Music Degree Thomas Edison Portfolio

[cookderosa]

So, one final question ( I think!

So, tell me if I'm correct or not.

I should finish my CLEPs, take my music courses from a RA college, and then enroll in TESC.

My suggestion would be to do your CLEPs for all your gen eds (or close to it) at the same timeish as taking music courses. You can likely take performance courses locally, and theory classes at a distance- or any combination of the two. Also, if you are planning on taking classes at TESC you need to figure out how the dates overlap with local classes you'd be taking. TESC is on 12 week semesters (4 per year) and your local CC might be on 16 week semesters. Also, this answer depends on your financial aid situation- if you don't mind me asking, were you going to take out a student loan? That makes a difference.

Will I get transcripts as a non matriculated student for those music courses, or do I just show the TESC advisor my work?

You request an official transcript from all credit sources (community colleges, CLEP, etc) and they are mailed to TESC. You don't give them anything, it has to be done from institution to institution.

Also, TESC has a limit of 36 credits per year.

No they don't. Take/transfer as many as you want.

How do CLEPs and these music courses fit in that limit?
If they're already completed, will TESC still count them in that limit?

N/A

I'd really like to only spend tuition for one year at TESC!

Yes, that's the ideal plan.

Thanks everyone so much.