This video was motivating not JUST for school, but for ANY goal you’re trying to attain! Love how you said “be hard on yourself.” “Make a goal and STICK to it!”
I just finished my classes with Sophia. The milestones and final exams are open book. The touchstone consist of paper writing. I agree the touchstones are time consuming. I would stay away from them if your trying to get done by a certain time.
If you look at the unit layout , courses with assignments will have a "touchstone" on it. On the course progress section it has an icon that kinda look like a crest.
Hi Kristal I obtained a Diploma in Electronics Eng tech, Deploma in Customer services, Microsoft office Level 1and 2 Excel,Word, ComPTIA A+ and N+ I got a job as soon as I graduated a very long time ago, I have been a Technology consultant for about 29years with the same Manufacturing company. I am planning to enroll in Business Management IT Management/ Health Management,I need your advice. Zak
@@I_am_kris______ But sis, I read the course review section & many complain about the harsh, slow graded Touchstone. Was it happened to you? How long do they give you the grade?
Hi Kristal, I don't know how about your and other's payment with Sophia but they declined my 2 cards. I tried paying in 2 different accounts and they stated "You're already subscribed" but the money is still there as the state od my Sophia acc is NOT A MEMBER. Really confused tho. Sophia hasn't replied my email yet. The chat bot is automatically and seems like the costumer service is hella bad.
Hi sorry to hear you are having problems. From my experience they dont reply to emails. But they do have a live chat with an actual person during US business hours, so I suggest you reach out to them during the day for help.. I found the live chat to be helpful when I had an issue and they will reply quickly.
Some courses I had to read. But a lot of them I had prior knowledge so I didn't have to read. The key is to choose courses you already have knowledge in..
Hi Kristal, I am confused about when I can start transferring credits to UoPeople. When I asked my Program Advisor, he told me I could transfer credits upon I am accepted as Degree Seeking Student. From your experience, I would like to know how many courses (and what courses) had to take to become a Degree Seeking student or to be able to transfer credits ? Please answer me when you have free time. I have just finished ENGL 0101 and going to take UNIV 1001 and CS 1101 on Term 5. Thanks for your kind help!
once you complete and pass your 2 foundation courses( Univ 1001 & CS 1101) you will be a degree seeking student and then the transfer credit portal will be open for you to transfer courses.
But Sophia doesn't check my Touchstone in 9days. Though 5-7 days they usually check, but I always get late checking from them. I couldn't complete even 2course in a month.
There are only a few courses that have touchstone exams. Most of them don't have touchstones. That said, even with a 5-7 day wait for touchstone results, it is still much, much faster than a semester or traditional term to complete a course.
You talked of customer service at sayloy , you said you took it the second time as you did not make it the first, I am asking if you paid another $5 the second time you were taking it.
I just found out about Sofia today - after completing a few courses can I have them transferred to my school during the semester? Of would I have needed to complete the courses before I started this semester ?
You can complete the courses at any time and transfer them when you are ready.. you can do them before or after enrollment.. i did them after but i have friends who did them before enrollment, got them out the way and then transfer them afterwards.
If one is a Western Governor University college student one has to submit their transfer college credits prior to enrolling with WGU; now after one has started their WGU university studies WGU no longer accepts any future transfer college credits any more; this contrasts directly with University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI) does accept transfer college credits even after you've begun your studies through their UMPI YourPace program. Now this is a significant game changing major cost savings advantage compared to some other four year universities like WGU for example. One can continue taking courses at one's local community college or other institutions while enrolled at UMPI YourPace which cost $1,500 for a single full time flate rate college tuition rate eight week term session; where their are six potential eight week term session in a typical academic calendar year. UMPI is also regionally accredited four year university by New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). NECHE is one of the six regional accrediting bodies in the United States and is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Regional accreditation is generally considered more prestigious and rigorous than national accreditation; Once one completes a course elsewhere, submit an official transcript to UMPI. They will evaluate it for transfer credit on a per-term basis; the transferred college credits can shorten the time it takes to complete your UMPI degree program at YourPace; one can potentially significantly reduce the total number of UMPI courses one needs to take that allows one to massively achieve significantly much higher savings on UMPI college tuition costs. UMPI also has 40 general education category college credits to pick from and 62 general elective category college credits also to pick from; from their UMPI Liberal Studies with a Business Management Minor major for example with 18 listed college credits for the Business Management Minor category. So at UMPI one can customize one's potential UMPI Liberal Studies with as many or as little Business Management focused concentration potential transfer college credits at a much lower overall four year university overall college credit cost while also saving on the amount of time it typically takes to go through a typical full time flat rate tuition eight week term period. Since their are six individual eight week time period term $1,500 full time flat rate tuition; in one UMPI academic calendar year this would allow one the maximum flexibility to pursue and focus one's educational objective UMPI full time academic university college studies into a single individual potential available eight week time blocks of uninterrupted time; this would maximize the chances of achieving academic success in one's academic studies while also saving money. For example one could take a break from one's academic studies to potentially earn another $1,500 so that one could potentially attend another eight week term period of full fime flat rate tuition during which one could earn up to fifteen college credits in that eight week time period. UMPI also has a policy of absolutely no proctored written exams also as well but in its place only written submitted evaluated projects and/or written evaluation essays and even that course evaluation methodology comes with a rough written rough draft corrective course highly useful student provided feedback for all of its potential written final course evaluation project and/or written final course evaluation essay feedback, before submitting the second final draft written final course evaluation and/or written final course evaluation essay that one's college course credit grades will be directly objectively graded and evaluated.
