Difference between ACE and NCCRS?

[kietro]

I think that WGU doesn't take NCCRS, but does take ACE - at least, that's what I've heard.

I would say that for Study.com, it's probably not going to be a problem.  But there are companies have ended up closing up shop, and anyone who took a course there would most likely lose out if that course was NCCRS.  If you can't get ahold of the company to send a transcript, you're kind of screwed.  But if the course was ACE, and you had added it to your transcript at the time, you're fine.  It stays in the ACE database, and on your transcript, no matter what happens to the individual company.

The course I'm considering is through Study.com, so I think I'll be good. I have to send TESU my Study.com transcript anyway, so the NCCRS credit shouldn't be an extra hassle to deal with.

I did the same thing and it worked fine for me. (The particular Study.com course I took, BUS 209, was NCCRS- but not ACE-approved. It is also listed in the Study.com’s TESU course equivalency list.)

Here’s a little more on this, for what it’s worth to anyone working on a COSC or WGU degree (sorry if this is common knowledge!)...

I ran the same course by the registrar’s office at COSC. They told me it wouldn’t transfer because it’s not ACE. However, COSC’s website says they take NCCRS. I pointed this out to COSC, and they acknowledged that they accept NCCRS, but that they couldn’t find Study.com’s BUS 209 on NCCRS’s list—although it is. I left it at that, but I assume that if I had sent them proof they would have accepted it.

I talked to WGU once and they suggested I “stay away from” NCCRS-recommended courses that aren’t also ACE. (In particular, WGU suggested Straighterline and Saylor courses, along with CLEP and DSST exams.)