Please help me decide on an academic path

[pranav_upd]

Hello everyone. I'm Pranav from India. I'm 24, started working as a junior Developer shortly. I do not have a undergraduate degree and I'm pretty confused. Tried to do the TESU and Sophia+Study.com route but since I wasn't earning back then (not earning enough now to fund a degree either) dad said he couldn't afford it. Finally after lot of research, I joined BCA at uni mysore as they'd said they would provide an accelerated mode if I paid the fee upfront but I'm sure it's illegal by Indian University commission (UGC) and they said the exams are self paced but haven't allowed me to exams for the past 2 months. Other online Indian universities seem to just want your money upfront and then the support goes downhill. I've heard of UoPeople but it doesn't have RA accreditation yet. I'd also enrolled in ENEB MBA Masters in big data just to see how the courses were and not as a serious academic path but now I'm really considering doing ENEB since I've heard their MBA was recognised as an RA bachelor's degree by one of the NACES accreditors and I read on degree-inf that the Big data Masters was accepted as equivalent Masters in Belgium by Belgium Naric, so it would help me in doing a PHD sometime later if I wanted to go into academia. Any reply would be helpful. Thanks

[rachel83az]

Do you have any Sophia/Study.com credits or did you not get that far? What kind of budget do you have now? ENEB won't allow you to graduate without first having a bachelor's degree of some kind, so that's out. It also may not be recognized as a Master's degree for the purposes of a PhD program, since it's NOT intended for that purpose in Spain.

[pranav_upd]

I did not complete credits from Sophia/Study.com. I can afford about $75 a month for my degree. I had a hunch ENEB degree wouldn't get me far academically. I guess I've decided to go with an online degree from a university in India (not unimysore) which I can afford. I plan on enrolling in BA with dual major in mathematics and computer science, both the subjects which I like and since it's recognised by UGC India, it's most likely recognised by WES but it's 3 years so maybe it evaluates as a RA Associate's degree. I don't know. Thank you for your reply.

[rachel83az]

$75/mo is, unfortunately, not going to get you very far in the American academic system. You could do 1-3 months of Sophia at $79/mo. and then get a degree from UMPI. But UMPI costs $700/mo. for 2, 4, or 6 months. That is the cheapest American degree you could get. Also, the fastest.

[bjcheung77]

You basically have two options right now, work on your CS/Math degree then ENEB or vice versa... Option 1, In brief, I would suggest finding an online degree provider that is recognized by UGC India since they recently opened up the educational space and starting to accept more alternative education friendly institutions.

2) Invest in what you can into your education, you're going into three directions right now, since you're still young, I would suggest taking your time doing the ENEB and finishing them first, you just need the "business knowledge". After ENEB has been completed, you should then work on your Bachelors in CS/Math afterwards.

[cerich67]

Hello everyone. I'm Pranav from India. I'm 24, started working as a junior Developer shortly. I do not have a undergraduate degree and I'm pretty confused. Tried to do the TESU and Sophia+Study.com route but since I wasn't earning back then (not earning enough now to fund a degree either) dad said he couldn't afford it. Finally after lot of research, I joined BCA at uni mysore as they'd said they would provide an accelerated mode if I paid the fee upfront but I'm sure it's illegal by Indian University commission (UGC) and they said the exams are self paced but haven't allowed me to exams for the past 2 months. Other online Indian universities seem to just want your money upfront and then the support goes downhill. I've heard of UoPeople but it doesn't have RA accreditation yet. I'd also enrolled in ENEB MBA Masters in big data just to see how the courses were and not as a serious academic path but now I'm really considering doing ENEB since I've heard their MBA was recognised as an RA bachelor's degree by one of the NACES accreditors and I read on degree-inf that the Big data Masters was accepted as equivalent Masters in Belgium by Belgium Naric, so it would help me in doing a PHD sometime later if I wanted to go into academia. Any reply would be helpful. Thanks

I am NOT sure this will work.. but it may.

Your budget is very tight, but you have started the ENEB Big Data, finish it up.

