Welcome to an exciting journey!
It's your choice on when you apply to TESU. I favor applying right away, but you can certainly gather credits first and do it later. The argument for doing it sooner is to lock in the catalog so that requirements don't change on you later. The argument for waiting goes that you will probably want to fill up your transcripts and pay to send them in once so why bother applying until then.
I personally found it both comforting and inspiring to send in transcripts periodically and see my credits on my official academic evaluation. Also CLEP and DSST will let you send your score to one school for free at the time you take the test, but you can't if you aren't yet a student.
It's your choice on when you apply to TESU. I favor applying right away, but you can certainly gather credits first and do it later. The argument for doing it sooner is to lock in the catalog so that requirements don't change on you later. The argument for waiting goes that you will probably want to fill up your transcripts and pay to send them in once so why bother applying until then.
I personally found it both comforting and inspiring to send in transcripts periodically and see my credits on my official academic evaluation. Also CLEP and DSST will let you send your score to one school for free at the time you take the test, but you can't if you aren't yet a student.
NanoDegree: Intro to Self-Driving Cars (2019)
Coursera: Stanford Machine Learning (2019)
TESU: BA in Comp Sci (2016)
TECEP:Env Ethics (2015); TESU PLA:Software Eng, Computer Arch, C++, Advanced C++, Data Struct (2015); TESU Courses:Capstone, Database Mngmnt Sys, Op Sys, Artificial Intel, Discrete Math, Intro to Portfolio Dev, Intro PLA (2014-16); DSST:Anthro, Pers Fin, Astronomy (2014); CLEP:Intro to Soc (2014); Saylor.org:Intro to Computers (2014); CC: 69 units (1980-88)
PLA Tips Thread - TESU: What is in a Portfolio?
Coursera: Stanford Machine Learning (2019)
TESU: BA in Comp Sci (2016)
TECEP:Env Ethics (2015); TESU PLA:Software Eng, Computer Arch, C++, Advanced C++, Data Struct (2015); TESU Courses:Capstone, Database Mngmnt Sys, Op Sys, Artificial Intel, Discrete Math, Intro to Portfolio Dev, Intro PLA (2014-16); DSST:Anthro, Pers Fin, Astronomy (2014); CLEP:Intro to Soc (2014); Saylor.org:Intro to Computers (2014); CC: 69 units (1980-88)
PLA Tips Thread - TESU: What is in a Portfolio?
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