My Journey: TESU BSBA

[Ideas]

I'm not sure. I am waiting for an evaluation. I read about it in another thread. Something about Study.com trying to get it changed in January? I don't think anyone is sure.

IIRC, Study.com currently has courses that are UL and TESU is switching them to LL on 1/1/18. Per their agreement, if you have transferred the course in prior to that date, you get to keep it as UL.

I think this one isn't part of that batch being downgraded. I will see what happens.

Unfortunately some advisor at TESU told me a UL Accounting course would count for the Finance concentration. Then another told me the wrong course number. Now I don't trust all of the course evaluations I was given and need to double check.

[Ideas]

I think I may do a portfolio for my last 3 Finance AOS credits. Since I already want to take the $149 LearningCounts course for another reason, it's only $125 for the 3 credits.

However, that would mean I can't graduate in March, because the LearningCounts course doesn't start for a month and a half. They say it last 6 weeks and that it needs 10-15 hours of work per week, with the last 3 weeks needing more work. But I'm not sure I can graduate before then anyway.

I don't have time for most courses, to graduate in June.

It seems like a lot more work than a CSU-Global exam, but I'm not sure any of them counts. I have to ask more questions. The PLA topic would be more interesting and useful.

[Gymfan15]

You are sure Digital Marketing comes in as LL?

I'm not sure. I am waiting for an evaluation. I read about it in another thread. Something about Study.com trying to get it changed in January? I don't think anyone is sure.

I JUST got mine evaluated today and it came in as UL (MAR-441) so I don't think you should worry about it coming in as LL. For what it's worth.

[Ideas]

I take the Sales Management TECEP in 2 days, and may get the CLEP Microeconomics done next week or the week after. 

I will only have 3 more exams after that! Two TECEP and one CSU-Global, all of which are Finance. I want to get them done in early Dec. It may stretch until mid or late Dec. 

So I feel close now, and I will be closer in a couple days  Sometimes it feels strange moving so slowly. I still think back to how amazing it was, thanks to Davar Academy, to get so many credits so quickly. 

I finally got my Davar credits evaluated and they came in as expected, I guess. I didn't look to closely, but I didn't see anything surprising. They were a lot like Eriehiker's credits.

It will take me into Dec because I'm working on some CLEPs too, which I don't need, but they are free (through the Modern States program).

I've also been slower because of spending a lot of time researching Masters degrees and jobs.

[bjcheung77]

Ideas, that's good stuff... you can apply for graduation at the end of December and be done with it for March 2018 grad!

[davewill]

... So I feel close now, and I will be closer in a couple days  Sometimes it feels strange moving so slowly. I still think back to how amazing it was, thanks to Davar Academy, to get so many credits so quickly. ...
I've also been slower because of spending a lot of time researching Masters degrees and jobs.

@Ideas, there's been nothing slow about your progress. I salute you.

[Joeman200]

However, that would mean I can't graduate in March, because the LearningCounts course doesn't start for a month and a half. They say it last 6 weeks and that it needs 10-15 hours of work per week, with the last 3 weeks needing more work. But I'm not sure I can graduate before then anyway.

My understanding was that the cheaper course you are referring to is self-paced.  They also offer an instructor-led course for more $$$



https://learningcounts.org/sreb/time-and-cost/

• • • • LearningCounts CoursesOur Do-It-Yourself course costs $149, doesn’t have an instructor, and can be completed at your own pace. This does not include any portfolio assessments. All portfolios must be purchased separately ($125 each) after completion of the course.Our Instructor-Led course costs $895 and is completed in six weeks. Your passing grade in the course is worth 3 college credits, and the portfolio you complete during the class could also be worth 3 credits. That means you can earn up to 6 college credits for $895.

[Ideas]

Ideas, that's good stuff... you can apply for graduation at the end of December and be done with it for March 2018 grad!

Yes  I'm still worried about paying the waiver, but we will see.

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My understanding was that the cheaper course you are referring to is self-paced.  They also offer an instructor-led course for more $$$



https://learningcounts.org/sreb/time-and-cost/

Thanks.

[Ideas]

So, I completed the Sales Management TECEP. Although I think I passed, it was probably the least fair exam I've ever taken. I mean in my life, not just for this degree. I was and am pretty shocked that they would do this.

I knew the material in the book, and I feel I knew most of the material in their other 3 linked free resources. I even studied other pages from about a dozen other sources. I feel like at most, 20% of the essay portion was from what I studied, and at most, 40% of the multiple-choice. Basically, I think that someone would have to have prior knowledge about marketing, management, business, etc. I think that I only passed due to about 10 other business classes I've done... if I even passed. If I didn't have prior knowledge, I don't know if I would have scored more than 25% on this exam?

I will say that the textbook seemed a bit below average overall. I was a bit worried because after going through the book and other 3 resources, it seemed like half of the list on their outline was material I didn't really know, but that's why I went and read many additional pages.

I had read some posts about this exam, but I'm guessing those posts were about the old version. I think they revamped this exam just about 6 months ago.

I am a good test taker, and I think I'm pretty good at marketing/sales and business concepts. I don't think it's me, but who knows. I felt that I had overstudied just in case. There were dozens of concepts that I had studied that had not even 1 question on this exam.

I can't imagine their Advertising exam being like this, even though people thought it was challenging.

[Ideas]

I failed by a lot. I really don't understand what happened with this particular exam/course, but I advise caution to others. I really feel like I was completely misled about what to study, and feel cheated out of the money. I've proven many times I can self-study and pass as long as I have some reasonable book, in fact I often score above 80. I wish I had not chosen this exam in the first place. If only I had taken the Advertising exam with that money, because I can't afford to waste any money.

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@Ideas, there's been nothing slow about your progress. I salute you.

Thanks. 16 week community college classes feel so slow! Heck, 8 week classes feel slow. 

But it's also that I want to knock out CLEPs but getting to the test center is hard.