Member Wrote:Hi bjcheung77,

I hope you are doing well.

I am writing to thank you for your previous advice. I followed your recommendation and successfully enrolled in the "Program". I really think it was exactly what I needed.

Now that I have started that, I wanted to ask for your expertise on "side" credentials:
What are your personal "hidden gem" courses or certificates (free or cheap) that you think are worth getting?

I've seen the FEMA courses, but I am looking for other under-the-radar options that look official or governmental on a resume.
Thanks again for your help.

Best regards,

Some good news for a change.

The FBI Will Likely Report The Lowest Murder Rate Ever Recorded In 2025
https://jasher.substack.com/p/the-fbi-wi...the-lowest

Is college worth it? This quiz shows the reality.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...orthwhile/

How many did you get right?

Since I'm a EU citizen I should be able to enroll to Metropolis to cover a substantial part of the required courses for the BA CS degree.

Currently my plan is the following: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...id=0#gid=0

I'm still lacking a couple RA credits, as well as some Computer Science Electives, and some Natural Sciences, Math, and CS Electives.

Does anyone have experience with Metropolis and what transfers? Is it possible to only take certain classes to transfer, or would I need to complete something like the https://opinto-opas.metropolia.fi/offeri...32?lang=en with the full 120 credits in order to be able to transfer at TESU?

So, I signed up for their personal discount offer yesterday and promptly received a 40% off email below.

Hi learner,

You can use your offer right away to get 40% off your Udacity subscription. Your unique code is valid until January 13, 2026, so take advantage of these savings while you can.

I checked my email again, and today was given a different discount.  A 50% off email, not as great as Black Friday/Cyber Monday's 55% off.  I was curious if anyone was able to stack this discount with the initial discount showing on their webpage of 15%.  If you stack them together, it's 65% off (I haven't tried stacking them).

Hi there,

We noticed your interest in our course. Complete your subscription now to gain access to that, the master's program and our entire course catalog.

Use code "bjcheung77's unique code" at checkout for 50% off your monthly subscription purchase. Discounts do not apply to degree program enrollment fees.

Anyways, if someone can get the full 65% off plus the 33% previously evaluated classes for equivalency or transfer, you can probably finish the degree for $2K USD instead of the advertised $5K USD due to 1/3 of the classes are completed.

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Hi. I hold the MBA but now am a business teacher looking  for a cheap, short DBA or EdD either NA or RA. Any recommendations? I’m willing to do international ones with partnerships as well. Accreditation (national is fine) and affordability is a must. Thanks!

I recently earned my MBA and am looking into PHD programs. University of the Cumberlands will transfer 12 credits immediately for me, but has anyone done the prior learning portfolio? I don't see a thing on this site or anywhere online where anyone has even mentioned it. 

Link below:

https://www.ucumberlands.edu/admission-a...umberlands.


Thanks Everyone,

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Yesterday's "Administrative measures" punishment imposed on Sonenator Mark Kelly gave me a little flashback and a smile.

My honest thought is that the sly " Administrative measures" punishment was tadry. 

The right way would have been to refer the matter to Court Martial.

I could not help but to remember this two decades old argument

Quote:I hate to burst Charles' bubble (and his nonsensical attack on me), but I am most certainly NOT subject to the UCMJ. Even active reservists are not subject to the UCMJ while they're between either training days or active duty sessions. As a retired reservist, I am under no one's command, including that idiot Bush. Were he to recall me to active duty, however, I would certainly cease public commentary about his inanities. But that isn't going to happen.

Rich Douglas, Nov 24, 2002

Hi everyone,

My situation is I submitted Bachelor's transcript to CPA broad to get evaluation and unfortunately only 113 credits out of 120 got accepted. I just learn that Texas allows you to sit for CPA exam with just 120 credits not 150 anymore. 

So if I take a master degree with WGU do you think that I would qualify to sit for the exam? 

After finish the Master degree, do I still need to earn 7 credits for the license if I pass the CPA test?

Thank you

Have applied to well over 100 on inspira over the past six months, many if not most applications have been sitting at "under consideration" (some for about that long), and the closest thing to a lucky break was taking the psychometric HR evaluation for one role.  

I'm assuming this is fairly typical of UN HR bureaucracy? If so, this makes the US government's HR systems (which I'm also quite familiar with) look like Barry Allen.