(04-19-2021, 07:02 AM)P226mem Wrote: Probably there are people who will be willing to charge you thousands for that.

While waiting to find one and have money, here's free tip. If you need help to learn some of acronyms, start with this part of the wiki https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Common_Terms

(04-19-2021, 09:21 AM)rachel83az Wrote: It is always confusing to get started. The biggest issue is that there is no "one good way" to get a degree. It depends heavily on your personal circumstances. What is right for you will not be right for anyone else. For instance, your post indicates that liberal studies could be a good option for you but it would likely be a wholly inappropriate option for someone who wanted to go into programming or technology.

There are a handful of us who have been around for a while and who are relatively familiar with the degree-seeking process. Each of us has a different idea of what the best course of action might be for a given student. Charter Oak is a long-time favorite due to its low cost. But it has a number of significant drawbacks. TESU is the most expensive, but they offer degrees you can't easily get elsewhere (such as math). Excelsior is in the middle as far as cost goes but they also have a few downsides. UMPI is 100% the most straightforward approach, but some people don't like the idea of competency-based degrees.

If you just want someone to tell you what to do: my first post outlined exactly how to get an associate's degree from Pierpont and then to continue on to UMPI. If you don't feel like that's right for you, please feel free to go back to your original thread and ask questions. Why won't that work for you? What are you looking for? Even if you got one of us as your personal degree consultant, you'd still have to answer these questions and you'd have plenty of questions of your own. Don't feel bad about asking questions. It's what we're here for. We've all had to start at the beginning at one time or another.

Thanks!

(04-19-2021, 11:15 AM)RICKE95126 Wrote: Hello Rachel, so forgive me in advance if I repeat a few questions, as I mentioned before I have tried this a few times and ended up lost, spending time and money I did not need to spend is seems.

My priorities are as follows.
1) Fastest path to a bachelor's degree (self study,....the least challenging testing/learning experience.. is CLEP is harder to navigate than study.com, etc..)
1a) as little math as possible
2) I Don't do well with "here is a book read it and 6 weeks later proctored exam", I do better will chapter based courses with knowledge checks along the way and and a summary exam at the end.
3) I don't care what the degree is in.
4) Credit for prior experience?
5) Money

Can you help me understand:
Charter Oak is a long-time favorite due to its low cost. But it has a number of significant drawbacks. 

What are the drawbacks?

TESU is the most expensive, but they offer degrees you can't easily get elsewhere (such as math). 
Based on my use case does TESU fit?

Excelsior is in the middle as far as cost goes but they also have a few downsides. 

What are the downsides?

UMPI is 100% the most straightforward approach, but some people don't like the idea of competency-based degrees.

What are competency based degrees, how does this differ from the above mentioned institutions?

I read pell grants are a consideration?

Some schools have a flat rate program?

Some platforms have exams that are more easily passable based on prior knowledge? (I've heard this about so CLEP exam's)

There are repositories for credits?

Is these a matrix I can use to map out what credit I need to get, where I can get them and difficult of the platform?

Thanks!

dfrecore Wrote:I help degree plan for free here, as well as paid for people who PM me and ask for it. Your best bet is to post your credits, and then see what people here say, and then if you still can't make a decision, ask more questions.