How are you mapping your Scholarship time?

[MD_AJIBULU]

You have 3 free months of unlimited study with 6 free exams (well 5 and the PF which we all know applies as an elective).

So how are you going to allocate this time? What are you studying? Whats your study schedule? What are your plans after the 3 months?

I guess to keep it in perspective: how many credits do you have to go? when do you intend to graduate?

I intend to take 4-5 tests per month to complete my remaining 66 credits by EOM August (I'll apply in July and wrap up in August for September graduation).

[SolarKat]

I did the first 2 tests ("Month 1: March") immediately: Personal Finance, Public Speaking. I didn't watch any of the videos, just read the transcripts. Then, once those exams were submitted, I started work on 2 related exams (because some content overlaps, so you'll get credit for one quiz on both classes!), Civil War & Reconstruction; US History. I still didn't watch the videos, but took good notes. I also didn't go hell-for-leather like I did on the first set. So when 1APR rolls around, and my available tests refresh, I'll spend an hour reviewing and then sit both exams. For "Month 3," May, I'll do the same thing...queue up the material over April and then do the exams the very first day the tests are available, 1MAY. The final set will be World Religions and Research Methods in Psychology.

Beyond the six free classes, though, I created a second Study.com account using a different email address. With that account, I have the paid monthly membership. I did the Intro to Computers exam at the same time as the Info Systems & Applications exam. The two classes share a LOT of material, but TESU will give credit for both. I did IntroComp first, and found that 48% of InfoSys was marked as completed! Now I'm on the $70 "add-on" exams until next month. So I'll have one, maybe two months of paid membership, as well as the scholarship. You can see my degree completion plan in my siggy.

Good luck!

[MD_AJIBULU]

I did the first 2 tests ("Month 1: March") immediately: Personal Finance, Public Speaking. I didn't watch any of the videos, just read the transcripts....

So I'll have one, maybe two months of paid membership, as well as the scholarship. You can see my degree completion plan in my siggy.

Good luck!

@SolarKat - When were you approved for the Scholarship? I was approved on 3/23/17, does this mean that I have until the end of this month (March) to complete the first two courses or is it a true month (meaning I have until 4/23 or so)?

Also, whats the benefit of the second account? Are we not able to use the $70 additional exam fee on the scholarship account? I used a different email to create my trial account (expires tomorrow) than I did to apply for the scholarship - not intentionally tho. I was going to cancel but perhaps I should keep it if there is a benefit. And if keeping it benefits are you paying the college accelerator premium on the second account or tier 1/tier 2?

[SolarKat]

@SolarKat - When were you approved for the Scholarship? I was approved on 3/23/17, does this mean that I have until the end of this month (March) to complete the first two courses or is it a true month (meaning I have until 4/23 or so)?

It's a true month. I was approved on 28FEB, and my scholarship expires on 31MAY (presumably because the 28th was the end of the month in Feb). So yes, you'll get your next exams on 23APR.

Also, whats the benefit of the second account? Are we not able to use the $70 additional exam fee on the scholarship account? I used a different email to create my trial account (expires tomorrow) than I did to apply for the scholarship - not intentionally tho. I was going to cancel but perhaps I should keep it if there is a benefit. And if keeping it benefits are you paying the college accelerator premium on the second account or tier 1/tier 2?

With the scholarship, we can't purchase extra exams (as of now, perhaps it'll change). They kindly allow us to have a second account, which we can use for paid services. I pay the College Accelerator fee for this 2nd account specifically so I can finish more exams. Also, with the paid account, I can purchase the monthly "extra" exams. If you anticipate only having enough time for 2 exams per month, there's no need to pay for the 2nd account until after your scholarship ends. If you want to do more than 2/month, you'll need to pay for the second account.

[BingCherry]

I did the finance course already.
Now I am going to try to take the rest of my 5 free as upper level courses once I find a list of them!
I know Vietnam War is UL, and someone just did a Classroom Management that is also UL so I'll take that, too.
That leaves 3 more courses to find on Study to do. (for UL)

I already have UL in Shakespeare Plays, but want extra as I have no idea how TESU will place my classes I transfer in (this week I am enrolling) for a BALS.
(I also haven't decided on any AoS either, or even if I will get one.)
At the same time (until April 5th anyway when my subscription is cancelled) I am still attempting to finish out Holocaust Lit on Shmoop for UL, but not sure as it is extremely tedious and lot of links are broken so I can't access what they want answers to. Very aggravating!

