Putting It All Together—Suggestions/Tips

[Merlin]

Personally, I just use several different spreadsheets, with the most important one being my degree plan. It has several tabs, one for each degree (AS and BS) and another that I use to keep track of the courses I still need to take, along with a running credit total to show how close I am to being done.

In addition to the degree plan, I also have other spreadsheets that I use to track which courses are available from different providers and how they are expected to be evaluated at my school. I used this to help plan out where I want to take each course. I also refer back to it to adjust my course as new options appear and old ones change or disappear.

When I first started, and again when I came back after a hiatus, I spent at least a month reading through the current forum posts and searching the archives for information relative to my educational goals. This was invaluable and reduced the number of questions I needed to ask while creating my own degree plan.

As for bookmarks, I also maintain a list of education bookmarks, but those are mainly for educational resources I don't want to lose track of. I haven't really bookmarked any threads. I find it easier to just do a search if I need to reference old threads.

Honestly, the best reference sources are the folks here on the forum. If you have questions that you can't find the answers to on your own, ask on the forum and we'll try to help as best we can.

Hopefully that helps. Good luck!