Associate's to Bachelor's - Timeline at TESU (Residency Waiver + Capstone)

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No, you can't pay in June for the January term, it would have to be the July term. However, there's really nothing stopping you from taking the Capstone in the July term. I know they say you should be nearly done with your degree, but there is no enforcement of the provision. Other than that, your timeline works.

I would note that you are taking a chance doing it this way. One illness or other life event that delays your graduation and you will end up paying another residency waiver. There are others here that won't agree, but if it were me, I'd skip the AA at TESU, and get a BOG AAS instead. Then forgo the Study.com discount on the residency waiver expiring in June and wait until I was actually ready to graduate to pay it. There will likely still be a Study.com discount then, it just won't be as big.

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You pay for the capstone when you register for it, so your timeline won't work.

If you want to get the Study.com discount, you need to register for the capstone for the August Term, by 6/30/18.  I also would not cut it that close, but would register a few days early.  Then, take the capstone and complete it at the end of October.  You will have plenty of time to finish your CC courses including finals without the capstone in the way.

I also can't tell if you are going to be doing CC courses after the August 2018 term to transfer into the BALS, in which case they probably won't be done in time to apply for June graduation.  So you need to figure that part out as well.

I would say that if you intend to get the most bang for your buck, that you need to complete all of your credits to be transferred into the BALS by May 1, but you have to apply by April 1, so you're cutting it close.  I would try to have it all done by application date.

Your worst case scenario is that you apply June 30 (or a few days before) for the September graduation, thus having that year timeframe in which the RW should be (but is not guaranteed to be) good.  But honestly, if I were in your place, I would do it the way I outlined it here.

I'm not able to understand this post. 

Registration in June would be for the July term, not the August term. 

Why would CC courses started in August not be done in time for a graduation the next June?

How could the poster apply the residency waiver to Sept graduation which would be 15 months after paying the residency waiver?

1) Since the calendar for next year stops before June, I guessed from this year.  For this year, if you wanted to register for a term June 30, it would be for the August term, or July if you wanted to pay extra for Late Registration.

2) I was asking if the OP was going to take more courses in the spring term or if he/she was going to be finished in just the fall term (it said "Begin community college courses to be applied to BALS").

3) It made sense to me that if you paid it in June for Sept graduation, then it should apply for a year from graduation rather than a year from when it was paid.  But with TESU, who in the heck knows.  Personally, I wouldn't do it this way, but the OP can ask TESU if it will work out that way.  I personally wouldn't pay the RW until I was ready to graduate with my BA at all, but that's me.

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Then forgo the Study.com discount on the residency waiver expiring in June and wait until I was actually ready to graduate to pay it. There will likely still be a Study.com discount then, it just won't be as big.

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I would not take a chance on this one!  If TESU increases their prices a lot, and then reduces the discount, you could be looking at a much larger RW.  I guess it just depends on the person and how much money they have.  This would make me very nervous if I was close to graduation.  But I suppose the OP can make the decision as he/she gets closer to the end of June to see how far they've gotten in their plan before deciding.