New guy looking for feedback on TESU History BA

[mysonx3]

I see you've gotten a lot of good advice in this thread, and to be honest I'm having a hard time following all of it to know where you still need advice, but a few comments:

1. While taking natshar's advice and trying to do 16 credits in one term isn't a bad idea and would probably save you some money, you wouldn't get your full $6k-ish grant that way, you'd only get half (because you'd only be taking classes during one term)

2. For Upper Level recommendations, here is what I took:
- Coopersmith Eastern European Jewish Immigration
- DSST History of the Soviet Union
- Study.com American Civil War Era
- Study.com Causes and Effects of the Vietnam War
- TESU Historical Methods
- TESU Capstone
None were all that hard (well, the Capstone is a lot of work, but you have to take that). Probably the easiest one was Coopersmith - just studied their PowerPoint for a couple days and passed with a 98. I also took a Psych class from Coopersmith (I'm a double-major) and it was the same way, so I feel pretty confident recommending them (and, as mentioned by dfrecore, Study.com has a handful of upper level history classes)

3. Yeah, not sure about Blueprint Reading counting as a GenEd. I'm guessing it won't, but you won't know for sure until you get an evaluation. Getting enough GenEd credits shouldn't be a problem though, since its such a broad category.

4. Thinking about what the Pell Grant will cover is the wrong way to think about it, since the amount of money you get isn't really predicated on how much you have to pay. The right way to think of it is: how much money will I have to pay, and how much will the Pell give me? As long as you take 6 credits in a term and that term doesn't overlap with another term for which you're getting financial aid, you'll be able to get your full dollar amount (no idea how the GPA thing effects that, though)