Sophia Encouragement

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I only transferred 2 courses to CSU Global and saved $2100 and 8 weeks per course. I spent about a week total taking each course, but I'm also a full-time student at CSU. If I was in between trimesters I could have done each course in just a few days. I'm also taking some courses I took 20+ years ago to get my associates degrees. I figure at leas this way I have a free update and know this stuff inside and out. I am going to grad school next summer so I need to have my act together. If it wasn't for Sophia, I would have to take the courses through StraighterLine and spent a few hundred bucks. Not a lot of money, but still more than free and the exams are more complicated there.

It really is unbelievable, and I'm so glad I found this board. I'm only going for an associate's as a "check the box" in case I end up on the job market again. I'll be 57 this year, and those stupid ATS black holes don't even allow you to submit an application unless you can check the degree box. But even that wouldn't be possible without Sophia and all the other things I found on this board, like The Institutes and CMSLearn. Now suddenly I have a chance I never would have had otherwise. Maybe I'll go for the bachelor's one day too, but baby steps.

Thanks to all of you, and I hope to learn enough that I can help others the way you've all helped me. 

  That's awesome monchevy! Baby steps. Get your associates degree so you have that piece of paper. You'll be half way to a bachelor's degree. You can earn most of that through alternative credit sources as well. This forum has so much info available on it and people have completed their bachelor's degree while taking very few courses at an actual college. They have saved tens of thousands!