01-24-2014, 01:44 PM
What the credit bank allows you to do is 'not enroll' but still have a college transcript. Many people here bank credit and plan their degree without being officially enrolled. This is a way of avoiding yearly fees and remain flexible; however, if the requirements for the degree change you will not be locked in and will need to modify your plan.
I signed up for Excelsior's credit bank, what is now called "OneTranscript", in 2004. When I take an exam or course I submit it to Excelsior. Now my many sources of credit are located on one official transcript from a regionally accredited college. This site will help you discover where you can obtain college credit.
I say, obtain AA AND continue on to a bachelors. Once you have an AA (not AS) you essentially lock in the first two years of college for transfer. In many cases you automatically meet the requirements for all general education courses toward a bachelors degree. For example, I graduated with an AA in 2009 from Coastline in California. When I enrolled in nursing school, in Florida, I did not have the exact general education courses that they require. In my degree plan the six courses I did not have say "met with an AA degree or higher." They did require Psychology, Ethics and Statistics as part of the program, so I took a CLEP, DSST and Straighterline Business Ethics. All of which transferred fine.
I signed up for Excelsior's credit bank, what is now called "OneTranscript", in 2004. When I take an exam or course I submit it to Excelsior. Now my many sources of credit are located on one official transcript from a regionally accredited college. This site will help you discover where you can obtain college credit.
I say, obtain AA AND continue on to a bachelors. Once you have an AA (not AS) you essentially lock in the first two years of college for transfer. In many cases you automatically meet the requirements for all general education courses toward a bachelors degree. For example, I graduated with an AA in 2009 from Coastline in California. When I enrolled in nursing school, in Florida, I did not have the exact general education courses that they require. In my degree plan the six courses I did not have say "met with an AA degree or higher." They did require Psychology, Ethics and Statistics as part of the program, so I took a CLEP, DSST and Straighterline Business Ethics. All of which transferred fine.
CLEP: Principles of Management (70), Info Systems and Computer Applications (61), Principles of Marketing (66), American Government (52), Analyzing and Interpreting Literature (56), Introductory Sociology (69), Introductory Psychology (69), Introduction to Educational Psychology (68), Human Growth and Development (68) DSST: Drug and Alcohol Abuse (60), Here's to Your Health (455), Introduction to World Religions (469), Management Information Systems (415), Ethics in America (443), Criminal Justice (434) ECE: Abnormal Psychology (B), Organizational Behavior (B) STRAIGHTERLINE: Business Statistics, Medical Terminology
BS Nursing, WGU - In progress
BS Liberal Studies, Excelsior - Need Capstone, on hold.
AS Nursing, St. Petersburg College - Dec. 2014
AA, Coastline Community College - Aug. 2009
BS Nursing, WGU - In progress
BS Liberal Studies, Excelsior - Need Capstone, on hold.
AS Nursing, St. Petersburg College - Dec. 2014
AA, Coastline Community College - Aug. 2009
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