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Sophia Learning - New membership levels and pricing - carrythenothing - 03-15-2022
Received an email a few minutes ago noting these changes/options, effective March 30
- $99/month
- $299 for 4 months (25% off)
- 12 months for $599 (50% off)
Quote:As a valued Sophia member, you have the option to lock in your current membership rate of $79 a month until you cancel. Students who rejoin after cancelling membership will be subject to new membership rates.
There’s no action needed from you. Simply continue your monthly membership and save.
Want to upgrade to the 4 or 12-month membership? You can sign up in your account settings beginning March 30. Please note that if you upgrade to a 4-month or 12-month membership you won’t be able to return to the $79 monthly rate.
RE: Sophia Learning - New membership levels and pricing - echo64 - 03-15-2022
A $20 jump on the monthly? Ouch.
RE: Sophia Learning - New membership levels and pricing - Vle045 - 03-15-2022
I just saw that email and was going to post the same thing. I was like…. Oooooh…. No more dragging feet. They aren’t doing public codes anymore. So don’t even wait. Get your $79 a month in now unless you are thinking of going for a year.
RE: Sophia Learning - New membership levels and pricing - ss20ts - 03-15-2022
$99 a month is still a steal compared to the $329 they were charging per class prior to the pandemic.
RE: Sophia Learning - New membership levels and pricing - jsd - 03-15-2022
I hope they're working on new courses. They could rival Study.com if they started to massively expand their offerings.
RE: Sophia Learning - New membership levels and pricing - LevelUP - 03-15-2022
Sophia is a part of Capella/Strayer so they could snap their fingers and shut down Sophia altogether if they felt that Sophia was cannibalizing their online college revenue.
RE: Sophia Learning - New membership levels and pricing - MNomadic - 03-15-2022
That 4 month plan would still be a good discount over the current price and be the perfect length of time for most anyone to finish as many courses as they wanted/needed to transfer into their degree.
The 12 month plan would be a great deal too, especially for those that want to take their time and complete a lot of courses like homeschoolers.
RE: Sophia Learning - New membership levels and pricing - Vle045 - 03-15-2022
(03-15-2022, 02:23 PM)MNomadic Wrote: That 4 month plan would still be a good discount over the current price and be the perfect length of time for most anyone to finish as many courses as they wanted/needed to transfer into their degree.
This is true. If my son were to say he wanted to take a “Gap Year” before starting college, I would totally be on board with that idea if he were working on Sophia for that year.
(Dear Lord, please let my kid choose some sort of degree. He is not the type that would do well in a trade. We don’t want him living in our basement the rest of his life! Bahaha.)
RE: Sophia Learning - New membership levels and pricing - bjcheung77 - 03-15-2022
jsd Wrote:I hope they're working on new courses. They could rival Study.com if they started to massively expand their offerings.
LevelUP Wrote:Sophia is a part of Capella/Strayer so they could snap their fingers and shut down Sophia altogether if they felt that Sophia was cannibalizing their online college revenue.
Yes, I think it can go either way, but more leaning towards what jsd is saying here. I think they'll be expanding slowly just to start the processes of gaining market share and eating into StraighterLine/Study.com's chunk of the pie.
(03-15-2022, 02:28 PM)Vle045 Wrote: This is true. If my son were to say he wanted to take a “Gap Year” before starting college, I would totally be on board with that idea if he were working on Sophia for that year.
(Dear Lord, please let my kid choose some sort of degree. He is not the type that would do well in a trade. We don’t want him living in our basement the rest of his life! Bahaha.)
That's a great idea! My niece and nephew are in their late teens, the 4 month or 1 year membership would be ideal to get them started on their journey.
RE: Sophia Learning - New membership levels and pricing - Tedium - 03-15-2022
At least they have longer subscriptions again. Better snap up what you need while you can.