Canadian Looking for Degree Advice

[Dr. Canuck]

Hi bjcheung77:
Thanks for the well wishes... it's nice to see another old fart on the forum   .

I hail from NB and attended The University of New Brunswick (UNB).  I don't have a copy of my transcripts on hand just yet, but they are ordered.  My only other coursework is a one-year Diploma in Medical Transcription.

I wasn't aware of Athabasca!  I'm going to have to root through their site.  (Edit: Briefly looked)  The BSG looks promising, although it is a 3-year degree.  A 4-year degree would be ideal, but the closest match looks like the BS in Applied Math which appears to require completing 30 ch of coursework through them - at $820/3 ch.  Eek.  I guess I'd consider getting the BSG then rolling that into a 4-year elsewhere if it made sense.

Sorry for missing your sticky (bad timing!).  Those numbers look reasonable for my budget, thanks for posting them.  The numbers can get confusing, especially when looking at discounts.  I'm assuming those rates are irrespective of residency.

Thanks for the WGU tip!  Good to have options!

Like you (and many others) have said, I should just get my transcripts evaluated by all of them first.  I'll likely apply to all five and update this thread as things progress.

All the Best,
Canuck

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I know that TESU caps how many courses older than 10 years you can bring into the AOS (major), but that's a very small hurdle to jump.  They will take the rest in all different places in Gen Ed and Free Electives, so you're fine there.

Definitely post all of your courses, and we can try to help you figure out which degree at which school might be the best fit.

For fees:

TESU will give you a reduction in fees if you sign up for Study.com.  Sign up (or apply for the scholarship), take a course, and boom, you just deleted the cost for the cornerstone (course is waived), reduced the cost for the Residency Waiver to $1800 (if you pay before 6/30/18) and lowered the cost of the Cornerstone (if registered before 6/30/18).

Application $75
Res Waiver $1800
Cornerstone $1097
Graduation Fee $332
TOTAL COST $3304

Excelsior Multi-Source Option

App Fee $50
Enrollment $1095
Tuition - Capstone $1530
Graduation Fee $495
TOTAL COST $3170

COSC

App Fee $75
Tuition - Cornerstone $1176
Tuition - Capstone $1176
Student Svcs Fee (Semester 1) $275
Student Svcs Fee (Semester 2) $275
Tech Fee $68
TOTAL COST $3045

The costs are very similar, but where you're going to notice the most savings is where your credits will fit.  If you think that you're going to choose COSC because they're the cheapest, but then you find that you have to take 6 specific courses, you might end up paying the most.  Since the costs are SO similar to each other, you are in the driver's seat in terms of where you want to go based on where you'll get the most bang for your buck.

Thanks for the breakdown.  You're right of course - an accurate cost can be hard to approximate without knowing how much credit will be transferred and to which categories.  I guess I jumped the gun creating this thread by not having the transcripts yet.  Still, your advice is appreciated and I'll keep you abreast!

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If you really have that many math credits, then they'll be best used in a mathematics degree.  TESU offers a math major, and COSC offers a math concentration. A lot of your credits will be thrown away at the competency-based schools. If you decide against a math degree, for whatever reason, your next best option is a liberal studies degree at the Big Three or general studies at Athabasca.

That's sort of where I was struggling degree-wise.  Four calculus courses, regression analysis, linear algebra, complex analysis, mathematical modelling, sampling theory, ordinary differential equations, stochastic calculus, plus a handful more I can't think of at the moment... those courses were tough!  It would be nice to get a math degree.  I guess I'll compare those options when the transcripts get evaluated.