On my WAY!!!

[FMitchell5036]

I just want to say thank you for this forum as you guys really encouraged me to finish my degree. You guys are a wealth of information. My journey to my bachelors degree began over 24 years ago at Montclair State Univ., I attended for one year and then dropped out. I quickly wanted to go back to school but my family was not going to waste any more money on me for my college education. I quickly enrolled in county college and took classes on and off for years with some big gaps in between. I finally learned about TESU (back then TESC) in 2008 and was able to transfer 51 credits from county college and Montclair. I started a few classes but never finished and would drop them because just couldn't find the time because of work and being a single mom. Fast forward to 2015 and I finally take the English Comp Clep for 6 credits after finding this forum and reading posts about fastest way to earn credits.  Again I put school on the back burner because LIFE. I continue working and moving up the corporate ladder but still wanting that degree because I still feel limited when applying to some positions.

 COVID-19 hits in March and I just had started my dream job 2 weeks prior at a multi-national company and it's a leadership position with great potential and executive track. I am sent to work from home until further notice which I am still doing right now. I have a lot of extra time now because my 90 min commute each way is now zero and work is a little slow. I read an FB post that says something to the effect "if you don't come out of COVID with a new skill, you wasted that time" So I decide on May 1 I'm going back to school to finish my degree. I had 57 credits applied towards by degree of BSBA in Gen Mgmt.  I came back to this forum for tips on how to best proceed. My plan before was to take a lot o CLEP's and TECEP's. But after reading all the posts on here, I decide to do Study.com and Sophia in addition to Teceps. Boy did it pay off. I breezed through the classes earning high 80's in most of them. I was finishing a class every few days.

And I'm happy to report that since May 1 when I started my first class I have finished:

8 Sophia courses
7 Study courses
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15 x 3 = 45 cr
             57 already applied
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            102 cr earned

I have earned 45 credits in the last 2 1/2 months and now have 102 credits total. Just 6 more classes to go (18 cr). I'm on track to finish 2 Study.com classes Project Mgmt & Business Communications by next week. I also have registered for the July semester for 2 Tecep's (Advertising & Financial Inst & Markets). I have those tests scheduled for 7/19 and 7/26 to take using ProctorU. And lastly I'm registering for Info Literacy (cornerstone) and Business Capstone next week for the August semester which ends in October. I am on track to graduate in December.

If I can do it, anyone can!!! I'm married with 3 children and working full time. I am so excited to finally finish my Bachelor's and I'm ready to just keep on going. I have always wanted to finish and then get my MBA. Therefore I have decided to apply to some online MBA programs. I'm seriously looking at LSU at Shrevesport and Texas A&M Corpus Christie.

I want to say thank you again to everyone that takes their time to answer questions on here and also thank you to the others asking the questions too.

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