COSC no longer accepts Coopersmith and others

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Hi @davewill
Thanks for your reply. Bear with me, this is a part of this whole thing I don't understand, I just figured I'd get a some credit under my belt before worrying about it.
So you don't have to be enrolled and paying the school money to send in your credits to them and have it on your...transcript? Or to call them up and speak to an advisor about what transfer course fits where and the like? Or to set up a degree plan that once set it won't be renegged by the school?
If that's the case I'll be signing up for a school ASAP and sending in each course after it's finished.
Sorry I've never done post-secondary education, and while I have tried to find this kind of info on here it has eluded me.

So, you won't want to work it this way with all of the Big 3, as they charge per-term fees at COSC, and an annual fee at EC.  TESU is the only one where it's free to enroll, and then if you want to stay enrolled, you can take a TECEP exam for $150 (one that counts towards your degree) once a year.  The good thing is that you can "lock in" your catalog, meaning they won't get rid of your degree, and any courses you get put onto your evaluation are set in stone.

Otherwise, you're taking a chance.  BUT, you pay for the privilege - TESU is about $2500 more than COSC.  So, it's up to you how you handle it.

One way might be to enroll at TESU, and create your degree plan for them, as well as one for COSC and/or EC.  Take courses that will fit into both plans.  Put everything on your TESU account (you probably don't want to do it each course, since it costs money to send transcripts - instead, do it a few times a year).  Then, when you're much closer to graduating, determine if you want to stick with TESU, or switch to COSC/EC.  The closer it is to finishing, the easier it will be to make the decision.

No, you won't want to contact the school(s) to find out what fits where - you are DIYing your degree here, and your best bet is to learn where everything fits and make sure you're putting things in the correct place based on the knowledge you gain here on this forum.  I personally make degree plans all the time, and I get to see the results of many evals, and I am pretty darn close most of the time (probably greater than 90%).  I learned it all over many years on here.  The schools aren't here to help you get credit outside of their school - they make their money by you taking classes THERE.  So don't count on them being helpful.  Instead, count on learning how to do it yourself, and being flexible with your plans as things change over time.