I spent $1800 for a credit course that isn't transferable. You ever did this?

Question

I took one credit course towards a degree at Capella and the credits arent even transferable to my community college. I paid $1800. wtf

Answer 1

Is Capella even regionally accredited? If not, then that's the primary reason why those credits didn't transfer.

You could have paid for an entire year of cc with that $1800, so that's a real shame.

In general, before you take a class at another school, hoping it will transfer back, you discuss it with your academic advisor at your home school. In this way, you can at least be reasonably assured that your credits will transfer back.

In the future, if you need to take an online class and have it transfer back, do speak to your academic advisor about exactly which class you plan to take, and exactly which school you plan to take it with. Bring the course description into the meeting with you. And make sure any school you consider taking classes with is regionally accredited.  

Answer 2

Yeah.  So, first, let's get a grip on reality.  There's no such thing as "transferable" or not transferable.  This is a decision that is made by the school you are trying to transfer to.  They don't have to accept every course for transfer, because it might not be something that they would have offered.  Believe it or not, different colleges are different and teach different things.  If you went to a religious college, for example, you might take a course in Bible, and that might not be transferable to community college because they don't offer those kinds of things.  Or, if you went to Hawaii State University and took a course in Surfing, there's a good chance that North Dakota State might not give you credit.  Hey, this is life, this is reality, and you are being ridiculous if you expect every single course you ever took anywhere to be able to transfer to any random place you want it to.  

That said, online colleges are still not widely respected.  That's not saying anything for or against them, its just stating the reality.  Since that's the case, you'll probably have a harder time transferring stuff from Capella than from other places.  But essentially, this isn't primarily about Capella, but about your choice of community colleges and your choice of courses.  If you were planning to transfer to a specific community college, then you needed to contact them first to find out which courses they would allow to transfer and only take those.