Young student need help

[elprrrrr5]

Hello, I am active duty military looking to finish my Bachelors. I am still deciding between a Bachelors in Cyber Security, Political sciences or legal studies. I have an AAS in Paralegal science, and a Associate from the Community College of the Air Force in Aviation Management. I am really good with computer so that's why I am interested in Cyber security but, my dream is to become an Attorney. I am trying to finish my Bachelors online before my enlistment is over so, I have approx. 5 years. I am looking to clep/DSST/credit by exam as many courses as possible. Right now I am looking at American Military University, Excelsior College, and University of Maryland university college. What CLEPs should i take? What other institutions would you recommend?

[indivinefavor]

Well that would depend on one major thing, if you want to CLEP/DSST yourself to a Bachelor's degree or do you want to have a mix of BM (brick and mortar) and CLEP/DSST exams? This is a big factor because many schools (i.e. AMU and University of Maryland) usually put a limit on how many credit-by-exam credits they will allow you to transfer in. Generally speaking, most schools will only take about 30 credits, if that. However, if you choose one of the "Big Three"(Excelsior, Charter Oak, or Thomas Edison State College) you can CLEP/DSST ALL of your remaining 60 or so credits.

I'm currently enrolled at Excelsior. Already finished 9 credits in 3 weeks and have another exam tomorrow. Also, I like testing and hate sitting in class. Do what's best for you!

Good luck.

[sanantone]

Charter Oak State College offers a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity. They will be cheaper than Excelsior and about as flexible when it comes to CLEP, DSST, etc. They also accept FEMA credits directly saving you even more money. You can go to law school with any degree, so don't waste your time with political science or legal studies unless you either have a genuine interest in studying those subjects, or your AAS in paralegal science will put you much closer to a paralegal studies degree. Having a diverse academic background can be helpful as an attorney. The misconception is that you need to study political science or something related to law to get into and do well in law school. That is not true.

[defscarlett]

Here are the course equivalencies for CLEP/DSST for AMU
Find Course Equivalents

AMU will also accept FEMA raw from the transcript, again to save money, as well as DOCNET courses (free mil-sci). If your goal is to be a lawyer, what kind of lawyer do you want to be? You may want to consider to get your undergrad in that type of field i.e. practice Cybersecurity law - get Bachelors in Cybersecurity, which is an in demand specialty. Residency requirement for AMU is 30 credit hours and they treat military incredibly well keeping cost per credit at the $250 max for TA, free transfer credit review (instead of $50) and all books are included in the cost of tuition, and support is given by instructors if you'll be out of comms for awhile for an FTX, on deployment, etc.

[KayV]

Which credits do you already have, OP?

[sanantone]

Here are the course equivalencies for CLEP/DSST for AMU
Find Course Equivalents

AMU will also accept FEMA raw from the transcript, again to save money, as well as DOCNET courses (free mil-sci). If your goal is to be a lawyer, what kind of lawyer do you want to be? You may want to consider to get your undergrad in that type of field i.e. practice Cybersecurity law - get Bachelors in Cybersecurity, which is an in demand specialty. Residency requirement for AMU is 30 credit hours and they treat military incredibly well keeping cost per credit at the $250 max for TA, free transfer credit review (instead of $50) and all books are included in the cost of tuition, and support is given by instructors if you'll be out of comms for awhile for an FTX, on deployment, etc.

AMU only accepts up to 30 nontraditional credits.
What's Accepted-Undergraduate

[defscarlett]

AMU only accepts up to 30 nontraditional credits.
What's Accepted-Undergraduate

Ah I didn't catch that. I also can't believe I didn't mention the thing I like most from the school is that they do 8 week courses in a 16 wk semester, essentially you can take 4 courses/semester without actually doing coursework for more than 2 classes at a time.

[elprrrrr5]

