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Should I transfer from ACE or from the course providers directly? - romoh - 04-25-2020
Hi folks,
So I finally enrolled at TESU successfully after taking the TOEFL exam. I am equipped with 95 credits now but working on 19 credits more so I can have a total of 114 credits. However, my question is really about how to transfer.
I took courses from SDC, SL, Sophia, and CSM. I have also added them all to my ACE account. Should I transfer from ACE to TESU? Or should I transfer from the course providers themselves to TESU?
Thanks.
RE: Should I transfer from ACE or from the course providers directly? - ROYISAGIRL - 04-25-2020
(04-25-2020, 11:26 AM)romoh Wrote: Hi folks,For me TESU only wanted SDC transcripts for their classes. All other providers they wanted it on ACE.
So I finally enrolled at TESU successfully after taking the TOEFL exam. I am equipped with 95 credits now but working on 19 credits more so I can have a total of 114 credits. However, my question is really about how to transfer.
I took courses from SDC, SL, Sophia, and CSM. I have also added them all to my ACE account. Should I transfer from ACE to TESU? Or should I transfer from the course providers themselves to TESU?
Thanks.
RE: Should I transfer from ACE or from the course providers directly? - eriehiker - 04-25-2020
In the case of study.com, you should send from the course provider because they have some classes with credit approval from NCCRS. These wouldn't transfer via ACE. The rest would be fine via ACE.
Just a note to anyone transferring to COSC. If transcripts are sent directly from the course provider, COSC will often award a letter grade based on the percentage earned in the course. This is potentially a benefit or a disadvantage, depending on whether you want graded credits or just pass/fail. The best strategy in that case would be to transfer courses with a B or better directly from the provider and then send the ACE transcript for pass/fail for the remaining credits. This, of course, is not an issue with TESU.
RE: Should I transfer from ACE or from the course providers directly? - darthweezy - 04-25-2020
The only transcript I sent to TESU directly from ACE was for TEEX. Everyone else I requested they send to TESU and never had an issue. I know that Study.com they require it to come direct from the provider.
RE: Should I transfer from ACE or from the course providers directly? - LongRoad - 04-25-2020
(04-25-2020, 11:36 AM)eriehiker Wrote: In the case of study.com, you should send from the course provider because they have some classes with credit approval from NCCRS. These wouldn't transfer via ACE. The rest would be fine via ACE.
Just a note to anyone transferring to COSC. If transcripts are sent directly from the course provider, COSC will often award a letter grade based on the percentage earned in the course. This is potentially a benefit or a disadvantage, depending on whether you want graded credits or just pass/fail. The best strategy in that case would be to transfer courses with a B or better directly from the provider and then send the ACE transcript for pass/fail for the remaining credits. This, of course, is not an issue with TESU.
Thank you for this information. I'm considering applying to COSC. I'm glad that I've been trying to get the best grades possible at Sophia. Do you know if I withdraw from any classes without getting a grade will that show up, too?
RE: Should I transfer from ACE or from the course providers directly? - eriehiker - 04-25-2020
(04-25-2020, 01:14 PM)LongRoad Wrote:(04-25-2020, 11:36 AM)eriehiker Wrote: In the case of study.com, you should send from the course provider because they have some classes with credit approval from NCCRS. These wouldn't transfer via ACE. The rest would be fine via ACE.
Just a note to anyone transferring to COSC. If transcripts are sent directly from the course provider, COSC will often award a letter grade based on the percentage earned in the course. This is potentially a benefit or a disadvantage, depending on whether you want graded credits or just pass/fail. The best strategy in that case would be to transfer courses with a B or better directly from the provider and then send the ACE transcript for pass/fail for the remaining credits. This, of course, is not an issue with TESU.
Thank you for this information. I'm considering applying to COSC. I'm glad that I've been trying to get the best grades possible at Sophia. Do you know if I withdraw from any classes without getting a grade will that show up, too?
I have never seen that happen. I have looked at my direct transcripts from several alternative course providers and I have never seen any kind of incomplete on the transcripts. Of course, things change and there are many different providers, so I will say it is 99% that this won't happen.
RE: Should I transfer from ACE or from the course providers directly? - dfrecore - 04-25-2020
(04-25-2020, 01:14 PM)LongRoad Wrote:(04-25-2020, 11:36 AM)eriehiker Wrote: In the case of study.com, you should send from the course provider because they have some classes with credit approval from NCCRS. These wouldn't transfer via ACE. The rest would be fine via ACE.
Just a note to anyone transferring to COSC. If transcripts are sent directly from the course provider, COSC will often award a letter grade based on the percentage earned in the course. This is potentially a benefit or a disadvantage, depending on whether you want graded credits or just pass/fail. The best strategy in that case would be to transfer courses with a B or better directly from the provider and then send the ACE transcript for pass/fail for the remaining credits. This, of course, is not an issue with TESU.
Thank you for this information. I'm considering applying to COSC. I'm glad that I've been trying to get the best grades possible at Sophia. Do you know if I withdraw from any classes without getting a grade will that show up, too?
If you don't finish a course at Sophia, it won't show up on your ACE transcript because you can't add it (you can only add courses you pass).
But for COSC, you can just not have them send anything you don't pass. Again, I don't think they issue anything for courses not passed, so it shouldn't be an issue. Besides which, W's don't count towards your GPA.
RE: Should I transfer from ACE or from the course providers directly? - jsh1138 - 04-27-2020
I always say do ACE but bear in mind that TESU does not accept Study.com courses from ACE, only straight from Study.com itself. Other colleges take them from ACE though
RE: Should I transfer from ACE or from the course providers directly? - ARhead - 04-28-2020
So if you send pass/fail transcripts to COSC, they will award letter grades, and thus you then have graded credits and a GPA?
RE: Should I transfer from ACE or from the course providers directly? - eriehiker - 04-28-2020
https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-COSC-No-CLEP-All-Online-BSBA-Degree-Transcript?pid=299812
If you look at this discussion, there is an image of a COSC transcript. It shows some Davar credits that were transferred. Davar is NCCRS, so those credits never are placed on an ACE transcript, so a direct source provider transcript was sent. You will see on the transcript that COSC adds the actual Davar grade onto the transcript. That said, COSC does NOT use those grades when it calculates the overall GPA. On the transcript at this link, the student has a 4.0 from the Cornerstone and Capstone.
So you get graded credits, but no official GPA. Could you calculate your own GPA? Sure, as long as you are honest that it is not an official GPA.