Please Help - My Mind is About to Explode! :)

[sanantone]

Or would the bachelor of general studies at Charter Oak end up being cheaper, especially if I waited to apply and enroll when I was closer to having all the required credits?

If you want to use financial aid, then go to COSC and utilize their consortium agreement in order to take classes at a cheaper college. You have to take 12 credits per semester (or 6 months on a non-traditional schedule) in order to be considered full-time. You need 6 credits in order to be considered half-time, and that's the minimum needed to receive financial aid. However, being half-time means half the financial aid. If you want to pay out of pocket, then TESC's BA in Liberal Studies will be cheaper. You could still go to any of the Big 3 and use financial aid without directly receiving financial aid through them. Some people have attended a cheap community college online and used the leftover financial aid to pay for tuition and fees at the Big 3. That's what I did. I used my financial aid refund check from attending a CC and used it to pay for tests and TESC's fees.

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