@IamKris876 tell me you're a Wolmerian, lol. Tell me, what's the difference between the touchtone and milestone? Which one takes Sophia longer to mark?
Lol actually Hamptonian😁 touchstone are written assignments that the instructor has to grade before you can complete the course. Milestones are exams. I talk about it in this video th-cam.com/video/8wsYe4oyEqI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=lWNVcVXmjAVFEihz
This video was motivating not JUST for school, but for ANY goal you’re trying to attain!
Love how you said “be hard on yourself.” “Make a goal and STICK to it!”
Thanks for your kind words🙂 Yup it can be applied to any goal we have in life
Sign up with Sophia using my affiliate link : www.sophia.org/?
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and knowledge awesome awesome awesome.
Thanks for watching✨✨
Great video. I transferred most of my credit from community college but this is a faster way than having to take so many courses.
Awesome! Yes definitely it is much quicker if you put the effort in.
Wooooo am learning alot from you ..thank you so much ..am going in for this
All the best!
Great video Kristal, super helpful. You mentioned Sophia is open book: does this mean even the final exams are open book?
Yes i believe so, it should tell you when you start the exam. If it list the resources to the side then you can use it during the final exam.
I just finished my classes with Sophia. The milestones and final exams are open book. The touchstone consist of paper writing. I agree the touchstones are time consuming. I would stay away from them if your trying to get done by a certain time.
Hi. Are the courses setup as pre-recorded lectures or is it a lot of reading?
There are videos for most of the courses i did..
How do you know if a Sophia course has an assignments?
Check this video th-cam.com/video/8wsYe4oyEqI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=qCSHy-7R0vbPZMEx
Love these tips!!!
Glad you like them!
hi kristal im on free trail on sophia but its not letting me complete the course oor allowing me to 2 challenge
Free trial wil not allow you to complete the course
How can I take and submit more than 2 courses? I have to complete 2 course per month.
You can only do 2 course at at time. But how long u take to complete the courses is entirely up to you.
how do you tell, before you start a course, if it has written assignments or not?
If you look at the unit layout , courses with assignments will have a "touchstone" on it. On the course progress section it has an icon that kinda look like a crest.
Hi Kristal
I obtained a Diploma in Electronics Eng tech, Deploma in Customer services, Microsoft office Level 1and 2 Excel,Word, ComPTIA A+ and N+
I got a job as soon as I graduated a very long time ago, I have been a Technology consultant for about 29years with the same Manufacturing company.
I am planning to enroll in Business Management IT Management/ Health Management,I need your advice.
Zak
Hi! Since you already have a background in tech I think doing Computer science would be perfect.. Unless you want to change your career path...
Hey Kristal,
I wonder if UoPeople accept English Composition II from Sophia? What have your've heard from others?
Yes they will likely accept it. They accepted English comp I, so i believe would II as well. I did II directly with uopeople
@@I_am_kris______ But sis, I read the course review section & many complain about the harsh, slow graded Touchstone. Was it happened to you? How long do they give you the grade?
They took a week on one and a few days on one..
Hi Kristal,
I don't know how about your and other's payment with Sophia but they declined my 2 cards. I tried paying in 2 different accounts and they stated "You're already subscribed" but the money is still there as the state od my Sophia acc is NOT A MEMBER. Really confused tho.
Sophia hasn't replied my email yet. The chat bot is automatically and seems like the costumer service is hella bad.
Hi sorry to hear you are having problems. From my experience they dont reply to emails. But they do have a live chat with an actual person during US business hours, so I suggest you reach out to them during the day for help.. I found the live chat to be helpful when I had an issue and they will reply quickly.
Amazing.thanks for this info…
How many years or months of study does 10 courses from Sophia take off your degree?
10 courses saved me 1 year..In total I saved 2 years and 2 months. Finished my degree in 1 year and 10 months
@@I_am_kris______ wow
You are amazing
☺️
Are you actually reading the material or do you just go and search for the answers, especially on the milestones?
Some courses I had to read. But a lot of them I had prior knowledge so I didn't have to read. The key is to choose courses you already have knowledge in..
Can i use my scholarship funds to pay for the credit transfer fees(17$)
It's not covered in the scholarship.. But you can reach out to your advisor to see if they can wave the transfer fee
Great insight
Thanks
Hi Kristal, I am confused about when I can start transferring credits to UoPeople. When I asked my Program Advisor, he told me I could transfer credits upon I am accepted as Degree Seeking Student. From your experience, I would like to know how many courses (and what courses) had to take to become a Degree Seeking student or to be able to transfer credits ? Please answer me when you have free time. I have just finished ENGL 0101 and going to take UNIV 1001 and CS 1101 on Term 5. Thanks for your kind help!
once you complete and pass your 2 foundation courses( Univ 1001 & CS 1101) you will be a degree seeking student and then the transfer credit portal will be open for you to transfer courses.
