Literal First Step? BS@TESU I just need to start find myself procrastinating.

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TESU only transfers in the courses - not the grades. It doesn't affect your GPA with them. However, there are minimum grades required for some courses. If you didn't pass them they probably wouldn't be counted toward your degree plan. It doesn't hurt to send them over if you aren't sure. It takes TESU about five to six weeks to add them to an evaluation after you pay your application fee. By then you could probably fly through all the free courses, take the ALEKs courses and maybe start with another course elsewhere. I suggest applying for the Guardian Study.com scholarship which will give you six free courses. I started with all that and just added what I needed through other providers afterwards.

As far as applying it probably depends on how long you think it will take you to finish up. Some people can fly through everything in a year so they go ahead and apply and get the courses transferred over and approved. You can also wait until you get closer to being done but there is always a chance a course might get downgraded or they change the degree entirely. I was a transfer student and only need around 40 credits. I finished 45 in 12 weeks. I had a lot of free time though. Someone working full-time or with less expertise in an area might need to study longer or spread out their courses more. If you plan to take TECEPs (which technically enroll you at TESU) go ahead and do it. It doesn't hurt anything and you only need one TECEP to stay enrolled for a while. It is also pretty cost effective. You can apply, send over ACE transcripts, take a TECEP every six months or so and be a fully enrolled students with access to academic advising. Its a win-win situation and doesn't affect your timeline at all.