AF Commission with TESU Degree

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Congrats! I called a Navy recruiting station and told them I had a BA-LS degree with a 4.0 GPA from TESU. They stated that I would be competitive should I apply for OCS. So, people can easily commission with a degree from one of the Big 3. The wait times to start OCS seem to be long though.

Thank you!  And yes, it's similar for the AF.  They're recruiting officers heavily so there's now a backlog after acceptance to attend OTS, about one year.

Yes. I know study.com grades don’t feature on the transcript. Which is why I am preparing an excel sheet with my course grades, and calculating the cumulative GPA. Study.com has sent me a transcript with all my percentage grades. So, like you say, I can present this, if the question arises during an interview. However, my question here is in response to the other posts, which only talk about TESU GPA. Did they not face questions about the GPA from other courses?

GPA/lack of graded credit was never questioned during the process.  It is simply verified by personnel specialists on the transcript once your application is submitted.  I am prior enlisted and my Commander already knew me so there was no formal interview.  I'd say this is largely the same for many prior enlisted.  Coming in as a civilian, however, it could come up.  I would doubt it though, but have an explanation ready.  There's no written requirement for a certain amount of graded credit.  Are you considering applying?  I'd talk to a recruiter if so.

Just an FYI, at TESU and COSC, you have to take the cornerstone and capstone; at EC you have to take the capstone, but they look to be adding a cornerstone in Jan 2020.

Also, TESU has raised their prices multiple times, so they are the most expensive of the Big 3, but they are probably the cheapest for active-duty military ($5,800 max, but that includes 34 courses at $100 each, and many of those can be gotten for free through CLEP & DSST, and cheaper through OD, Saylor, TEEX, etc.).

So cornerstone and capstone now.  That's unfortunate, were does it end?  Using military tuition assistance you can still come out nearly free, only paying the graduation fee and for any non-CLEP/DSST alternative credits.