@@I_am_kris______ ah I see. thank you very much, Kristal!
Plse how can I pay my fees with Sophia ? Am based in Cameroon
I used a debit card, when you sign up it will tell you the methods they accept. But if you have a debit/credit card that will work.
Can you actually use all of These courses towards a degree?
I did and I got my degree last year
Do they proctor the exams?
No
@@I_am_kris______ So helpful. Thanks.
But Sophia doesn't check my Touchstone in 9days. Though 5-7 days they usually check, but I always get late checking from them. I couldn't complete even 2course in a month.
Watch the video in full . Not all courses have touchstone.
There are only a few courses that have touchstone exams. Most of them don't have touchstones.
That said, even with a 5-7 day wait for touchstone results, it is still much, much faster than a semester or traditional term to complete a course.
@@mrmartywaring can we do the touchstone directly without the quizes on sophia?
When your resiting it, are you paying for it again
I have never resit a course.
You talked of customer service at sayloy , you said you took it the second time as you did not make it the first, I am asking if you paid another $5 the second time you were taking it.
I just found out about Sofia today - after completing a few courses can I have them transferred to my school during the semester?
Of would I have needed to complete the courses before I started this semester ?
You can complete the courses at any time and transfer them when you are ready.. you can do them before or after enrollment.. i did them after but i have friends who did them before enrollment, got them out the way and then transfer them afterwards.
@@I_am_kris______ Thank you
Np
If one is a Western Governor University college student one has to submit their transfer college credits prior to enrolling with WGU; now after one has started their WGU university studies WGU no longer accepts any future transfer college credits any more; this contrasts directly with University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI) does accept transfer college credits even after you've begun your studies through their UMPI YourPace program.
Now this is a significant game changing major cost savings advantage compared to some other four year universities like WGU for example. One can continue taking courses at one's local community college or other institutions while enrolled at UMPI YourPace which cost $1,500 for a single full time flate rate college tuition rate eight week term session;
where their are six potential eight week term session in a typical academic calendar year. UMPI is also regionally accredited four year university by New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). NECHE is one of the six regional accrediting bodies in the United States and is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Regional accreditation is generally considered more prestigious and rigorous than national accreditation;
Once one completes a course elsewhere, submit an official transcript to UMPI. They will evaluate it for transfer credit on a per-term basis; the transferred college credits can shorten the time it takes to complete your UMPI degree program at YourPace; one can potentially significantly reduce the total number of UMPI courses one needs to take that allows one to massively achieve significantly much higher savings on UMPI college tuition costs.
UMPI also has 40 general education category college credits to pick from and 62 general elective category college credits also to pick from; from their UMPI Liberal Studies with a Business Management Minor major for example with 18 listed college credits for the Business Management Minor category. So at UMPI one can customize one's potential UMPI Liberal Studies with as many or as little Business Management focused concentration potential transfer college credits at a much lower overall four year university overall college credit cost while also saving on the amount of time it typically takes to go through a typical full time flat rate tuition eight week term period.
Since their are six individual eight week time period term $1,500 full time flat rate tuition; in one UMPI academic calendar year this would allow one the maximum flexibility to pursue and focus one's educational objective UMPI full time academic university college studies into a single individual potential available eight week time blocks of uninterrupted time; this would maximize the chances of achieving academic success in one's academic studies while also saving money.
For example one could take a break from one's academic studies to potentially earn another $1,500 so that one could potentially attend another eight week term period of full fime flat rate tuition during which one could earn up to fifteen college credits in that eight week time period.
UMPI also has a policy of absolutely no proctored written exams also as well but in its place only written submitted evaluated projects and/or written evaluation essays and even that course evaluation methodology comes with a rough written rough draft corrective course highly useful student provided feedback for all of its potential written final course evaluation project and/or written final course evaluation essay feedback, before submitting the second final draft written final course evaluation and/or written final course evaluation essay that one's college course credit grades will be directly objectively graded and evaluated.
any discount code?
No code at the moment.. But sign up,the link is in my bio, they will usually send out random discounts from time to time.
I can't seem to pass a Sophia course..any tips??
The courses are open book, so u can use the material.
@@I_am_kris______ oh really. Ok thanks
Thanks a lot!
You're welcome!
@IamKris876 tell me you're a Wolmerian, lol. Tell me, what's the difference between the touchtone and milestone? Which one takes Sophia longer to mark?
Lol actually Hamptonian😁 touchstone are written assignments that the instructor has to grade before you can complete the course. Milestones are exams. I talk about it in this video th-cam.com/video/8wsYe4oyEqI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=lWNVcVXmjAVFEihz
Exams are graded automatically.
@@I_am_kris______ thank you. I will check it.
this is off topic but i love your accent lol
Lol thanks