(06-05-2019, 08:43 AM)Old Guy Wrote: Offhand I would think this is not good advice. Excelsior definitely takes courses accredited under the Department of Education umbrella. This is a relatively newer policy (within last 10 years?). You could also try APU/AMU and Liberty. There are likely dozens, if not hundreds more. The cost in application fees is low compared to the time and money lost from walking away from a partial degree.
You have to do the math for each option. Making up 60 credits with alternative credit will cost something less than $2000, plus a few months time. If the alternative is paying high tuition (or taking big loans) at an NA school or getting a degree you don't want, it could easily be more attractive. If, on the hand, you can find a path to the degree you want, use the NA credits, and not spend too much, sure you would obviously do it.
We've seen a lot of people through here pulling their hair trying to use every single old credit they have, when a couple of months and a few hundred dollars would have replaced those old units and had them on their way at one of the Big3.
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Coursera: Stanford Machine Learning (2019)
TESU: BA in Comp Sci (2016)
TECEP:Env Ethics (2015); TESU PLA:Software Eng, Computer Arch, C++, Advanced C++, Data Struct (2015); TESU Courses:Capstone, Database Mngmnt Sys, Op Sys, Artificial Intel, Discrete Math, Intro to Portfolio Dev, Intro PLA (2014-16); DSST:Anthro, Pers Fin, Astronomy (2014); CLEP:Intro to Soc (2014); Saylor.org:Intro to Computers (2014); CC: 69 units (1980-88)
PLA Tips Thread - TESU: What is in a Portfolio?