With the TESU Changes....

[gams007]

I agree with dfrecore. Decide sooner than later. Choose a school and start working.

I would like to have an orientation my idea is to finish 3 degree at TESU paying only the flat fee, an associate in BA, a BSIT and BASC all together i need to make my 4000$ worth and squeeze all what i can.

my plan is to finish some credits from this school NMJC they have server administrator , virtualization, General Chemistry I LAB ,General Chemistry II LAB courses this are requiered in a BSIT  an associate degree there with transferring credits is about $1000 the degree is a regional accredited. Please check this list below
https://www.nmjc.edu/program/courselist.aspx

with TESU i will transefer all credits from out sources and i will only do the 2 Capstone of each degree and the SOS110 courses.
investment is around the $6000

[armstrongsubero]

Well I hope you make that cost. I spent around $8100. With all fees, subscriptions, unecessary courses etc.

I am glad I jumped the gun an enrolled when I did, if I waited I would have missed some things die to changes TESU made...

You may regret enrolling to late, but you wont ever be too early...you have 2 courses to do..so thats a min of 2 years to play with after enrollment.

[jeremyeugenejames]

Dfrecore was very gracious to do this for me back in April.

If I were to register before July 1st, is this pretty much all the same, and, based on what you see here, if I did a BSBA, are we thinking 6 months or so?

Were there many changes?

I could commit a fair amount of the rest of June and most of July to this.  Most of August may be a bit tough, but I'd be "back in the saddle" during September/October, with the exception of some ministry events I have coming up.

Thanks!

[bjcheung77]

Oh wow, it was YOUR set of pdf's... I knew I saw those templates before. Anyways...you just need a few more courses for TESU and you're done, a few more if you are going to COSC. I would think TESU is better bang for the buck - 1) University Status/Larger Alumni 2) ACBSP Programmatic/Secondary accreditation 3) Easier to find UL courses, actually, if you're using Study.com for BSBA, it'll work equally well with COSC.

BTW, the remainder of your courses, you can complete with StraighterLine/Study.com from the comfort of home. And those are the quicker courses, I have done a few of those from SL and Study.com in 1 day. My estimates, you may be able to complete this within a few months. Your only lengthy course is the Capstone, the SOS-110 should be an easy course. I would take them last - together...

Lastly, by the time you retire, the cost of your undergrad will be nominal compared to the amount of extra cash you will be making if you did not get a degree... just get these courses done... you're so close to that finish line.

[natshar]

I agree with dfrecore. Decide sooner than later. Choose a school and start working.

I would like to have an orientation my idea is to finish 3 degree at TESU paying only the flat fee, an associate in BA, a BSIT and BASC all together i need to make my 4000$ worth and squeeze all what i can.

my plan is to finish some credits from this school NMJC they have server administrator , virtualization, General Chemistry I LAB ,General Chemistry II LAB courses this are requiered in a BSIT  an associate degree there with transferring credits is about $1000 the degree is a regional accredited. Please check this list below
https://www.nmjc.edu/program/courselist.aspx

with TESU i will transefer all credits from out sources and i will only do the 2 Capstone of each degree and the SOS110 courses.
investment is around the $6000

I don't know what an "associate in BA" is, but if you are going for an associates in technical studies it requires a separate capstone. The associate in IT requires the associate capstone as well. This is separate capstone then the bachelors.


 If I were you I'd skip the associates and just do the bachelors. The only associates that don't require a capstone are the basic AA (which is pointless if you have an bachelors), ASNM (math, bio or computer sci), ASBA business, and AA in Criminal Justice. 


Good luck getting all this for 4000 or even 6000, if you are starting from scratch this seems almost impossible. If you actually want to do all these degrees, given the lab sciences, upper level credits and degree specific requirements you are looking at around 10000 honestly and that's on the low end.

[jeremyeugenejames]

Oh wow, it was YOUR set of pdf's... I knew I saw those templates before.  Anyways...you just need a few more courses for TESU and you're done, a few more if you are going to COSC.  I would think TESU is better bang for the buck - 1) University Status/Larger Alumni   2) ACBSP Programmatic/Secondary accreditation   3) Easier to find UL courses, actually, if you're using Study.com for BSBA, it'll work equally well with COSC.

BTW, the remainder of your courses, you can complete with StraighterLine/Study.com from the comfort of home.   And those are the quicker courses, I have done a few of those from SL and Study.com in 1 day.  My estimates, you may be able to complete this within a few months.  Your only lengthy course is the Capstone, the SOS-110 should be an easy course.  I would take them last - together...

Lastly, by the time you retire, the cost of your undergrad will be nominal compared to the amount of extra cash you will be making if you did not get a degree... just get these courses done... you're so close to that finish line.

So, I couldn't opt out of SOS-110, even if I applied before 07/01?

