08-12-2020, 04:02 PM
After you apply, you have 1 year to enroll and to become a TESU student. In general, it's a good idea to apply and to send in what credits you have approximately every 6 months (around December 1st and May 1st, give or take) because catalog changes usually come on January 1st and June 1st. If your credits are on your transcript, they will still count even if TESU stops taking them for whatever reason while you're a student.
To become fully enrolled (which is highly recommended because it grants you unlimited incoming transcript evaluations from TESU), all you need to do is to take one class or to pay for a TECEP. A TECEP is essentially TESU's version of CLEP and the cheapest one is medical terminology for $50. This does not need to be done immediately.
Due to the pandemic, the CLEP/DSST route is NOT going to work right now. Most testing centers are closed. But that's okay because you can still complete a degree with ACE credits and TECEPs done from the comfort of your own home.
Unless you take 16 credits with TESU, you will have to pay the residency waiver and graduation fees at some point before graduation. However, you should NOT do this until you are about to graduate.
I have never talked directly to an advisor. It's actually recommended that you not talk to them unless absolutely necessary. They have a tendency to insist that you have to take classes through TESU and/or are not always fully aware of what ACE options are available.
The best thing for you to do right now is to sign up for Sohpia.org and take all of their classes except Foundations and College Readiness. They will all transfer in either as general ed credits or electives. Even if it takes you 6 months to complete Sophia, that's about $6.00 per credit. Even better if you can find someone to go halvies with you on a yearly subscription. There is a thread on this. That'd bring the cost down to less than $1 per credit (about $75 for one year vs. $79/mo). The annual option will only be available until the end of August.
Again, these are credits that you MUST have anyway, so you might as well get them inexpensively through Sophia rather than paying at least $20-30 per credit elsewhere.
To become fully enrolled (which is highly recommended because it grants you unlimited incoming transcript evaluations from TESU), all you need to do is to take one class or to pay for a TECEP. A TECEP is essentially TESU's version of CLEP and the cheapest one is medical terminology for $50. This does not need to be done immediately.
Due to the pandemic, the CLEP/DSST route is NOT going to work right now. Most testing centers are closed. But that's okay because you can still complete a degree with ACE credits and TECEPs done from the comfort of your own home.
Unless you take 16 credits with TESU, you will have to pay the residency waiver and graduation fees at some point before graduation. However, you should NOT do this until you are about to graduate.
I have never talked directly to an advisor. It's actually recommended that you not talk to them unless absolutely necessary. They have a tendency to insist that you have to take classes through TESU and/or are not always fully aware of what ACE options are available.
The best thing for you to do right now is to sign up for Sohpia.org and take all of their classes except Foundations and College Readiness. They will all transfer in either as general ed credits or electives. Even if it takes you 6 months to complete Sophia, that's about $6.00 per credit. Even better if you can find someone to go halvies with you on a yearly subscription. There is a thread on this. That'd bring the cost down to less than $1 per credit (about $75 for one year vs. $79/mo). The annual option will only be available until the end of August.
Again, these are credits that you MUST have anyway, so you might as well get them inexpensively through Sophia rather than paying at least $20-30 per credit elsewhere.
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