(03-18-2021, 09:23 PM)dfrecore Wrote: If you already have an AS, there is zero point in getting a general AA.

(03-18-2021, 11:33 PM)natshar Wrote:

(03-18-2021, 09:23 PM)dfrecore Wrote: If you already have an AS, there is zero point in getting a general AA.

I 10000% agree!! There is zero point to it. Do not get extra general associates if they cost you a ton of extra time and money.

However, if there is absolutely zero effort involved and it is simple. I'm of the philosophy why not?

Like at TESU if you get a BA you will have an AA done. If someone does a BSBA then will automatically have an ASBA done as well. The BA comp sci will have the ASNSM comp sci done as well. I know those are completely pointless degrees, that would never be listed on a resume or CV. But if I were a TESU student I'd get an AA with my BA, the ASBA with my BSBA or the ASNSM with my BA Comp Sci. I know full well these choices serves no purpose at all, but I find enjoyment in collecting as many degrees as possible. Maybe I'm weird, but I suspect others on this forum feel the same way I do.

I have a handful of associate's degrees and I would never list any of them on a resume since I got my bachelor's because they are all general degrees. One of them was more a reverse transfer and the pointless thing ever and basically identical to another associate's I had. But when I found all it was going to cost me $20 to send my transcripts, five minutes to fill out a form and a two-minute phone call; for a full associate's degree, I decided why not. No classes, money or extra work needed. Some people might think I'm weird but I just like to think of it as being resourceful.

When I went to CC the number of people I met that had over 75 credits at graduation blew my mind. (at my CC you only need 15 credits for a second degree). I told multiple people that all they had to do was fill out a form and they could graduate with a second associate's (like AGS or general AA) for no extra work or money. They all told me they didn't care or that filling out the single-page form was too much work. To each his own I guess. 

Some people collect baseball cards, I collect college degrees.

(03-18-2021, 05:50 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Below is what I typed in this thread: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-BOG-associate-degree?pid=332766#pid332766

It's just me, if there is no additional work involved for the AA or AS at COSC beyond that of the Bachelors, I think having a secondary AA or AS (if there is a concentration) would be beneficial to just having the BOG AAS.  I highly think that the Bachelors will have sufficient surplus of credits to be used for the second AA/AS anyways, and if there is no extra cost, energy, time involved, I would do it...

(03-19-2021, 07:38 AM)splirow Wrote:

(03-18-2021, 11:33 PM)natshar Wrote:

(03-18-2021, 09:23 PM)dfrecore Wrote: If you already have an AS, there is zero point in getting a general AA.

I 10000% agree!! There is zero point to it. Do not get extra general associates if they cost you a ton of extra time and money.

However, if there is absolutely zero effort involved and it is simple. I'm of the philosophy why not?

Like at TESU if you get a BA you will have an AA done. If someone does a BSBA then will automatically have an ASBA done as well. The BA comp sci will have the ASNSM comp sci done as well. I know those are completely pointless degrees, that would never be listed on a resume or CV. But if I were a TESU student I'd get an AA with my BA, the ASBA with my BSBA or the ASNSM with my BA Comp Sci. I know full well these choices serves no purpose at all, but I find enjoyment in collecting as many degrees as possible. Maybe I'm weird, but I suspect others on this forum feel the same way I do.

I have a handful of associate's degrees and I would never list any of them on a resume since I got my bachelor's because they are all general degrees. One of them was more a reverse transfer and the pointless thing ever and basically identical to another associate's I had. But when I found all it was going to cost me $20 to send my transcripts, five minutes to fill out a form and a two-minute phone call; for a full associate's degree, I decided why not. No classes, money or extra work needed. Some people might think I'm weird but I just like to think of it as being resourceful.

When I went to CC the number of people I met that had over 75 credits at graduation blew my mind. (at my CC you only need 15 credits for a second degree). I told multiple people that all they had to do was fill out a form and they could graduate with a second associate's (like AGS or general AA) for no extra work or money. They all told me they didn't care or that filling out the single-page form was too much work. To each his own I guess. 

Some people collect baseball cards, I collect college degrees.

 According to my evaluation from TESU, I only need SOS-110

I have everything else showing completed. Should I go for it? I need SOS-110 for my BA anyways. So I guess its Just costing me an extra Frame to hang..lol

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(03-18-2021, 05:50 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Below is what I typed in this thread: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-BOG-associate-degree?pid=332766#pid332766

It's just me, if there is no additional work involved for the AA or AS at COSC beyond that of the Bachelors, I think having a secondary AA or AS (if there is a concentration) would be beneficial to just having the BOG AAS.  I highly think that the Bachelors will have sufficient surplus of credits to be used for the second AA/AS anyways, and if there is no extra cost, energy, time involved, I would do it...

So should I get the AA from TESU while I work on my BA there as well? Or get the BOG AAS? in TESU, I only need SOS-110 to complete the AA.

(03-19-2021, 07:38 AM)splirow Wrote: So should I get the AA from TESU while I work on my BA there as well? Or get the BOG AAS? in TESU, I only need SOS-110 to complete the AA.