Teaching English in Japan

[KayV]

I know Cookderosa and several others can address the financial aid/ drop or not question better than I can. One of the nice things about TESC is that all of your transfer-in credits are listed as CR for the grade, and they don't list F grades at all unless you earned an F in one of their classes. The Japanese class should transfer as CR for 3.33 semester hours.

One easy, low-cost way for you to start on your TESC degree would be to sign up for an ACE account at https://www2.acenet.edu/credit/?fuseacti...ripts.main

Once you've done that, you could enroll in the Kaplan Open Learning PLA class for 3 free elective hours and have it put on your ACE transcript.
ACE CREDIT | The National Guide to College Credit for Workforce Training

After that, try the free National Fire Academy self-study courses for 3 more hours (Q118, Q137, Q0318) and put those on your ACE transcript.
ACE CREDIT | The National Guide to College Credit for Workforce Training

Then complete the TEEX Cybersecurity series for 6 more no-cost hours for your ACE transcript.
ACE CREDIT | The National Guide to College Credit for Workforce Training

Once you have completed those 12 hours, you could enroll in ALEKS for your math credit. You create a master account with yourself as the student. Start by taking Intermediate Algebra, then College Algebra, Trigonometry, and Statistics. You will need to take Intermediate Algebra, get at least 70% on the assessment, then request credit for that class from ACE *and make sure it is on your ACE transcript* before you go on to the next class. At the end of your ALEKS studies, you will have 24 hours on your ACE transcript.

After that, why not try a Saylor course to see what you think about them? Saylor has 34 possible hours you could complete, and almost all will work toward a BSBA.
The Saylor Foundation, College Credit Recommendations: National CCRS

As for your pharmacy tech program, it wouldn't hurt to send that transcript in to TESC as well, you never know until they tell you.

Hope this helps.

[NAP]

Is there a general guide to obtaining credits this way that I am missing? I seem to be overwhelmed with acronyms(I've seen the wiki page) not knowing exactly where exactly to begin if I want to start this second.

There are new ones, but this old thread should help you with some of the abbreviations you see around the forum:

http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...board.html

[cookderosa]

I know Cookderosa and several others can address the financial aid/ drop or not question better than I can..

Well you can use financial aid at TESC, but you may not need it. FA can't be used directly for exams (like CLEP) but would be used for the classes you actually take at TESC. If you price shop and transfer back (like suggested in this thread) you can probably cash flow everything. Just pay as you go.

I did use aid in my degree, but I had a Pell Grant that I really wanted to use. It was about $5000ish and I used it on classes in my major. I used a system of taking 1 student loan and rolling payments forward- using the overpayment cash to pay my exams, saved it and paid my student loan in full the day it was due. Twice as much trouble as it's worth when you are close because it adds a lot of time and schedule planning. However, I started with zero credit and wanted to take classes in my major- so that's what I did.

Now, if your real question is "can I take out a student loan at TESC for living expenses and defer my existing loan" the answer is yes, but you have to drag out your plan by a year. You'll have to add classes to your testing process, which can be a lot of juggling. However, this is the cheapest degree around. Sanantone has a degree plan for a bachelor's degree that comes in under $4000. You don't need a loan for this process.