THE CATS OUT OF THE BAG - UMASS GLOBAL ( RANT)

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Overall, UMASS is hard to hack. 

Interesting, I would say UMGC and UMASS are pretty much similar in hackability for those who know their system well enough.  Both do allow up to 75% transfer into each of their degrees.  UMASS Global was Brandman, their main difference with UMPI and is that the ACE requirements are 81.5% on ACE credits vs COSC at 80% or the regular 70% for UMPI and other providers.

The 81.5% transfer requirement is a big deal, especially if you are trying to do a harder degree such as computer science.

They allow up to 75% but how do you transfer in 75% if you don't know what goes where?  Every business course, according to the Study.com & Sophia equivalent lists, transfers in exactly as BUSU 10000.
https://study.com/college/school/univers...lobal.html
https://umassglobal.sophia.org/

Just curious, ( and if this has been answered before, I apologize), what exactly does "hackable" mean? Does it mean easier to finish? Does it mean they take more credits (transferred in) than most, thereby less time spent in the program?

A Hackable college can mean a combination of things such as:

• Allows a lot of credits to be transferred, such as 75% of the degree
  
  
  
• The ability to max out those 75% transfer credits using alternative credits
  
  
  
• Clear mapping of credits and easy to figure out a degree plan
  

An on-campus college course takes an average of 100 hours to complete.  Alternative credits, such as CLEPs or Sophia, can take 20 hours or less.

So, "hacking" a degree saves a lot of time and money.