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Thank you for your reply it gave me some much needed info. I need some generals to finish as well is sophia still free? I want to take a similar route as you just have some hesitations. Do you know if all unis accept this degree for a masters program?

Sophia is still free until July 31st. Some courses can be finished in just a few hours. Others will need more time to complete. The English Composition and Public Speaking classes are especially time-consuming because they require work to be completed and graded before you can advance properly. I would advise completing as many as you can in the next month. On July 30th, you'd sign up for the remaining courses that need to be taken. As long as you are signed up before the 31st, the courses will be free. Sophia gives you 2 months + a 1 month extension (if needed) to complete a given course. That gives you approximately 4 months from today to complete 24 courses. If you can complete at least 2 a week (which most people should be able to do), you'll be able to do this.

A lot of universities accept at least some Sophia credits, so even if you don't end up going to TESU then it'll be handy to have them completed. 

Master's programs are a little bit trickier. I know that universities can be a bit picky about what they take and what they don't take. I also know that there are programs out there that will accept a TESU degree for their Master's programs, but I don't know that it's strictly necessary if your focus is on programming/software development. In the US, a BA is usually sufficient (when it's even requested) for those types of jobs. I am not in the US; I want to get a job in a country where the more documentation you have, no matter your skill level, the more likely you are to get a job. I'm planning on getting at least one degree from ENEB/Isabel I for this reason.

If you want to get a Master's for your own reasons, that's fine. Nothing wrong with more learning! But, assuming you're in the US, don't think that you have to have a Master's to have a career in programming.

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Almost forgot, if you're going to do Sophia, you should probably start with US History II. It's set to "expire" at the end of the month. It will likely get renewed, but just in case it doesn't it's a good idea to have it finished before the 30th. Public Speaking is also set to expire, but there's no sense trying to rush through that in 5 days. If it doesn't expire, there's an easier Study.com course that will slot into TESU's public speaking requirement.

Speaking of which, if you are pretty sure that you want to attend TESU, it would be a good idea to apply now and put in for the Study.com discount. This discount gives you discounted in-state tuition, even if you don't live in New Jersey. Unfortunately, this discount is going away on July 1st. You won't be able to get an actual Study.com transcript to TESU before the discount expires, but it's worth a shot to try to apply for the discount anyway. Without the discount, non-resident tuition is about $3100 for the required 6 credits. With the discounted resident tuition, it's about $2275 for those same credits.

For sure that sounds like a great plan I may do the same. How did you know what courses to take? Did you enroll first then work on sophia and study or are you planning on enrolling after you complete your courses? I want to do a masters at Georgia tech partly because I want a masters and also just in case I have trouble getting employed with the bachelors from TESU which judging by many posts here shouldn't be a problem. I was messaging with another user on here and he mentioned that many masters programs won't accept the credits from study or sophia or other websites that are equivalent. Do you have insights on that? Which masters program are you trying to get in to and have you contacted them already to confirm. Just a little lost right now on what to do because it is far cheaper to complete most of my classes on study and sophia but if universities for masters programs dont count those I dont wanna waste my time if that makes sense. I really appreciate the time your taking to help me out btw!