Once that cancels, I'll do Study.com during the next two months and use it to study simultaneously for the 25$ tests (Saylor I think it's called? I will take as many as I can!) as well as my scholarship classes, to maximize the time on Study.com. I don't have an extra 200$ right now to run a concurrent course of Study for more exams. Wish I did, but I don't.

[rlw74]

BingCherry - I am getting the BALS degree too and the UL courses I took were PSY104, 105, 106 and BUS 107. These all come in as UL Psychology courses (Abnormal Psy, Social Psy, Research Methods and Org Behavior). Someone on here told me the Classroom Mgmt courses couldn't be used in the BALS degree plan but I could be wrong about that. I already had a Vietnam course but that one is UL at TESU too. I wanted the Holocaust course at Shmoop but only got a 69% - needed 70% to pass and it was because a lot of the links were broken. I couldn't access everything needed. Hopefully you'll be better at guessing on those questions than I was

[BingCherry]

BingCherry - I am getting the BALS degree too and the UL courses I took were PSY104, 105, 106 and BUS 107. These all come in as UL Psychology courses (Abnormal Psy, Social Psy, Research Methods and Org Behavior). Someone on here told me the Classroom Mgmt courses couldn't be used in the BALS degree plan but I could be wrong about that. I already had a Vietnam course but that one is UL at TESU too. I wanted the Holocaust course at Shmoop but only got a 69% - needed 70% to pass and it was because a lot of the links were broken. I couldn't access everything needed. Hopefully you'll be better at guessing on those questions than I was

oh!! Thanks for the classes listed. i will check them out. :coolgleam:

Oh! I thought I saw a lady use the classroom management in her TESU thing? but maybe she was doing a BS not a BA? Hope for clarification on that.

shmoop: Yeah, I am having a tough time with all the broken links on it. I am exactly at a 70% so far, so if anything else goes wrong, I'll be below that and fail. UGH!

[Synicaal]

oh!! Thanks for the classes listed. i will check them out. :coolgleam:

Oh! I thought I saw a lady use the classroom management in her TESU thing? but maybe she was doing a BS not a BA? Hope for clarification on that.

shmoop: Yeah, I am having a tough time with all the broken links on it. I am exactly at a 70% so far, so if anything else goes wrong, I'll be below that and fail. UGH!

Noticed you got through US Hist I and Hist II on Shmoop, if you can use the credits you should do Modern European History. It was by far the easiest of the 3 History courses. Just my 2 cents definitely worth doing if you can use those credits.

[rlw74]

And if you have shmoop there are quite a few UL options too- pretty cheap to get those since its a flat rate per month. Search for the list here in the forum. Someone posted and I think there are at least five UL. I know Modernist Lit was one that I took and it was pretty easy and short. Shakespeare, Holocaust Lit, few others I can't remember off the top of my head.

[BingCherry]

Well, I whipped out Modern European History this morning/afternoon and finished it. Was fairly easy. SCORE! LOL
Now I guess I'll keep trying some UL lit stuff and see what can get done by next week.


Ok even more weird question though. So my mom has let stage cancer and they will be doing some major surgery on her this Fri. She may be in hospital a long time. Can I do my Study proctored exams on an IPad in the hospital? or do I have to find a way to use a laptop? are they going to deny me proctoring based on being inside a hospital room with nurses coming in and out? I am my mom's sole caretaker and I am not leaving her alone. But, I don't know how long she will be in there for. I don't want to lose my scholarship courses, as I do them at hospital all the time anyway. I just haven't had to worry about the proctoring issue yet as we come home a lot too (I took my first one for personal finance at home). But this time, we won't be home for a while. (maybe... who knows)

Also, how long does it normally take to get Study courses approved? My finance course has been in "pending approval" on ACE for a week now.

Thanks