Isn't WGU a no brainer choice for CS Bachelor? Why did so many people choose TESU?

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The main reason I chose TESU over WGU for Computer Science is because I know how much it will cost and the amount of energy I need to put into my courses, and also know the amount of time or speed to finish these courses.  At WGU, if "life happens" and/or you have other commitments, it will be harder to finish on a schedule, if you can finish in two terms, it'll be cheaper, once you hit three terms, you've paid a bit too much.  Further to that, at TESU, you can transfer in 114 credits and just take the final cornerstone/capstone with TESU, I also know what courses can transfer over, at WGU, it's hard to transfer in the max 90 credits as there are some courses that don't really have equivalents "the alternative way" and then there are some they don't allow to transfer in...

I see. But I don't understand why is it hard to transfer in the max 90 credits? Isn't it as simple as matching the courses in the WGU curriculum to the official credit transfer list of WGU and Sophia/Study/Saylor, fill in the missing ones with qualified IT certifications on the list then I should be able to transfer the 110 credits on this list? https://partners.wgu.edu/Pages/BSCS.aspx  . I looked through that whole list and was able to find a matching course/transfer for all. Am I getting this all wrong?

I'm also wondering if say the transfer requirements for Software I and Software II is a bunch of different IT certifications, say one of the certification is Oracle Certified Associate Java Programmer, if I got that certificate, will I be able to get transfer credit for Software I AND Software II with that one certification or do I need another different certification from that list?

Thank you for your help!

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... WGU also has lots of proctored exams. There's so many horror stories about the proctoring. ... They have also been dropping many of the certificates the last couple of years which is a huge bummer.

doesn't TESU also have proctored exams for their courses ?  

I know WGU dropped the Oracle certificate, but that's only because almost no one passed it on the first try and everyone complained how difficult it was LOL

TESU does have proctored exams for their courses but, assuming you transfer in everything, that's just 2 or 3 exams with live proctoring vs. 10+ exams. The courses transferred in from Study.com don't have the same proctor as TESU uses and Sophia (which can be used for much of the degree) has the biometric checking.

Another one that hasn't been mentioned in this thread is that WGU apparently has weekly phone check-ins with an advisor. Some people are just not comfortable with that.

doesn't have to be every week              
I do every other week                
and you get to choose the time -- as long as its not 2 am or something like that its fine LOL

and for me, doing a 5 minute phone call is MUCH more preferable than responding to a forum post from the course instructor and then replying to 3 other students's posts

I get that you prefer phone calls but, personally, I'd rather do the forum posts. I hate talking on the phone with the passion of a thousand fiery suns. I can get forum posts done at any time of the day or night, too, without having to set time aside for the call.

I still think forum posts are stupid, though.

What is the difference between TESU, WGU, and Study.com when it comes to Proctoring? Thank you!