The same question that every new person asks...

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Hello all, and thanks in advance for your help with my degree plan.

I've looked through a lot of threads and I've found lots of awesome information, but now I'd love to receive some advice on personalizing it.

I currently hold two A.A.S. degrees and a combined total of 174 credits from community colleges.  I am looking for the most efficient way to turn that into a (useful) bachelor's degree (or two.) I will come back tomorrow and add transcripts, I'm having scanner issues tonight.

A secondary goal I have is using my paramedic license to springboard to an RN license through excelsior's associate's degree program. 

I also have some ACE credit from the National Fire Academy and FEMA's Emergency Management Institute. I will be getting quite a bit more by Dec. 2019, and a fair portion of it will be upper division credit.  I will list specific classes I have on my transcript now and those I have been accepted for tomorrow when I post my academic transcript.

Some Degrees that seem both Useful and Interesting to me:

TESU:
BA - Psychology
BA - Liberal Studies with concentrations in Psychology and Social Sciences
BS - Professional Studies
BS - Organizational Leadership
BSBA - General Management - OR - Human Resources Management/Organizational Management
BS - Homeland Security and Emergency Management

If I am reading their policies correctly, I should be able to take the BA - Liberal Studies degree with concentrations in Psychology and Social Sciences then be able to complete the BS - Professional Studies while only having to take the minimum of 24 hours that they require to be different if earning a second bachelor's degree. I feel like that would give me two very well rounded degrees that would complement each other very well.

COSC:
BS - Public Safety Administration
BS - Psychology
BS - General Studies with possible concentrations in:
               Human Resources, Organizational Leadership, Public Administration, Public Safety Administration, Applied Behavioral Science, Religious Studies, or Fire Service Administration.

ExCel:
BS - Business (General Business)
BS - Business (Human Resources Management)
BA/BS - Psychology
BS - Homeland Security and Emergency Management - Agency Management
Associate's Degree RN (I plan to take this without regard to completion of the bachelors)

WGU:
BS - Business Management
BS - Business - Human Resources Management

I filled out a FAFSA in January and I am eligible for around 5000 $ in grant money. I would like to spend that before we roll into the next academic year, as I doubt that I will have that much grant money in the coming year.

What should my first move(s) be?

If I have a bachelor's will I be able to get federal aid for the associates RN degree? (Do I need to finish that first to get the most opportunity to use federal grant money?)

Should I knock out all of the courses that I am obviously going to need before I talk to an advisor?  I.E. A.C.E. credit for gen eds I know I have to take no matter what.

Will the colleges allow me to continue adding ACE credit after I am "officially" a student there?

Which degree(s) should I pursue? 

You can see how crazy this is driving me... LOL