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[bjcheung77]

Anh đẹp trai quá!  Handsome Harry... you can have it your way if you follow my lead!  I highly recommend you continue on with your TESU degrees and use your tuition assistance or reimbursement from work towards it!  With the flat-rate option, you have it paid for!  In fact, you can take two flat rate terms... one this year, one next year so you can get the Associates as you mentioned this year and ladder up for the Bachelors next year.

To recap, you have a SAS cert, intro to programming, guard card and a forklift license... so you know some CIS/IT and have warehouse experience, you can get a double associates and bachelors degrees at TESU and be done in a year from now, plus it's all FREE, even if you do pay a bit out of pocket, that investment would provide much more ROI/Value especially when you get a raise or go up the chain of command.

I suggest you the BSBA Entrepreneurship or CIS degree, and a BA Computer Science.  You must register for Sophia.org if you haven't already, it's going to go up $99/month starting March 30, if you sign up today it's $79/month.  You then can take courses from InstantCertCredit for American Government, Intro to Entrepreneurship, and anything else you may have interest in.  

Reread my post #23 and #25 again... you can check out this thread too for Bachelors to Masters options later: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...egree-plan

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Oh yeah btw, I work for Amazon and I'm eligible for college tuition up to $5650. I just want to get a decent degree, but than not having one. Been working for 10 years... worked 2 jobs just to make $42k gross.

The Data Analytics degree is not through TESU until the end.  You're paying fees directly to Statistics.com for much of it (like $8000).  Those are all ACE credits.  So, before doing this degree, you need to find out if Amazon will pay for those credits; my guess is they will not.

[LevelUP]

I came to the conclusion that I'm going to decide to go with SNHU. I feel like its cheaper in fees overall. Thank you guys, I really appreciate the help!

Ah right! Let's work out a degree plan for SNHU!

Hey guys, just to update. I decided to just stay with Tesu and do data science and analytics

Ah right! Let's work out a degree plan for SNHU!  

Oh yeah btw, I work for Amazon and I'm eligible for college tuition up to $5650. I just want to get a decent degree, but than not having one. Been working for 10 years... worked 2 jobs just to make $42k gross.

The way I look at it, there are 3 basic types of degrees, Liberal Arts, Business or Computer Technology.
Unless you plan on doing a specific job such as teaching, nursing, or engineering.

Whatever school & degree you decide on, the alt credit process will be similar.

[rachel83az]

Since you don't really seem to know what you want, I would recommend getting a degree that you can live with BUT that you can use as a stepping stone to either a Master's in the future or a second (more expensive) Bachelor's degree. For instance, get the BLS MIS at UMPI and use that to get a better-paying job now. Then, when you have more money, you can go back and get the costly Environmental Science or Data Analytics or whatever your true dream degree is.

[Harrynguyen]

I came to realize from experience and seeing what people gotten over the years of working that when I was going to college, I had a teacher she was my math teacher but she majored in biology, and also a manager that I used to work with, he majored in biology as well. I came to realize that in order to really do well with a science degree, you have to have it in engineering or get a masters. It made me think, I decided to just do CIS, I like computers but I don't like to code tho. I also like talking to people so maybe I could do HR as well. I know that there will always be a need and demand for those fields.

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Oh yeah btw, I work for Amazon and I'm eligible for college tuition up to $5650. I just want to get a decent degree, but than not having one. Been working for 10 years... worked 2 jobs just to make $42k gross.

The Data Analytics degree is not through TESU until the end.  You're paying fees directly to Statistics.com for much of it (like $8000).  Those are all ACE credits.  So, before doing this degree, you need to find out if Amazon will pay for those credits; my guess is they will not.

With employer tuition reimbursement I'd look at PUG if you're serious about data analytics.

[Harrynguyen]

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Oh yeah btw, I work for Amazon and I'm eligible for college tuition up to $5650. I just want to get a decent degree, but than not having one. Been working for 10 years... worked 2 jobs just to make $42k gross.

The Data Analytics degree is not through TESU until the end.  You're paying fees directly to Statistics.com for much of it (like $8000).  Those are all ACE credits.  So, before doing this degree, you need to find out if Amazon will pay for those credits; my guess is they will not.

With employer tuition reimbursement I'd look at PUG if you're serious about data analytics.

I looked it up, but it was a dog lol

[carrythenothing]

PUG is Purdue University Global: https://www.purdueglobal.edu/

[bjcheung77]

I came to realize from experience and seeing what people gotten over the years of working that when I was going to college, I had a teacher she was my math teacher but she majored in biology, and also a manager that I used to work with, he majored in biology as well. I came to realize that in order to really do well with a science degree, you have to have it in engineering or get a masters. It made me think, I decided to just do CIS, I like computers but I don't like to code tho. I also like talking to people so maybe I could do HR as well. I know that there will always be a need and demand for those fields.

If that's the case, continue with the TESU Assocciates and BSBA Entrepreneurship & CIS, at the same time get a free HR and/or Operations Management certificate added by taking enough courses for each options your select.

I looked it up, but it was a dog lol

Haha, yeah... PUG is a dog, but it's also short for Purdue University Global. If you're into "writing", then the assignments are a good option, otherwise, think about the program offering and see if it's a fit for you or not...

[rachel83az]

I came to realize from experience and seeing what people gotten over the years of working that when I was going to college, I had a teacher she was my math teacher but she majored in biology, and also a manager that I used to work with, he majored in biology as well. I came to realize that in order to really do well with a science degree, you have to have it in engineering or get a masters. It made me think, I decided to just do CIS, I like computers but I don't like to code tho. I also like talking to people so maybe I could do HR as well. I know that there will always be a need and demand for those fields.

CIS is good. HR is good. I think you could get a dual CIS/HR degree from TESU for not much more money than only getting one degree. This would keep your options open for the future. 

Definitely find out if tuition reimbursement will cover school fees or just the tuition itself. It usually only covers tuition. In this case, I would suggest two flat-rate terms at TESU: one ASAP with the Cornerstone & two or three easy 3-credit classes. Then, in about 8 months, you could do the Business Capstone & two or three more easy 3-credit classes. This would get you 18-24 RA credits and would fulfill the residency requirement so that you wouldn't have to pay the $3192 residency waiver fee. You could then use TECEPs, UExcels, or ONU classes to cheaply bring your RA credit total up to 30.

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TESU Gen Ed class suggestions: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...ts_Roadmap
Business Core class suggestions: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...re_Roadmap
CIS class suggestions: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...egree_Plan
HR/Org. Management class suggestions: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...egree_Plan