What is your opinion on Straighterline

[cookderosa]

Saylor works off of ACE and NCCRS approval and direct partnerships for courses that do not have approval. Straighterline works off of ACE approval and has guaranteed acceptance for at least some of their courses at 78 schools. The acceptance of Straighterline and Saylor courses at non-partner schools depends on those schools' general acceptance of ACE and NCCRS credits. ACE is more well-known than NCCRS.

TESC is pretty liberal in its acceptance of ACE and NCCRS credits. They are also a partner college with Straighterline and Saylor. However, they will not accept Saylor's non-ACE or non-NCCRS courses for credit. All of this also applies to EC and COSC. Brandman University and a couple of other schools accept some of Saylor's computer science and/or business courses that do not have ACE or NCCRS approval. I think one school also accepts some of Saylor's humanities and social science courses.

It's also worth pointing out that even when a college/university is a partner school, that doesn't mean they accept EVERYTHING coming from SL. For example, there is a community college NOVA that is a partner school, but only in accounting. If you were hoping to use English or Math, you're out of luck. SL doesn't really transfer well as a general rule, and they are not super cheap... but if you're sure where you're going, you're sure your SL classes will transfer, you can find the book for free/cheap, you can work very quickly, and you're not taking grad school prereqs (ymmv)- then it's a good option. I'm not in love with them, but have used them, and probably will in the future.