Bad Bad Vibes from WGU (and an Intro of sorts)

[ivythrowaway]

WGU isn't the most flexible when it comes to transfer credits. If you apply to Excelsior, expect them to call and email you about enrollment for God knows how long. It's becoming the norm among schools that depend on online students. TESU and COSC don't care if you enroll or not. LOL

Not flexible. Boldly asks you why you would want to wait and transfer PLA's in before starting your degree. That killed it for me.

I disagree with many of your points, but just generally, WGU is not a scam. Their tactics may not be great, but try calling 5 other schools and asking about transferring in 90cr, and see how that goes. I mean, just look at 10 different school websites and try to figure out some of their policies. As someone who's doing this on an almost daily basis, it's ridiculous.

WGU is great if you already have proven (to yourself) that you can finish in 1-2 terms by completing 90cr in a short period of time. If it takes you a while to get to that 90cr mark, then it's probably not a great option for you.

BTW - try dealing with the Big 3, and ask about taking ACE coursework. They are all terrible, none will give you straight/correct/good answers/info. There are complaints on here daily.

As I concluded, WGU is not a scam. But it reeks of impropriety. Under different life circumstances I probably would have ignored this, bit the bullet, and tried it. Let's face it though, WGU isn't anymore eager to dole out ACE credit (or perhaps little credit for that matter) than many others.

You're probably right about TESU. I'm actually dealing with the very issues you're describing now with them. Their website is a dated Web 2.0 design with outdated and inconsistent policies that have basically changed internally. My suspended disbelief phase is almost through. I'm almost as cynical as everyone else. Almost. This page is very very particularly deceiving: https://www.tesu.edu/degree-completion/o...rse-option

As for 90 credit schools, I actually did do some research. One I'm still strongly considering Fort Hays State University that has cheap enough online tuition that would come in very comparably to the out-of-state TESU tuition.

Altogether, I looked at UMPI, Fort Hays State University, Franklin University, SNHU, and Champlain College as well.

The big 3 are better for undergraduate due to many of the reasons you outlined. I only recommend WGU from grad school.

Sure, I'm nearly convinced now though that the longer one is in a WGU program on a term-to-term basis. The dollar average spent compared to other schools starts making their value propositions better than WGU's. This is especially true of grad schools where many are bending over and offering more and more online programs and cheaper tuition to draw students in. Example: Why would anyone pick WGU for an IT-related grad degree if they could get into Georgia Tech's online CS graduate program?