COURSE Course Title CRD GRD GRDPT COURSE Course Title CRD GRD GRDPT
FALL 2008 (08/25/2008 to 12/10/2008)
ESL122 ESL GRAMMAR CONCEPTS II 4.00 B ..... FALL 2011 (08/27/2011 to 12/14/2011)
ESL134 ESL WRITING CONCEPTS II 4.00 B- ..... LEG206 NEW JERSEY REAL ESTATE TRANSAC 3.00 B 9.00
ESL140 ESL INTERM CRITICAL READING 4.00 A- ..... LEG208 WILLS AND PROBATE 3.00 B 9.00
Term GPA 0.000 Credit 12.00 LEG232 CIVIL LITIGATION III 3.00 B 9.00
Cum GPA 0.000 Credit 12.00 MAT135 INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA W/APPLIC 0.00 W .....
PSY101 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY 3.00 B 9.00
SPRING 2009 (01/20/2009 to 05/11/2009) Term GPA 3.000 Credit 12.00
ESL135 ESL WRITING CONCEPTS III 4.00 B- ..... Cum GPA 2.809 Credit 77.00
ESL141 ESL ADVANCED CRITICAL READING 4.00 B .....
Term GPA 0.000 Credit 8.00 SPRING 2012 (01/23/2012 to 05/11/2012)
Cum GPA 0.000 Credit 20.00 ENG102 ENGLISH COMPOSITION II 3.00 C 6.00
HIS221 HISTORY OF AMERICAN WOMEN 3.00 A 12.00
SUMMER 2009 (05/26/2009 to 08/17/2009) LEG133 LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING 3.00 B+ 10.20
ENG101 same as ENG101 : 01/24/2011 0.00 F ..... LEG143 FAMILY LAW 3.00 C+ 7.20
MAT033 BASIC MATHEMATICS 4.00 C+ ..... LEG212 FIELD EXPERIENCE/PARALEGAL 3.00 A- 11.10
Term GPA 0.000 Credit 4.00 Term GPA 3.100 Credit 15.00
Cum GPA 0.000 Credit 24.00 Cum GPA 2.879 Credit 92.00

FALL 2009 (08/31/2009 to 12/16/2009) SUMMER 2012 (05/21/2012 to 08/09/2012)
BUS107 BUSINESS LAW I 3.00 C 6.00 BIO114 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CONCEPTS 3.00 C+ 7.20
ENG101 same as ENG101 : 01/24/2011 3.00 D 3.00 MAT120 MATHEMATICS FOR LIBERAL ARTS 3.00 C 6.00
IST101 COMPUTER CONCEPTS/APPLICATIONS 3.00 B 9.00 Term GPA 2.200 Credit 6.00
MAT037A BEGINNING ALGEBRA PART A 3.00 C ..... Cum GPA 2.819 Credit 98.00
Term GPA 2.000 Credit 12.00
Cum GPA 2.000 Credit 36.00 ----------------------------------------------------
Degree Received: Assoc Applied Science on 08/16/2012
SPRING 2010 (01/25/2010 to 05/13/2010) Date Conferred.:
BUS108 BUSINESS LAW II 3.00 C+ 7.20 Majors.........: Paralegal
CMN111 SPEECH: HUMAN COMMUNICATION 3.00 C+ 7.20 ----------------------------------------------------
ENG024 INTRO COLLEGE COMPOSITION II 0.00 NC ..... End of official record.
MAT037B BEGINNING ALGEBRA PART B 3.00 C .....
Term GPA 2.400 Credit 9.00
Cum GPA 2.160 Credit 45.00

FALL 2010 (08/30/2010 to 12/15/2010)
HPE110 CONCEPTS OF HEALTH/FITNESS LAB 2.00 B 6.00
HPE110LEC CONCEPTS OF HEALTH/FITNESS LEC 0.00 N .....
LEG129 ROLE OF THE PARALEGAL 3.00 C+ 7.20
LEG130 CIVIL LITIGATION I 3.00 B- 8.10
OST111 BASIC KEYBOARDING APPLICATIONS 3.00 B 9.00
Term GPA 2.755 Credit 11.00
Cum GPA 2.412 Credit 56.00

SPRING 2011 (01/24/2011 to 05/16/2011)
ENG101 ENGLISH COMPOSITION I 3.00 B- 8.10
LEG132 CIVIL LITIGATION II 3.00 B- 8.10
LEG201 COMMERICAL LAW 3.00 A- 11.10
OST219 WORD PROCESSING CONCEPT & APPL 3.00 B 9.00

[elprrrrr5]

Which credits do you already have, OP?

22*Aug*2013 AIRFIELD MANAGEMENT APPRENTICE
253ABR1C731 00RB D Credit 13.00
AFM1101 AIRFIELD MANAGEMENT 13.00 Technical Core(12.00)
Program Elective(1.00)
26*Sep*2014 AIR FORCE SPECIALTY INTERNSHIP
665INT00500 000 D Credit 8.00
INT5000 JOURNEYMAN 8.00 Technical Core
COLLEGE LEVEL TESTING 15.00
Recorded: 3*Sep*2014 Updated: 22*Sep*2014
77 COLLEGE LEVEL SPANISH LANGUAGE 12.00 Program Elective(9.00)
Humanities(3.00)
SY532 PRINCIPLES OF SUPERVISION 3.00 Management

[elprrrrr5]

What credit by exams would go directly into the cyber security degree? And I don't mean electives I mean Concentration, if there are some? Also, how does the military looks at excelsior bachelors degree if I decided to Commission?