Transferring from Excelsior to COSC or TESC

[islandcoli]

Hi all thanks for reading.

When I started this degree journey I did countless hours of research on keeping costs low, and now I come to you for advice on something that's going to cost me more money.

I recently, after 6 weeks of waiting, received my letter grade for the $500 Uexcel writing exam I took. With all the recent anticipation for this letter I decided to do a three way call to all the people who helped me prepare (Private tutor with a Masters in literacy and my mother, 30 years in elementary education, now retired). Collectively our jaws dropped as I opened the letter and verbalized my score. I can't remember the last time I was this appalled and confused. My first and longest job out of high school was an assistant elementary and high school teacher; I've graded more 5 part essays than I care to mention, yet I still spent time and money on a private tutor; all to receive the grade that just about everyone else on the forums I've viewed received. I was beyond prepared and finished within my allotted time. I just don't think I can justify spending any more money at a school that is either A) not being objective or B) has a grader who is just briefly scanning and stamping the same grade on all essays.

I'll stop there as this post isn't about that; I just wanted to provide motive for my question.

Has anybody switched from Excelsior to another of the big 3 mid way through their degree?

Right now I have 60 credits from Dantes and CLEPS; obviously the goal is to switch to either COSC or Thomas Edison with the purpose of getting a Bachelor in a business related focus.

• HUMANITIES/ CLEP
  
• SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HISTORY / CLEP
  
• PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING / CLEP
  
• ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING LITERATURE / CLEP
  
• INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING / DSST
  
• PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS / CLEP
  
• PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT / CLEP
  
• INTRO TO BUSINESS / DSST
  
• INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY / CLEP
  
• PRINCIPLES OF SUPERVISION / CLEP
  
• INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY / CLEP
  
• PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS / CLEP
  
• HERE'S TO YOUR HEALTH / DSST
  
• Human Growth & Development / DSST
  
• Environment And Humanity / DSST
  
• Technical Writing / DSST
  
• Business Ethics and Society DSST
  

Which school do you think has the most seamless transcript transferring?

Is either school notable for being more helpful in processing?

Which schools don't recognize UExcels as GPA affectors? and/or Is it possible to just drop that Exam from my GPA?

(With as little GPA classes as most of us take in these test out pathways I really don't want a 2.0 being factored and I will not pay another dime to take UExcel English again)
Ideally it would be transferred with me but not for a GPA, but I'd settle for it just not being factored at all and I'' take a different English comp based on COSC and TESC requirements.

Thanks in advance for reading my wall of text.

[sanantone]

COSC has better and faster customer service. TESC won't include the Uexcel GPA in your TESC GPA, but your Excelsior GPA will still be a factor if you decide to apply to a graduate program. The BSBA at TESC will be cheaper and faster to complete than a business degree at the other two. Do Excelsior or Pearson employees grade the Uexcel essays? I don't really think this is a good reason to switch schools. How many months do you have left on your enrollment period at Excelsior?

[UptonSinclair]

I switched from Excelsior to Thomas Edison, but have also had a transfer review from COSC. TESC was far more generous with upper level credits and I wanted a specific degree rather than a general studies. I am not sure about the processing as I prefer to be left alone. I have only contacted TESC twice with questions and they answered promptly through email. I don't have much faith in college advisers, so I speak to them only when I have no other choice. One of my main motivations for switching to TESC was avoidance of Excelsior's Capstone. I was able to take the capstone through Penn Foster and knock it out from less than cost of one credit at Excelsior. Overall, I haven't regretted my decision to transfer to TESC.

[KayV]

Like Sanantone, I would advise caution when transferring from one program to another midstream, especially if you could still finish within your enrollment period. That being said, TESC will transfer in all of your testing credits including the UExcel as CR, and they will accept the English Comp if you got at least a C (not C-) for it. COSC will transfer in the UExcel as graded credit, and would also require a lab science.

Here is an idea of where your credits would fit in a BSBA in General Management at TESC. I put in 8 TECEPs so that you could use the Pay Per Credit tuition plan, thereby waiving the enrollment fee. Just about everyone on this board has more experience and advice about specific business courses and exams than I do, so please heed their counsel and suggestions.

Good luck with whichever path you take.

TESC BSBA General Management
I. General Education Requirements
1. UExcel English Composition I 3
2. UExcel English Composition II 3
3. Need ALEKS College Algebra 3
4. Need Saylor BUS-210 Business Communication 3 (TESC MAN-373)
5. DSST Technical Writing 3

6. CLEP Microeconomics 3
7. CLEP Macroeconomics 3
8. Need ALEKS Statistics 3
9. CLEP Humanities 6
10. DSST Environment and Humanity 3

11. CLEP Intro to Sociology 3
12. DSST Business Ethics and Society 3
13. Need TECEP Marriage and the Family 3

14. CLEP Social Sciences and History 6
15. CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature 6
16. CLEP Intro to Psychology 3
17. CLEP Human Growth and Development 3

II. Professional Business Requirements 54
A. Professional Core
1. Need DSST Principles of Finance 3
2. Need CLEP/DSST/ Saylor Business Law 3
3. Need TECEP Business in Society 3
4. Need PF Strategic Management 3
5. DSST Intro to Computing 3
6. CLEP Principles of Marketing 3
7. Need TECEP Financial Accounting 3
8. CLEP Principles of Management 3
9. Need TECEP Managerial Accounting 3

B. Area of Study 18
1. Accounting/ Finance 3
a. Need 3 hours of ACC or FIN from any source

2. Management 3
a. Need TECEP Operations Management 3

3. Marketing 12
a. Need TECEP Marketing Communications 3
b. Need TECEP Sales Management 3
c. Need TECEP Advertising 3
d. Need TECEP Public Relations Thought and Practice 3

C. Business Electives 9
1. DSST Intro to Business 3
2. Need 6 hours of any business electives from any source

D. Free Electives 6
1. DSST Here’s to Your Health 3
2. CLEP Principles of Supervision 3