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Hello everyone,
I have lurked on this board on and off for what seems like decades; at least back to the early 2000's. I've had more starts and stops in interest in completing my degree than I can count. Luckily, it never really harmed me, career or pay-wise, but it was just a missing piece that I wanted.
Then Covid happened. One year ago I lost my job to financial consequences from Covid but was lucky to walk away with a great severance package. I'd just coincidentally started my first Sophia course the day before the job loss, so I used the opportunity to pursue my degree full-time. I only had 6 brick and mortar college credits straight out of high school, so I was practically starting from scratch.
Through this board and Facebook, I learned about Pierpont in August and quickly got the AAS BOG degree there that month. I had gone back and forth between WGU and UMPI for a while but enrolled in UMPI's summer session 2 in August because they had an English degree in Professional Communications & Journalism. That degree path was my ONLY mistake and cost me precious time. I don't recommend UMPI's English degree for anyone trying to finish quickly. I ended up having to extend my time at UMPI by one term, once I switched to the BLS degree.
But it worked out in the end. I'm done!!! And I'm graduating magna cum laude. I want to thank everyone who posts on this board. There are people out there like me who follow your path, listen to your advice and learn from your trial and error from the shadows. For years and years, lol.
I think I'm going to go on and get my master's degree from WGU after a short break. I've been following posts here and on Facebook about that degree as well.
COMPLETED:
UMPI - BLS, Management 2022
Pierpont - AAS BOG 2021
TRANSFER CREDITS
Adelphi University - 6
Sophia - 65
Straighterline - 1 (Bio lab)
Study - 3
CLEP - 6
InstantCert - 3
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Congratulations!
Certificate for the Study of Capitalism at University of Arkansas finished July 2022
MBA with Hellenic American University started March 29th, 2021 , finished May 20th 2022, Graduated in June 2022
BSBA at Thomas Edison State University started May 21st 2020 with Sophia and SDC, finished Jan 24th, 2021, Graduated on 12 March of 2021
Total time to complete both degrees 2 years exactly, total cost just a small bit over $10,000
Thanks Degreeforum!
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(03-19-2022, 12:04 PM)cerich67 Wrote: Congratulations!
Thank you 
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Congratulations! The BLS is definitely the quickest degree to complete at UMPI. It has so many more options and transfer possibilities than the others and you can take whatever you want for the electives. That seems to help. Good luck at WGU!
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So glad to read about your success.
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Congratulations!
TESU: BALS June 2021 (comm college, clep, sdc sophia coopersmith, SOS110, and capstone)
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(03-19-2022, 11:58 AM)DeidreA Wrote: Hello everyone,
I have lurked on this board on and off for what seems like decades; at least back to the early 2000's. I've had more starts and stops in interest in completing my degree than I can count. Luckily, it never really harmed me, career or pay-wise, but it was just a missing piece that I wanted.
Then Covid happened. One year ago I lost my job to financial consequences from Covid but was lucky to walk away with a great severance package. I'd just coincidentally started my first Sophia course the day before the job loss, so I used the opportunity to pursue my degree full-time. I only had 6 brick and mortar college credits straight out of high school, so I was practically starting from scratch.
Through this board and Facebook, I learned about Pierpont in August and quickly got the AAS BOG degree there that month. I had gone back and forth between WGU and UMPI for a while but enrolled in UMPI's summer session 2 in August because they had an English degree in Professional Communications & Journalism. That degree path was my ONLY mistake and cost me precious time. I don't recommend UMPI's English degree for anyone trying to finish quickly. I ended up having to extend my time at UMPI by one term, once I switched to the BLS degree.
But it worked out in the end. I'm done!!! And I'm graduating magna cum laude. I want to thank everyone who posts on this board. There are people out there like me who follow your path, listen to your advice and learn from your trial and error from the shadows. For years and years, lol.
I think I'm going to go on and get my master's degree from WGU after a short break. I've been following posts here and on Facebook about that degree as well.
COMPLETED:
UMPI - BLS, Management 2022
Pierpont - AAS BOG 2021
TRANSFER CREDITS
Adelphi University - 6
Sophia - 65
Straighterline - 1 (Bio lab)
Study - 3
CLEP - 6
InstantCert - 3
Congratulations and good luck with that master's degree!
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03-19-2022, 12:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-19-2022, 01:10 PM by DeidreA.)
(03-19-2022, 12:12 PM)ss20ts Wrote: Congratulations! The BLS is definitely the quickest degree to complete at UMPI. It has so many more options and transfer possibilities than the others and you can take whatever you want for the electives. That seems to help. Good luck at WGU!
Thank you so much. I've followed your posts quite a bit on this UMPI path. Wish I'd followed the BLS path sooner, but on to the next thing.
(03-19-2022, 12:16 PM)Vle045 Wrote: So glad to read about your success.
Thank you so much.
(03-19-2022, 12:52 PM)lidel Wrote: (03-19-2022, 11:58 AM)DeidreA Wrote: Hello everyone,
I have lurked on this board on and off for what seems like decades; at least back to the early 2000's. I've had more starts and stops in interest in completing my degree than I can count. Luckily, it never really harmed me, career or pay-wise, but it was just a missing piece that I wanted.
Then Covid happened. One year ago I lost my job to financial consequences from Covid but was lucky to walk away with a great severance package. I'd just coincidentally started my first Sophia course the day before the job loss, so I used the opportunity to pursue my degree full-time. I only had 6 brick and mortar college credits straight out of high school, so I was practically starting from scratch.
Through this board and Facebook, I learned about Pierpont in August and quickly got the AAS BOG degree there that month. I had gone back and forth between WGU and UMPI for a while but enrolled in UMPI's summer session 2 in August because they had an English degree in Professional Communications & Journalism. That degree path was my ONLY mistake and cost me precious time. I don't recommend UMPI's English degree for anyone trying to finish quickly. I ended up having to extend my time at UMPI by one term, once I switched to the BLS degree.
But it worked out in the end. I'm done!!! And I'm graduating magna cum laude. I want to thank everyone who posts on this board. There are people out there like me who follow your path, listen to your advice and learn from your trial and error from the shadows. For years and years, lol.
I think I'm going to go on and get my master's degree from WGU after a short break. I've been following posts here and on Facebook about that degree as well.
COMPLETED:
UMPI - BLS, Management 2022
Pierpont - AAS BOG 2021
TRANSFER CREDITS
Adelphi University - 6
Sophia - 65
Straighterline - 1 (Bio lab)
Study - 3
CLEP - 6
InstantCert - 3
Congratulations and good luck with that master's degree!
Thank you!
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Congratulations! It's always great to hear about people who have been able to get their degrees after waiting so long!
In progress:
TESU - BA Computer Science; BSBA CIS; ASNSM Math & CS; ASBA
Completed:
Pierpont - AAS BOG
Sophia (so many), The Institutes (old), Study.com (5 courses)
ASU: Human Origins, Astronomy, Intro Health & Wellness, Western Civilization, Computer Appls & Info Technology, Intro Programming
Strayer: CIS175, CIS111, WRK100, MAT210
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(03-19-2022, 01:14 PM)rachel83az Wrote: Congratulations! It's always great to hear about people who have been able to get their degrees after waiting so long!
Thank you so much. Good luck with your degree path!
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