SDC Upper Level Courses

[Merlin]

I thought people were getting upper level credit for some shmoop courses previously? Unless those changed?

The grading rubric just seems more in-depth for SDC vs Straighterline. I am already done English Comp 2 with SL and honestly, my essays were not that good at all, yet I managed fairly high grades.

It seems the graders on SDC are more tough and by the book.

Some LL courses were coming in as UL before the mandate for TESU to follow course levels more closely. At that time all the LL courses the had been evaluated as UL were downgraded. They stopped accepting Shmoop about the same time.

As for grading, it depends on the grader. Some are more strict than others. It's random who you get so it can be inconsistent. Though in general you can also assume UL courses will be graded at a higher level of scrutiny than LL.