(08-13-2020, 10:17 AM)innen_oda Wrote: Something I've seen on these forums (and probably just in general) is that people get very set on one specific school, to the point that they don't - or even won't - consider other options. There's a lot of merit in sending your credits in to several schools, see how they evaluate them, and then going with whichever school makes the most sense for your time and your professional goals.
It might cost an extra $50 or $100 in transcripts, but it's potentially saving you $300 per credit and hours of time.
While it may not seem at way, this is exactly what we typically recommend that people do if they don't have a particular school in mind. Each college will evaluate transfer courses in their own way so you may be better off on the evaluation with one school or another. Typically we recommend that people apply to the Big 3 and WGU and go with whichever gives you the most credits, but we rarely recommend schools outside of those since they are less well known.
Personally, if someone is close to graduating and they don't mind taking traditional college courses to finish the degree, then I think CUNY could be a great choice depending on how the transfer evaluation goes. If you'd have to lose too many credits to attend there, then one of the other Big 3 or WGU may make more sense. As a degree completion school COSC can be a good choice as well, but their per credit rate is a bit too high IMO, so CUNY may be a better option.
The majority of people on this forum are starting from scratch, or close to it. So for those people, CUNY and COSC are not ideal choices since they require a lot of RA credits. For people without a ton of RA credits, TESU, EC, or WGU are typically my recommendations depending on what major they are interested in.
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MBA (IT Management), 2019, Western Governors University
BSBA (Computer Information Systems), 2019, Thomas Edison State University
ASNSM (Computer Science), 2019, Thomas Edison State University
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