think YourPace at UMPI offers those courses (their Computer Science degree is only offered on-campus, and none of their online degrees requires math at that level, so my guess is you can't take them at UMPI).

The majority of students on this forum that do YourPace are reporting that they graduate in 2 terms (16 weeks); one has done it in 1 term, and a few have done 3 terms (multiple majors or minors or concentrations, or for financial aid reasons).

Hello,

Thabk you for your contribution. Just a question, the master's degree on UMPI, doesn't it require you to be on campus? I did not see them offering online besides bachelor's degrees..

[rachel83az]

Thabk you for your contribution. Just a question, the master's degree on UMPI, doesn't it require you to be on campus? I did not see them offering online besides bachelor's degrees..

UMPI's MAOL is entirely online. https://www.umpi.edu/yourpace/maol/

[mohelena02]

This actually 'happened' to me... My degree from TAMUC had the max number of transfers in from Sophia and Study. It came up when I applied for my Master's at WGU and for an MBA at UTPB. It came up mostly because the schools wanted to know my GPA before TAMUC, once I explained Sophia/Study and sent in those credits it was fine. I was accepted into a Ph.D. program at a public university with no problems since.

[Pikachu]

Is this for immigration purposes?

[bjcheung77]

Having too many ACE credits on your transcript shouldn't cause any issues at all, these will go down to the 'other' field. Each institution will have their limit they can/will take, once you go past that threshold, those extra courses wouldn't be included in your degree, it'll just go to the 'other' courses field at the bottom of your academic evaluation... If you intend to study at a semi competitive or even a competitive institution later on, I suggest getting higher scores in each of your ACE credit courses, and to take more graded classes to bump up the GPA.

[addision]

Hello,

Does it make a difference for the future school?

Imagine, 90 of your credits were transfered from other places like study.com or sophia. While you have only finished 30 of credits as in residency.  (Bachelor's degree).

Would that make a difference (make it more difficult), to be accepted to a Master's program at a different University ? Since many Universities require you to have a Bachelor's degree as a prerequisite?


For the degree as a whole it will not matter, a long as the degree granting institution accepted them. You may need to hav your degree evaluated if from out of the U.S., but that is not difficult if it is required.

Some programs will state specifically that you need an undergrad degree in a specific feild, but most will want to see if you have the required undergrad courses for the masters degree.

[ecdw94]

This actually 'happened' to me... My degree from TAMUC had the max number of transfers in from Sophia and Study. It came up when I applied for my Master's at WGU and for an MBA at UTPB. It came up mostly because the schools wanted to know my GPA before TAMUC, once I explained Sophia/Study and sent in those credits it was fine. I was accepted into a Ph.D. program at a public university with no problems since.

This is very interesting. Thanks for contributing that information.

I guess I do not have to worry about anything. People always saying "if you want masters degree, you should avoid transfering credits bla bla bla"...

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Having too many ACE credits on your transcript shouldn't cause any issues at all, these will go down to the 'other' field.  Each institution will have their limit they can/will take, once you go past that threshold, those extra courses wouldn't be included in your degree, it'll just go to the 'other' courses field at the bottom of your academic evaluation...  If you intend to study at a semi competitive or even a competitive institution later on, I suggest getting higher scores in each of your ACE credit courses, and to take more graded classes to bump up the GPA.

Can you elaborate on your last sentence?

why take more graded classes "to bump up the GPA"? Is the point here to have more graded classes or to have higher gpa? Currently my GPA is at around 3.90/4.00 And so far, half of the CS major courses were taken at UoPeople, I am going to transfer around 40% of the major courses from certificates (coursera etc). That is alright, right?

[bjcheung77]

This is how things usually go, depending on the institution of choice... non competitive = don't really look at your GPA, semi competitive = looks at the GPA (generally the last 30 credits), competitive = looks at the GPA, (mostly looks at the last 60 credits). If you're going for something that we usually recommend or the lesser known public/state universities that will transfer NA Bachelors into their RA Masters, you're good to go with the GPA and the graded credits you will have (roughly 30). However, if you're thinking of going to something similar with strict requirements, you're going to run into problems if you don't hit all their entry requirements...

[midnite123]

Only a handful of schools care about ACE vs. residency credits. As long as you have at least 30 RA credits on your transcript, you should be good for most of the Master's degrees that you'd care to apply to.

If you want a CS Master's degree, you're going to want to check out its prerequisites and be sure that you have those on your transcript. For instance, UMPI only requires Algebra and their Business Math class for a BABA. But most CS Master's programs want to see Calculus and/or Discrete Math. Fill up your electives with CS Master's prereqs instead of random "easy" classes.

Finally, a BABA from UMPI is absolutely not a 12 month degree. It is not a 4-month degree or a 6-month degree nor even a 3-year degree. It is a real 4-year degree, accelerated. End of story. That you can finish it in just a few months has no bearing on the type of degree it is.

This is great to know about Masters degrees!!!