09-21-2023, 10:57 AM
(09-21-2023, 10:26 AM)ATM925 Wrote: Your Location: Texas, United States
Your Age: Almost 40
What kind of degree do you want?: Any - I am a working professional and ideally a Risk Management/Insurance degree would be great but ANY Bachelors in really any business field is fine. I'd consider management, administration, IT, whatever... I would like to avoid as much math as possible.
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 12
Iona College Total Credits: 6
BUS 130 Legal Environment of Business, 3.00, B+
ENG 120 Commnctn Skills: Writing 1, 3.00, B
Community College of Denver Total Credits: 6
ENG 122 ENGLISH COMPOSITION II, 3.00, B
SOC 102 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY II, 3.00, B
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: NONE. I HAD SOME STUDY.COM COURSES STARTED BUT I STOPPED TO BETTER PLAN WHAT I NEED.
CERTS/LICENSES: I am a licensed realtor. License is on hold b/c it's not currently what I do but I took all the courses and everything is in good standing.
I have a TX insurance adjuster's license.
Budget: I have around 10k. I'd like to go the cheapest route possible, but will consider spending more for easy and fast.
Commitments: Kids, spouse, pets, full time job.
Dedicated time to study: I can likely commit to an hour or two every weeknight and 4 hours on the weekend. Between 9-14 hours per week
Timeline: I would like to finish in the next 12-18 months. My oldest son just started college and I need to finish before him I told myself I would and I've been putting it off too long.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Yes, my job offers some type of reimbursement for Gen Ed courses that are job or business related, provided by accredited institutions and pre approved by my HR dept. I prob would not utilize this.
I have read a lot on this forum (thank you all for what you have put here). I initially was thinking that TAMUC would be the best route to go but I see it mentioned less that it used to be. Happy to look elsewhere - UMPI, WGU,... it doesn't matter. It has been awhile since I have been in school. I am historically a good test taker. My written communication is fine but I do not enjoy or excel writing a lot of papers. I prefer quizzes, tests, etc.
Check out the ACE credit guides/wiki for transfer to SNHU, WGU, UMPI etc. You can knock out a lot of credits. ACE credits don't work for most standards schools though (some take a couple as gen electives...maybe). So definitely take them expecting to go to schools like the above. Sites like Sophia have partner schools you can check out.
UMPI went to brightspace which elminated tests mostly. Its now totally project and paper based so keep that in mind.