Roadmap for BSLA thru Excelsior

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OK - so I'll be 49 in 3 months ... and starting from scratch for a bachelor's degree.  and figured the LA would be easiest/quickest to achieve. I've put together a plan (attached) but thought it would be good to get some feedback from others who have more experience.

Couple of questions ...

1- I read somewhere on the boards here that it was someone's opinion (don't know who) that TESU was more cost effective than Excelsior. Why would that be? Or would it vary depending on how you go about it? From what I've looked at, Excelsior will be less for me than TESU, but maybe I'm missing something.

2- I haven't applied to them yet (will next week), but does anyone know if Excelsior will accept ACE credits from SDC for courses that aren't explicitly listed on Excelsior's transfer page on the SDC site? (The courses on that page are drastically pared down from the courses listed on SDC's ACE page.) 

3- Does anyone know if Excelsior will view the SDC Physical Geology as overlap from the CLEP Natural Sciences?

4- Does anyone have any experience with Excelsior accepting the UL SDC Psychology courses? (specifically 'Psychology of Personality' [310] and 'Psychology of Motivation' [315])
I'm worried they won't accept the 'Psychology of Personality' along with the 'Intro to Psychology' because they have their own courses by those same names - although they list their 'Psychology of Personality' with only a 220 course number. Do the course numbers across the schools truly reflect the course depth, regardless of their similar/same names?
Also, under the 'Psychology of Personality' listing in their catalog, they say:
      "Suggested prerequisite: PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology or equivalent"
OK - that seems all fine & dandy ... but then they go on to say:
      "This  course  duplicates  PSYx101:  Introduction  to  Psychology. Credit for only one of these will be applied toward graduation."
Huh? So why do they suggest a prerequisite, then say it duplicates that very prerequisite!??!

I know, I'll get my answers when I actually apply, but if anyone has prior experience with this maybe I can tweak it before I actually put in the application.

Thanks in advance!