[natshar]

Oh wow, it was YOUR set of pdf's... I knew I saw those templates before.  Anyways...you just need a few more courses for TESU and you're done, a few more if you are going to COSC.  I would think TESU is better bang for the buck - 1) University Status/Larger Alumni   2) ACBSP Programmatic/Secondary accreditation   3) Easier to find UL courses, actually, if you're using Study.com for BSBA, it'll work equally well with COSC.

BTW, the remainder of your courses, you can complete with StraighterLine/Study.com from the comfort of home.   And those are the quicker courses, I have done a few of those from SL and Study.com in 1 day.  My estimates, you may be able to complete this within a few months.  Your only lengthy course is the Capstone, the SOS-110 should be an easy course.  I would take them last - together...

Lastly, by the time you retire, the cost of your undergrad will be nominal compared to the amount of extra cash you will be making if you did not get a degree... just get these courses done... you're so close to that finish line.

So, I couldn't opt out of SOS-110, even if I applied before 07/01?

As of now, the only people who can "opt out" of SOS-110 no matter when they applied are the people who have already completed the old requirement TES-100. And even then if you already finished TES-100 but switch schools (business, liberal arts, etc.) you have to do SOS-110 for the new degree.

EDIT: I guess somehow if anyone already signed up for TES-100 for the April, May or June and didn't finish it yet they would in the group too, but would have to finish it by June 30th at midnight. You can't sign up for TES-100 anymore.

[jeremyeugenejames]

Oh wow, it was YOUR set of pdf's... I knew I saw those templates before.  Anyways...you just need a few more courses for TESU and you're done, a few more if you are going to COSC.  I would think TESU is better bang for the buck - 1) University Status/Larger Alumni   2) ACBSP Programmatic/Secondary accreditation   3) Easier to find UL courses, actually, if you're using Study.com for BSBA, it'll work equally well with COSC.

BTW, the remainder of your courses, you can complete with StraighterLine/Study.com from the comfort of home.   And those are the quicker courses, I have done a few of those from SL and Study.com in 1 day.  My estimates, you may be able to complete this within a few months.  Your only lengthy course is the Capstone, the SOS-110 should be an easy course.  I would take them last - together...

Lastly, by the time you retire, the cost of your undergrad will be nominal compared to the amount of extra cash you will be making if you did not get a degree... just get these courses done... you're so close to that finish line.

If I were to transfer to WGU for an MBA, would either school work?

Also, if I am reading right, TESU may have better "street cred," because of the accreditation and the University Status, but either way, I can probably complete both around the same time?

Finally, if I decided to do a second Bachelor's degree (Psychology,) is it as fairly simple to do at TESU as opposed to COSC?  (Hey, if I am in for a penny, I'm in for a pound, particularly if I can do it relatively quickly.)

Thanks!

[dfrecore]

If I were to transfer to WGU for an MBA, would either school work?

Also, if I am reading right, TESU may have better "street cred," because of the accreditation and the University Status, but either way, I can probably complete both around the same time?

Finally, if I decided to do a second Bachelor's degree (Psychology,) is it as fairly simple to do at TESU as opposed to COSC?  (Hey, if I am in for a penny, I'm in for a pound, particularly if I can do it relatively quickly.)

Thanks!

You don't transfer for the MBA, you just get your MBA somewhere.  But yes, WGU will take MBA students from any school - and they don't have to even have a BSBA to get that.  You could have a different degree entirely, as long as you have 3 years of experience in business.

If you did a 2nd bachelor's, I think there's no difference between TESU and COSC in terms of length of time or simplicity - it will just be more expensive at TESU (just as if you did your first bachelor's at TESU).  TESU is just more expensive than COSC. NOW, if you wanted to save money, you could get your BSBA and BA in Psych at the same time - I know they allow it at TESU, not sure about COSC. But if you did it at TESU, then you'd only pay 1 residency waiver fee, and 1 graduation fee (although 2 capstones).

But, my advice to someone who's just starting out - don't get ahead of yourself.  You're planning out all of this, and you're already bypassing the one degree you want and getting 2, and then getting an MBA - all without having started the first degree.  Just get started on the first degree, and worry about the rest when you get further down the road.  If life happens and you find that you can't get the 2nd degree or the MBA, all of the planning would have been wasted, and you could have been a long way down the road to the important FIRST degree.  Don't let the tail wag the dog.

[Merlin]

Also, if I am reading right, TESU may have better "street cred," because of the accreditation and the University Status [...]

TESU only has better "street cred" if you live in New Jersey. Outside of NJ, TESU is unknown so they are probably about the same, unless you're in IT, in which case WGU may have the advantage as the WGU IT degrees have a pretty good reputation.

They have identical credentials when it comes to their business schools. Both are universities, both are regionally accredited, and both offer ACBSP accredited business degrees.