Advice needed fastest path to a degree

[tman7479]

Thanks for the tip about passing a higher level class and getting credit for a lower level one. I'll try to track down that policy. I did pay the $75 app fee and I've been admitted and they have 2 of my 4 transcripts already. The 2 Universities I went too sent them fast and the 2 CC's I went to seem to be on no set time frame to send out a transcript. I ordered one from MATC to TESU about 3 weeks ago and it still hasn't shown up.

I definitely can't afford the TESU tuition being out of sate. I'm going to try and pay for tests, etc. with some extra money out of my paychecks and I'm going to start putting money aside to pay the residency fee.

I'm definitely excited about this route because i thought I was going to lose a lot of credit (for example Patten did an evaluation and only gave me 30 provisional credits out of my 99).

I will post an update after I get my evaluation back from TESU and I'm considering applying to CO too.

Thanks.

Your Pell will hardly cover 1 class at TESU, if you attend TESU full time, you'll have to go into debt to do it and pay enormous tuition- seems silly when you can cash flow a degree from TESU pretty easily over a year or so. Tests are usually under $200, so that's what I mean by cash flowing your degree. Study- pay - test - repeat. I paid for my BA using coins in a jar, not exaggerating.

TESU will award full value for any and every AP exam you earned 3 or higher.

They also have a policy in their current college catalog- you'll have to check, I've only got a second before I'm leaving for vacation lol, but if you complete a higher class (Calc 2) you can be given automatic credit for Calc 1 - now I don't know anyone who has done that, but it's written in their catalog, so you can and should ask for it.

Depending on what you choose, you can possibly test out of your upper levels. The difference between fast and VERY fast in the test out world is months, not years. Slow here is 2 years for a 4 year degree. Fast is a year or less lol, so when you say fast, it's all fast here.

When you choose your degree, know that some won't have test out options, so you'd have to take a full length class- others here more current on degree planning can help with that, but some are more test-friendly than others. How you fill those remaining credits it the trick.

One last thing, when people have no to little credit, the world is their oyster. Since you already have a LOT of credit, my advice is to pay the application and transcript fees, get an evaluation by TESU and see where you are. You only have a handful of classes/tests left, you wouldn't want to make a mistake at this stage.

Good luck and welcome!