Intro and a few questions

[krm944]

Greetings to everyone. I wanted to make a quick intro and ask a few questions. I found this forum by way of a search for some free CLEP study material searches on Google. For 18.5 years my focus was not on college and I figured I would just start from scratch after I retired from the Navy. As I dug around I learned what an IDIOT I am/was for not doing this sooner!

About 2 weeks ago I went to a college fair on base. I met with the Navy College Counselor and discussed my long term plans/goals. Eventually I will attend law school. At times I think a Tier 3/4 school is my future, but my lawyer really thinks I need to apply to the University of Virginia (ranked #7 Nationally). All that aside, my focus is on my undergrad. With 20 years military experience in electronics, communications and IT, with CompTIA A+, Net+ and Security+ certifications, I have "shopped" my military transcript to potential universities. I approach this like I would buying a house or a car, what will they give me for a "trade in" and what "bells and whistles" are they offering? I am starting in the Comp Sci avenues, but finding that the Psychology programs will get me to law school a semester faster! I am certainly seeking a direct route to law school, transferring as many military credits as possible while still getting a degree with course rigor from an accredited brick and mortar school. Cyber law is something I have considered and aligns with all my experience.

I am working with:
Troy University
Thomas Edison
Regent University
Old Dominion University
UMUC
SNHU
Liberty University
St Leo University

General consensus is that my military experience transfers in as electives courses and clears all the electives from the degree plans, leaving General Ed and Core the credits I need to whittle away at. I am here to CLEP some of the General Ed courses.

As you know this forum is a wealth of info. I am finding some acronyms I'm not familiar with, who has the cheat sheet??

Thanks

Kyle