Please help me choose a college..

[cookderosa]

Thanks for the great advice. This forum is amazing, and the effort that folks like you put into it just to help others is a wonderful thing to behold!

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Let me ask you a question. Would you consider yourself a "D" student now? I am guessing no. You wouldn't have made a career in business if you really were only "D" material, so I might suggest going for a business degree from EC or TESC and starting from scratch. Honestly, a motivated adult of average intelligence can complete all 120 credits in one year. Now, add in the FEMA credits, a few of your better grades, and the 6 credits you just tested out of and your first year is already finished! (my entire degree from zero has taken 18 months, and that includes 1 year of classes in my major while testing)

Something to consider- you can CLEP over your bad grades- so if you earned a "D" in Intro to Psych, you just need to take the Intro to Psych CLEP and it will change to "credit" which has no impact on your GPA. Use this strategy to CLEP over anything you want changed. The DSST exams count as credit at TESC, but letter grades at EC...so that can be a pro or a con depending on your score. You can also technically do this technique with coursework, but that is more expensive and time consuming....if you feel there is something interesting or a weakness you want to fill, this is still a good option.

I won't sell you on the validity of a degree from one of the big 3, that subject has been beaten to death, so you can probably find some good threads running a search here. For the record, the big three are 100% regionally accredited, valid, legitimate, and recognized in every capacity. You can continue onto grad school as well.... but that is for you to wrestle with.

At your age, your resume isn't empty. You have gotten this far in your world without a degree at all. If you were young and had nothing else in your resume except a degree, you could look like an employment risk...but isn't that the case with any new college grad? For a mid-career adult, it's just "checkin' the box." You already have a resume, and this will just get tucked neatly alongside your accomplishments. (and the MBA that you'll probably get next....you read it hear first :eek: )

Welcome to the board!!!