Question For You Guys... Does my college plan make sense?

[MT0911]

Your enrollment fee at EC will last one year or until you finish your degree (whichever is shorter). Since you have a set deadline, would it make sense to enroll sooner rather than later? This way you will have access to your advisor and make sure everything is lined up for you. How many courses do you think you will need at the community college? Were you planning to use financial aid for those courses? If so, you'll need to be sure that being enrolled at EC doesn't interfere. (I didn't use financial aid, so I'm not sure how that process works.)

That's a good point. At first I actually wasn't too sure if I should enroll now or later and which would be better. I'm planning on testing out all the of the Gen Ed (Art's & Sciences) first and then enrolling to EC & transfering everything in (Exams and Certs) since those are a given. I'm not planning on doing financial aid, I'm just going to pay for everything up front. I'm not planning on taking any classes at EC (except the required capstone course); I more so want to use it as a "Credit Bank" and take the needed classes online from my local community college that I'm already enrolled in <- This way I can get away paying $100 per credit instead of the premium $390 per credit at EC. Once finished with those I'll transfer the rest in to complete the degree's requirements.

I don't think it will take me long to knock out the 30 credit units of Gen Ed through Exams. I'm pretty aggressive when it comes to studying/test taking. Once I'm done with that, I'll enroll. Then the adviser would be able to take everything I have and let me know what else is needed. To estimate - I will probably receive upwards of 15+ credits for the IT certifications. I was "quoted" for 24+ credits at a few colleges I was considering so my estimate of 15 is on the low end. The degree completion credits is set at 61 for EC so I would probably end up taking between 3 - 5 classes which I plan on knocking out all at once.

With this plan; if everything goes the way I think it should - I'll be able to get this done with no issue before July next year.

The main thing I was curious about was if this sounds right to you guys; the way that I'm thinking. I have an idea how this process works based on reading/researching on here and other sources plus speaking with the schools directly... so I think I should be good. Just mainly wanting another set of eyes in case I'm missing something. Thanks again!