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I've chosen a Master's program once I'm finished with my BA degree, and I've noticed that part of the admission requirements are 3 Letters of Recommendation from Area of Study (Criminal Justice) instructors. Well I'm planning on taking the majority of my CJ courses through Penn Foster which is not a RA school. I have close to 10 years experience in the CJ profession and have PLENTY of professional references and references from CJ instructors that I personally know but have not taken any courses with. The LOR requirements state if degree was finished within the past 2 years they need academic references otherwise professional references.
Since we're all pretty much nontraditional students, have any of you had to deal with this type of situation before?
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No. I took several CJ courses at a CC for about $54 per credit hour. They are now about $60-something per credit hour, but still cheaper than Penn Foster. However, none of the schools I applied to required letters of recommendation from area of study professors. Maybe that's because all of the graduate programs I applied to didn't require a specific major.
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I'm interested in this as well. I have some theories, but of course I haven't tried any of them out, so I don't know if they are effective or not. What does a DL do in this situation? Taking a bunch of 8 week and at your own pace classes certainly doesn't help the issue.
Thoughts?
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defscarlett Wrote:I've chosen a Master's program once I'm finished with my BA degree, and I've noticed that part of the admission requirements are 3 Letters of Recommendation from Area of Study (Criminal Justice) instructors. Well I'm planning on taking the majority of my CJ courses through Penn Foster which is not a RA school. I have close to 10 years experience in the CJ profession and have PLENTY of professional references and references from CJ instructors that I personally know but have not taken any courses with. The LOR requirements state if degree was finished within the past 2 years they need academic references otherwise professional references.
Since we're all pretty much nontraditional students, have any of you had to deal with this type of situation before?
Depending on the certain school you have your heart set on, you may opt to take some of the CJ courses online with instructors who can write you letters. In my situation, I wasn't able to go "fastest-cheapest-most direct" either, I tailored my degree to fit what "I" needed it to do for me, and those plans added some time and money, but were worth it. Option 2, apply to schools that your current program qualifies you to apply to.
Remember, there is no one perfect degree path, the path that is perfect for YOU is the perfect path. You may have to give this some thought! Good luck with whatever you decide.
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