Sophia - Retaking a course for a higher grade

[jembig]

Hey jembig, Which school are you planning to attend that accepts these course and gives them an external GPA? Is this COSC - Charter Oak State College or something else?  If the course was taken at Sophia, it maybe best to chat/email them and see if/when you can retake the course, some providers have a certain date you have to retake the course, such as OnlineDegree it's 3 months, and Saylor is like 2 weeks, some providers like Study.com, are just 3 days...  

I would recommend taking the course again mainly for learning purposes so you get a better handle on the subject, especially since the course is so affordable now.  I believe if you do the course again, they'll just put the course with the highest grade in the transcript.  As you mentioned, because these courses are pass/fail, and they're external GPA from an education provider (not a college institution), the weight on the GPA won't really matter for admittance to a college or university.

Great idea! I do want to take it for learning purposes. COSC is the school I’m very cautious about sending letter grades to. However, the Sophia course was added on my ace transcript already. I wonder if the evaluator will find it odd if two similar classes are on my ace transcript with diff completion dates. I was told over the phone you can retake the course. Do I have to explain the college I’m sending my ACE transcript to that I took the course again?

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Hey jembig, Which school are you planning to attend that accepts these course and gives them an external GPA? Is this COSC - Charter Oak State College or something else?  If the course was taken at Sophia, it maybe best to chat/email them and see if/when you can retake the course, some providers have a certain date you have to retake the course, such as OnlineDegree it's 3 months, and Saylor is like 2 weeks, some providers like Study.com, are just 3 days...  

I would recommend taking the course again mainly for learning purposes so you get a better handle on the subject, especially since the course is so affordable now.  I believe if you do the course again, they'll just put the course with the highest grade in the transcript.  As you mentioned, because these courses are pass/fail, and they're external GPA from an education provider (not a college institution), the weight on the GPA won't really matter for admittance to a college or university.

Great idea! I do want to take it for learning purposes. COSC is the school I’m very cautious about sending letter grades to. However, the Sophia course was added on my ace transcript already. I wonder if the evaluator will find it odd if two similar classes are on my ace transcript with diff completion dates. I was told over the phone you can retake the course. Do I have to explain the college I’m sending my ACE transcript to that I took the course again?