How to request a second evaluation

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I don't know if it's just me, but the automated what-if tool does a somewhat poor job. It always leaves me with a lot of leftover credits and blank spaces that it isn't capable of matching up. A real, manual eval gives a much better picture.

Yeah, it is pretty terrible. It basically uses a first-found approach to meeting degree requirements, so you can be missing stuff because it put something in the wrong place (a place where it fits but isn't optimal for maximizing your existing credits). This can look very different from a real plan where credits are applied in a more realistic manner. It can be helpful to get a general idea of how existing credits will apply to a degree, but you're almost always better off doing your own what-if scenario.

Agreed.  TESU will actually have to look course-by-course at a new plan to make sure that everything is in the correct space - the what-if scenario is just a quickie generic plan done by a computer, which isn't optimal.

My job with Study.com is to create degree plans for people.  I always do the one they're requesting, but then if I can see that there is something that's a better fit, I usually include that one as well (either similar degree at a different school, or different degree at the same school).  Like, if a person has taken a bunch of CompSci courses, and GE's, but hasn't gotten past Intermediate Algebra, and it's been 20 years since they've been in school: I will create that BACS degree for them, but then also include the BALS with a concentration in CS.  That way they have a backup plan.  Or they want a BALS from TESU, but have a bunch of NA credits - I'll do a BALS from EC as well.  Sometimes it's just easier for a person to look at your credits to make a determination.