Super Confused about the Residency Waiver

[Merlin]

So if you do 9cr per term for the first term, it's $4639.  Then you'd do 7cr in the 2nd term, which would be $3633.  That's a total of $8272, totally negating the point of this.  If you just took the cornerstone and capstone and paid the residency waiver, then you'd pay $6306.

You only save money by doing 16cr in a single term.  If you can't, then don't bother.  You'll pay almost $2000 more, and spend more time as well (2x12week terms = 24 weeks).  Not a good plan at all, unless you get the Pell grant.

Agreed. This is why I generally don't recommend the flat-rate full-time tuition plan to people unless someone else is paying their way. Getting the courses done through SDC or elsewhere is the better choice for most people since completing 16 credits in a single term would be brutal, especially considering that includes the Capstone.

I just wanted to clarify that the residency requirement didn't require completing 16 credits in a single term, nor does the flat-rate tuition plan. It seemed like there was an implication that this was a requirement for both based on the wording. Someone coming in from a search on the forum may not realize the difference.