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by glimcat 5442 days ago
For most universities, the transfer credit is evaluated manually at time of admission. For-profit schools are likely to be the major exception. Solve that problem, and you might have a good idea. Absent a solution to that problem, any implementation is going to be very limited.

Also, what's the math on the potential size of the user base? How does that compute against your expected revenue sources? Obtaining data is likely to be effort intensive. In the optimistic case, is it possible for this to break even?

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Thank you for your feedback. The amount of data will be huge and that is a concern when thinking about the practicality.

Your first statement, that schools evaluate transcripts on admossion is absolutely correct, this is not to solve the schools problem

oftranscript evaluation but to solve the prospective students problem of " where can I go to complete my degree in the shortest time possible? And what degree will be quickest for me to complete?"

Of course a formal eval by each school would still be required, but that step is further in the process.

Thank you for taking time to read thru this and give a response.