My TESU enrollment goals and a few questions

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I need to enroll with TESU and finish my plan if I want to graduate on time. Unfortunately, I got a really bad cold a few days ago. I am slowly getting better but my voice is almost gone and I can't even really talk. Should I anticipate any interactions over the phone with TESU? Can everything be done via form submissions and emails? 

Here are the steps I am going to take and what I would like to achieve, hopefully talking on the phone is not required but if it is then I will wait until I am 100% better. It would be nice to get the ball rolling though.

My steps:

1) Create Profile online at TESU & Pay $75 to apply online.

?) Sign up for FAFSA at steps #1 or #2. (this can take up to 6 weeks I think)

2) Submit transcripts from ACE. (this takes a few weeks?)

3) Email TESU counselor and tell them how I would like my credits to be mapped (I have read about others doing this in advance).

Okay, I need help with this next step.

4) I want to first get my Associates Degree and later within this same year finish my Bachelors without paying the residency waiver twice. Is getting an email
    from the TESU staff good enough proof? Do I need to go out of my way to document this or is this just a standard policy of theirs? Do I need to make it clear upfront that I plan to get both an Associate and Bachelors degree?  I am trying to understand if there is something specific I need to do to make this happen?   

When I log into the TESU student portal will it show my academic progress and remaining requirements for just the Associate Degree (since that is my 1st goal) or will it show my progress and remaining requirements for the Bachelors degree? 

Thanks.