Options for bumping up GPA

[lillingworth]

Back to your original question, the only way to bump up your cumulative GPA is to take courses where you get a grade. You can see what you would need to raise it (how many credits you need to take receiving an A or a B or whatever) here: Learn how to improve GPA (I wish this said the name of the website which is GPACalculator.net so it doesn't look like I'm spamming you).

I'm not sure if UExcel exams still give grades or not, but you could check on that.

TESU is not the best way to do this, as they are very expensive (around $1500/course). But there are plenty of online schools or correspondence courses that you can take to get grades that are a lot less expensive than TESU. U of Arkansas Self-Paced is $480/course, CSU-Pueblo Indep. Study is $495/course, Univ of Idaho IS is $510, BYU Indep. Study is $534, LSU Distance Learning is $728. And there are online schools that will be fairly reasonable.

You might also consider doing a degree somewhere other than TESU with a competency-based degree like WGU, Patten, Capella, U of Wisconsin Flex, or something like that. Not sure what they all do about grades, but if you can find one that will give you a GPA, that might be a good option for you.

Now, on to something else you mentioned. If it's been a while since you have been on these forums and since you got a degree, the good news is that there are a TON more options now to "test-out" of a degree. Between Straighterline & Study.com, you can take most of your courses for roughly $100/course online, and never set foot in a testing center. There are also free courses (Insurance Ethics, TEEX, NFA), and very inexpensive options (ALEKS math for $20/mo, Saylor courses are free but the exams are $25, Shmoop is $85/mo for unlimited courses) that are also completely online.

Check out the Beginner's Guide - some of which is outdated already - but it will give you a good place to start. http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...llege.html

Thanks! There's definitely many more options. Last time I was here I think it was only CLEP, DSST and FEMA. SL was just starting to gain momentum.

I checked out that GPA calculator. Seems I need 142 credits just to bump up .2 points. I think I may just have to accept my current GPA.