Then see if you can get accepted into this free masters of science in communications https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/studien...gistration

While the ENEB doesn't "exactly" meet the prerequisites, I "think" you could make an argument for admission given work history/skills. Especially if you found some cheap MOOCS classes in the stuff they want to see a basic understanding of 

Basic knowledge in the following subjects is required:

• information theory and communications engineering
  
  
• digital signal processing
  
  
• signal and system theory
  
  
• telecommunications and networks
  
  
• linear algebra
  
  
• random processes, stochastics
  

Basic programming skills (Matlab/Octave or Python):

• variables, basic operators, conditional statements, loops, arrays, functions, etc.
  
  
  
  Taking a  quick look, EdX.org has courses that aren't terribly expensive and also Coursea like this for Fundamentals of network Comms https://www.mooc-list.com/course/fundame...n-coursera for 32 Euro a month
  

At the end of the day, it's really just computer type stuff but geared towards communications systems, and that is an in demand field.

It may not be EXACTLY what you are looking for, but if you could get admitted based on the ENEB MBA Big Data and some additional courses from MOOCS, you would never beat the price, and can be done online from home.

Good luck, and I bet you can do it!

[rachel83az]

Anabin, the German evaluator (similar to WES) does not count any titulos proprios as sufficient to continue studies. AFAIK, they won't even look at it. It's doubtful that you could continue on in a German university without an Anabin-approved degree.

[cerich67]

Anabin, the German evaluator (similar to WES) does not count any titulos proprios as sufficient to continue studies. AFAIK, they won't even look at it. It's doubtful that you could continue on in a German university without an Anabin-approved degree.

Thanks, good point.

[LevelUP]

Hello everyone. I'm Pranav from India. I'm 24, started working as a junior Developer shortly. I do not have a undergraduate degree and I'm pretty confused. Tried to do the TESU and Sophia+Study.com route but since I wasn't earning back then (not earning enough now to fund a degree either) dad said he couldn't afford it. Finally after lot of research, I joined BCA at uni mysore as they'd said they would provide an accelerated mode if I paid the fee upfront but I'm sure it's illegal by Indian University commission (UGC) and they said the exams are self paced but haven't allowed me to exams for the past 2 months. Other online Indian universities seem to just want your money upfront and then the support goes downhill. I've heard of UoPeople but it doesn't have RA accreditation yet. I'd also enrolled in ENEB MBA Masters in big data just to see how the courses were and not as a serious academic path but now I'm really considering doing ENEB since I've heard their MBA was recognised as an RA bachelor's degree by one of the NACES accreditors and I read on degree-inf that the Big data Masters was accepted as equivalent Masters in Belgium by Belgium Naric, so it would help me in doing a PHD sometime later if I wanted to go into academia. Any reply would be helpful. Thanks

If money is tight, then UMPI is your best option.

As long as you can do 10 courses in one term, then it's only $1400 for a degree at UMPI. Possible if you can put 30-40hrs a week of work into your studies for 2 months.
https://online.umpi.edu/what-is-your-pace.aspx
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI

UMPI has the BA business admin concentration in project management which is really the management of information systems.

[bjcheung77]

Cost shouldn't be holding you back, that $75 USD/month will go a long way. I've had people from developing countries ask about starting when they don't have access to much either. Technically, you can have over 90 credits and 3 years done with just under $200! We're all here to provide you the cheap, easy, fast method of gaining credits, and some people like to play things that will generate more ROI/Value.

My suggestion is the following, to start you off. A) 90+ ACE credits B) ENEB MBA/Masters combo
1) Start off with investing in a second monitor, do the CSM Learn course $35 ($39 if you don't sign up for the newsletter)
2) Complete InstantCertCredit American Government and Spanish I, each is $20/month plus $15 proctor fee, $70 total
3) Complete 30 Saylor.org courses for 90 credits at $5 each, total is just $150 for 90 credits

This will get you enough credits to transfer into UMPI as that would be my first choice as well, however, I would delay this entry and use the money towards an ENEB MBA/Masters first so you can save up enough for the UMPI BLS MIS and complete within two terms to finish out the Bachelors. Entry into ENEB just requires you to have "some" credits and working towards a Bachelors...

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There are a few examples, but I'll use Supermind since he's from India. Basically start with taking inexpensive credits first to round out your "max" transfer, then take the courses at the school to finish it off. Depending on the degree/school you're looking at, you can save money along the way by working and slowly completing courses towards your degree. It took him about a year to finish a TESU BALS Psych concentration and then another two terms (less than 6 months) at Walden to finish a Masters in Psych.