Has anyone else ended up with a ridiculous amount of college credits?

[burbuja0512]

I have just enough to finish the BS and then the MBA. No extras here, but perhaps some day... I ended up with student loans from my Masters, so additional degrees are prohibited until the loans are paid off.

(Yes, I know.. the point of this forum is to make things affordable, but this really was the perfect MBA for my needs)

[ladylearner]

I have just enough to finish the BS and then the MBA. No extras here, but perhaps some day... I ended up with student loans from my Masters, so additional degrees are prohibited until the loans are paid off.

(Yes, I know.. the point of this forum is to make things affordable, but this really was the perfect MBA for my needs)

I can relate to what you're saying. As I'm finishing up my BA debt-free, I feel OK using a loan for a master's degree if I need to. I am responsible (hence the debt-free BA) and would only borrow what I need to. I consider it an investment. My BA, while a HUGE accomplishment for me, does not warrant debt.

[davewill]

Nope. I absolutely did not want to work any harder than I had to. I have precisely one-half credit that was unused for my BACS.

[kevinmane]

I have 180 (not including 15 grad credits that's going towards my masters).
From 2004-2008, I got 3 Associate Degrees at my community college. I originally just went to get my AA in Business which was 68 credits. But then I discovered that if I just took 3 more classes (for a total of 10 credits - one of the classes was 4-creds), I could get an AA in Liberal Arts and an AA in Social Science. So I figured why not.
So that's 78.
At the end of 2008, I joined the Air Force and got credits banked at the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) for completing Tech School and my cargo journeyman level 5 exams. So that was 30 just given to me for training.
Then I discovered I could get another AA Degree through the CCAF in Transportation Studies if I transferred some prior CC credit and took two free DSSTs on base worth 6 credits.
This is where I learned all about CLEPS and DSSTs and being able to transfer a lot of these earned credits to TESC (now TESU) to get a BA.
So I got my AA through CCAF which put me at a total of 114 undergraduate non-duplicated credits.
Then after some research, I signed up to get my BA at TESC. They told me I needed 36 more specific credits to get my BA. So I did those CLEPs and DSSTs. In the beginning, I didn't understand too much about what specific credits they'd accept for a Liberal Arts degree, so I took Business Law II and another Business-related exam and later realized that they didn't count. So I got 42 DSST credits.
So by 2010, I had a total of 156 credits.
Then in 2011, I planned on becoming a state auditor after I finished up with the Air Force and after looking at what the requirements were to become one, I went back to CC and got 21 more credits in Accounting and Auditing related courses and earned an Accounting AA Degree by end of 2012.
So I was at 177.
Then just recently, I realized in order to go for this promotion at my work, I needed 3 more credits in Statistics. So I just took the Stats for Behavioral Sciences course through ALEKS and just got it put on my ACE transcript.
So that puts me at 180.

I'm also going for my master's through Amberton and I have 15 total graduate credits completed so far towards it.

Just goes to show that there's always more that you can learn. Education is never-ending. Especially when certain credits are required for certain jobs.

[Leherself]

366 credits

Challenge accepted **maniacal laughter**

(I have issues...)

[High_Order1]

I don't know what I don't know.


Having said that, I guess there appears to be two schools of thought (yeah, that's intentional) on the subject.

IF you just need that paper, for whatever reason, having excessive credits appears a little unnecessary, and consuming.

On the other hand, if you like to know things, then, assuming you kept track over the years, having a few hundred credit hours doesn't seem unreasonable.

I had no clue any of the courses I was taking could be applicable to a college degree. I didn't even really need them for work. I just foresaw a few events, and realized there was a personal knowledge gap. Eventually, I morphed into what my culture calls a 'certificate whore' - I will take a class on ice making or recognizing my own name if they will certify me... lol

Back then, it was kind of ridiculous. Now, in the work force, they don't really seem to care many times if you know something, can you *prove* by a piece of paper that you know it?

So, I don't know how many credits I actually have. I am hoping it's a bunch. I plan on taking some more classes, even if I have enough, because, there's still certs out there...er, things to learn!!

High Order

[UptonSinclair]

I have 217 undergraduate credits and will be completing another 33 to finish my second bachelor's degree. Far too many of those credits are alternative. If I were starting over, I would do many things different.

[RANSOMSOUL]

Almost finished right on the money with an overflow of only 9 credits.

ALEKS - Introduction Statistics (also had Business Statistics - all Stats duplicate at TESU)

Straighterline - Intro Medical Terminology & Intro to Business (ironically, my first & last course taken - without the first I would have never been inspired to tackle the amount of courses I knocked out)

Without a doubt, starting my journey with Degreeforum's resources allowed me to be as efficient as possible. I could see myself with a lot high number if I was on my own with this project. :leaving:

[jsd]

Without a doubt, starting my journey with Degreeforum's resources allowed me to be as efficient as possible. I could see myself with a lot high number if I was on my own with this project. :leaving:

Even trying to be smart about it, I would have ended with the bare minimum of a 30 unnecessary credit overage from the inflexible, subpar Patten University path if it weren't for this form. I'm glad I wised up (despite a few Patten fans around here). They don't accept any elective credits, your major has to fit their limited major + concentration path.

[jsd]

Dang it, I just saw in your signature that you might be one of those Patten fans I just mentioned. I didn't mean it as a direct retort to you, just that it didn't work for me, specifically as to how it relates to credit eval, student-focus, and program integrity. If it works for you, I'm happy for you. I feel like a dummy now.

(Also, looks like your experience with them is MBA and not BA like mine, which may be a world apart!)