Which of the ''Top 3"?

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  1. cj87

    cj87 New Member

    I have 64 college credits from a RA community college. I also have police academy training, and other certifications in the field. Which of the top 3, TESC, Excelsior, or COSC would be the most lenient in accepting the majority of my current college credits (some are 200 level courses), as well as accepting my academy training and other certificates?

    Thanks, looking forward to the responses.
     
  2. TEKMAN

    TEKMAN Semper Fi!

    I would think Charter Oaks State College accepts more credits, then Thomas Edison State College. For receiving a degree from the big THREE... I would choose Thomas Edison State College over Charter Oaks State College and Excelsior College over the name.
     
  3. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator


    I went with Charter Oak and they were great. I looked into all three and COSC was the best for me.
     
  4. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

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    It depends. Is your degree an AA/AS or an AOS/AAS? All of your RA general education credit will transfer to all 3 schools equally, so that's not an issue. Your non-gen ed credit is where you'll find differences. That credit may come in as free electives, and the most lenient (TESC BA degree) will cap this at 27 credits- so beyond 27 anything is lost. As for police academy training, I'm unsure how that is handled- but credit to credit transfer is pretty straight forward. What type of degree did you earn and what type of degrees are you considering?
     
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  5. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member

    The Excelsior BS in liberal arts requires 121 semester units. The arts and sciences section is 60 units of which at least 21 must be upper level. This degree also requires 60 elective/professional units of which 9 need to be upper level units.
    This degree is perhaps the most flexible degree in terms of selecting courses that meet your needs/interests.
    I'm not sure how Excelsior handles non-collegaite traing except to say they aaward portfolio credit for experiential learning.

    DSST has two exams related to law enforcement and Excelsio accepts these (as do the TESC and COSC).
    http://www.getcollegecredit.com/resources.html#factsheets
     
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  6. Orson

    Orson New Member


    Oh, c'mon Tekman! Which of the big three was once a part of the SUNY system? Only one! (OK. So it wasn't - quite. But out west, no one knows the difference! Nobody. Not even university registrars. It's simply too technical. Or maybe Excelsior confuses the point sufficiently for people to be too reductionistic. Whatever. Doesn't matter.) Bigger is often perceived as BETTER! Even if only by distant and historical association.
     
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  7. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    None. In fact, Excelsior College, fka Regents College, was once part of the University of the State of New York, which is different from the State University of New York.
     

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