04-20-2017, 08:04 AM
Time to give an accounting once again!
Today I finished my second TEEX computer course. I don't need it for the BALS, but I need more than two hours in computer applications for the Pierpont BOG A.A.S. which I decided to go for. I know an associate's degree isn't really necessary, but it can't hurt. And since the one course I needed to get it was free, and the degree itself is free, I saw no reason not to try. Also, since I'm paying $25 for the College Board to send my AP English scores to up to two colleges, I figured why not?
And about those AP scores. If they are more than four years old, you have to fax a request to the College Board. This is not so easily done in Southeast Asia. I ended up going to the main Post Office here in Phnom Penh to get it done. It was an experience. (Yes, I know there are apps that will fax scanned documents, but I wanted that piece of paper that says the fax was sent.)
As for the BALS, the AP scores should knock out my freshman English requirements, so that's six credits. When I get paid at the end of the month, I will sign up with Study.com and finish Public Speaking and American Government, and then pay the extra $70 to get World Religions knocked out. I've already started studying for Saylor's Environmental Ethics, so that'll be done in May as well. Which will just leave the capstone. I've secured a loan for the capstone and the residency waiver fee, so basically everything is in place for my end run.
It'll be weird to be finished. I started this impossible thing 16 months ago not *really* believing it was possible, and now I can actually see the finish line just a little ways in the distance. Haven't really wrapped my head around that yet.
Today I finished my second TEEX computer course. I don't need it for the BALS, but I need more than two hours in computer applications for the Pierpont BOG A.A.S. which I decided to go for. I know an associate's degree isn't really necessary, but it can't hurt. And since the one course I needed to get it was free, and the degree itself is free, I saw no reason not to try. Also, since I'm paying $25 for the College Board to send my AP English scores to up to two colleges, I figured why not?
And about those AP scores. If they are more than four years old, you have to fax a request to the College Board. This is not so easily done in Southeast Asia. I ended up going to the main Post Office here in Phnom Penh to get it done. It was an experience. (Yes, I know there are apps that will fax scanned documents, but I wanted that piece of paper that says the fax was sent.)
As for the BALS, the AP scores should knock out my freshman English requirements, so that's six credits. When I get paid at the end of the month, I will sign up with Study.com and finish Public Speaking and American Government, and then pay the extra $70 to get World Religions knocked out. I've already started studying for Saylor's Environmental Ethics, so that'll be done in May as well. Which will just leave the capstone. I've secured a loan for the capstone and the residency waiver fee, so basically everything is in place for my end run.
It'll be weird to be finished. I started this impossible thing 16 months ago not *really* believing it was possible, and now I can actually see the finish line just a little ways in the distance. Haven't really wrapped my head around that yet.
TESU BALS Humanities, thanks to this place!
The mind is willing, but the wallet is weak.
The mind is willing, but the wallet is weak.
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