CCAF Grad in a pickle. TESC or UMUC?

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Two things.

1. UMT and Columbia Southern are both Nationally Accredited schools. Generally speaking you should avoid Nationally Accredited schools like the plague if at all possible. There are enough Regionally Accredited schools out there that want your TA and GI Bill dollars that you should never have to go to an NA school. For an explanation of NA vs RA see the wiki. I made a point to discuss the issue for those just learning. It is very easy to think "national > regional" as I used to, and then waste tens of thousands of dollars and years of time on something that isn't accepted anywhere. Don't waste it. I'm not even sure if any of the Big 3 will accept any credits from any NA school, and they accept damn near anything for our purposes.

2. I will re-iterate, at the Big 3 you can use ALEKS for all your math requirements up to pre-calc, including statistics. It is all at your own pace, with no proctored tests of any kind, unproctored tests periodically, with full explanations. Between that at Khan Academy and PatrickJMT.com, and maybe a "stats for dummies" book you should have no problems. Seriously. Many people just like you have traveled this road successfully before.

Besides, you can get a 3-day free trial, so why not sign up for maybe intermediate algebra and see what it's like?

I am fully aware of the AU-ABC program but most of those degrees are not in fields that I want to major in and/or from crappy sounding schools like University of Management and Technology or Columbia Southeastern. There's a couple of good schools on there like Bowling Green and Indiana State but they are not fields I want to major in. And there are a couple of Healthcare Management degrees but they all require Statistics. It sucks that my job is the equivalent of a glorified cashier in the retail world, except for in a hospital setting where you're making IV's.

Have you considered cross-training? Or becoming an instructor or other special duty assignment?

Also, have you even submitted your CCAF and any other transcripts to UMUC for an evaluation to see where you stand?