Can you switch between ExcelTrack and the standard track?
Treat it as a choice you make once, at enrolment, and get any switching policy confirmed in writing before relying on it. The two tracks bill on entirely different clocks, per credit against a flat term fee, so moving between them changes how you are charged rather than just how you study.
Why this is not a small administrative question
On the standard track your cost rises with the credits you take. On ExcelTrack you buy ten-week blocks and clear what you can inside them. These are not two settings on one product. They are two financial arrangements attached to the same degree.
Anything moving you between them has to reconcile credits already earned against competencies already cleared, which is exactly the sort of thing that is simple in principle and slow in practice.
The honest advice
Choose deliberately at the start rather than planning to correct later. The inputs are knowable in advance: how much you could genuinely test out of today, and how many hours a week you can actually sustain. A prior-learning assessment answers the first properly and your own last two years answer the second.
If you are unsure, the standard track is the safer default
Not because it is better, but because its failure mode is milder. A slow term on the standard track means fewer credits bought. A slow term on ExcelTrack means a full fee for a fraction of the progress. Uncertainty is itself an argument for per-credit billing.
What to ask admissions, precisely
- Is switching permitted mid-programme, and at what point in a term?
- What happens to credits or competencies already earned?
- Is any fee or forfeiture attached?
- Does switching affect financial aid or the attendance clock?
Get the answers in writing. A verbal yes on this is worth very little six months later.
Is the track chosen at enrolment?
Yes, and it is best treated as a decision made once rather than adjusted later.
Which is safer if I am unsure?
The standard per-credit track, because a slow term costs less there than under a flat term fee.
What should I get in writing?
Whether switching is permitted, what happens to work already completed, and any effect on aid.