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Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - SaebScholar - 01-09-2017
jsd Wrote:Isn't Full Sail nationally accredited? If so, TESU/COSC won't accept them, and Excelsior likely won't either but they let you appeal for special cases.
Well that's a buzzkill. I thought the point of those school is to help you work something out.
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - dfrecore - 01-09-2017
SaebScholar Wrote:Well that's a buzzkill. I thought the point of those school is to help you work something out.
The point of them is that they are colleges with their own policies and procedures. It's not to give you credit for everything you might have taken in your life. But, if you want, you can always PLA courses. That would be a good plan, especially if you have a lot of UL credits from an NA school that you want to bring in.
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - SaebScholar - 01-09-2017
Accreditation and Affiliations
This is where my other credits are from, are they also no good? This is quite discouraging.
EDIT: Sorry for dramatic reaction. I read the actual page and it is a "regional body" so At least my English 101 is still legit.
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - SaebScholar - 01-09-2017
dfrecore Wrote:The point of them is that they are colleges with their own policies and procedures. It's not to give you credit for everything you might have taken in your life. But, if you want, you can always PLA courses. That would be a good plan, especially if you have a lot of UL credits from an NA school that you want to bring in.
What is PLA?
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - dfrecore - 01-09-2017
SaebScholar Wrote:Accreditation and Affiliations
This is where my other credits are from, are they also no good? This is quite discouraging.
EDIT: Sorry for dramatic reaction. I read the actual page and it is a "regional body" so At least my English 101 is still legit.
MSJC is RA, so you're good there.
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - jsd - 01-09-2017
SaebScholar Wrote:Accreditation and Affiliations
This is where my other credits are from, are they also no good? This is quite discouraging.
EDIT: Sorry for dramatic reaction. I read the actual page and it is a "regional body" so At least my English 101 is still legit.
This is WASC, regional accreditation. That's good, the big 3 accept regional accreditation
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - KayV - 01-09-2017
Your MSJC credits are good, and really those Full Sail credits are not a huge deal. You can easily fulfill English Composition I and II with either the CLEP College Composition (one test for all 6 credits) or with Straighterline English Comp I and II. The history class can be replaced with Shmoop Modern European History for 3 credits. Don't let yourself get sidetracked.
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - SaebScholar - 01-09-2017
dfrecore Wrote:I can put the generic BALS degree here for you. It's not as helpful if you don't understand all the options, so start by reading on this forum to get a better understanding of what's going on: http://www.degreeforum.net/general-education-testing-discussion/26144-beginners-guide-getting-cheap-fast-college.html (some of it is outdated, but it still provides a ton of helpful info on how this whole thing works).
Brilliant! Thank you!
Now I am going to do the free ethics course and then apply for the Study Scholarship. <3
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - AJ_Atlanta - 01-09-2017
jsd Wrote:Isn't Full Sail nationally accredited? If so, TESU/COSC won't accept them, and Excelsior likely won't either but they let you appeal for special cases.
They are/were technically a trade school not a college; granted they charge like they are an ivy league university but that is another story
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - dfrecore - 01-09-2017
KayV Wrote:Your MSJC credits are good, and really those Full Sail credits are not a huge deal. You can easily fulfill English Composition I and II with either the CLEP College Composition (one test for all 6 credits) or with Straighterline English Comp I and II. The history class can be replaced with Shmoop Modern European History for 3 credits. Don't let yourself get sidetracked.
You can also take the English Comp I & II TECEP's (I took II, and I'm certainly glad I didn't spend the time to take the SL course).