International student.

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I know less about this than many on the board but one question that comes up is "Just how bad was that GPA?"    The main reason for knowing is that it might provide an indication of how many of those credits of yours might actually be acceptable by any university.  Another question might be related to your preference for taking standard types of online courses versus completing any of the various available equivalencies.  Also, it seems that money is not a particular problem for you.  If that's the case then you should know that there are many more choices than TESU or SNHU.

I think that "polytechnic" here is something akin to high school? If so, probably no credits would transfer to an American university, even with straight As.

That all depends. In UK they were college/universities. Though talking about 'routes into university' you are probably right.