Life reboot, Credits inside,

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I originally wrote a post a few weeks ago about the issues I was having at my job and how I was trying to deal with them relating to my ability to finish my degree. My position was eliminated before I finished my original post…. Long story short, I had a job at a private university in the IT field that gave me access to free bachelors and master’s programs. I was really interested in the Masters programs and now those are out of reach. I mean if I want to go into six figures of debt I could still apply after I finish my Bachelors program but I don’t feel that is worth it. And yes it is possible I would not pay retail price after scholarships and everything but it is also possible I would have to pay the retail price.

This is where I am at now. I am on term break with WGU completing the Cyber Security and Information assurance program. I have 13 class’s to take with Project+ and Network+ included in those. I also have all the TEEX class’s completed that I wasn’t able to transfer in originally. I’m debating withdrawing from WGU and reapplying to the Cyber Security Program, the IT program, and Business of Information Technology Management Degree.

As much as I did want to finish my original degree I think it will take me to long for my timeframe. No one is hiring during this time, and I would love to grab another university job but without some degree I know I won’t make it past most HR departments.

The reason I’m thinking about the basic IT degree is speed, and the business degree I might actually like more. I like putting together purchase orders and working with departments and vendors to complete projects. Even though I only started into this work before I was let go, it’s something I enjoyed more than the routine things. I like working on projects with people and trying to bring people together. Granted maybe I would have grown to hate it if given more time, but I’ll never know, attached are my class’s to complete at WGU and my overall credits.

Any advice about how I should tackle this would be appreciated. I'm not opposed to getting my degree form COSC either, I guess I'm looking at speed and cost, the sooner I get this done the better. I'm not opposed to using Study.com or Sophia if I go the charter oak route, but it seems like WGU would still be the quickest.

Hey, there! I know it's a crazy, rough time right now. I'm very sorry you were laid off. If I understand correctly, you have about 97 credits. Have you looked into TESU or Excelsior? I've also heard great things about COSC. If you can, I'd get some initial credit evaluations done and see where you land at all 3 institutions. You may find that you are much closer to a bachelor's degree than you think. I will say that, so far, I have found Excelsior to be very lenient about the credits they take. It would be hard to know this, since they aren't very transparent or clear about their transfer policies. I've had an excellent experience so far.

I have not attended WGU, so I'm not entirely clear on their structure. Is it self-paced, or are you stuck in classes for several weeks? My first recommendation, of course, is to take absolutely anything you can (that is applicable) with Sophia right now. All of their courses are FREE. I finished my first course in a week! And they can be done much faster, I was just pacing myself. So, if you're looking for speed, that's definitely the way to do it. I know others will have better recommendations for you, but those are mine.

Consider Excelsior and Sophia. That's where I've found my luck so far.