Advice needed with Admission and Foreign Transcripts. TESU.

[rachel83az]

I'm not familiar with how things work with the South African school system. You say you don't get a diploma but do you at least get a "leaving school certificate" of some kind? If not, you may need to get your "high school transcripts" (the A Levels and IGCSE) evaluated by an accepted institution. WES is one but there are others. It would be a good idea to have this done as soon as possible so that you can apply to TESU. If they are going to update their catalog, they'll do so on January 1st and already being a student means that you won't have to deal with any changes to which classes are or are not required.

History happens to be one of the more difficult degrees to get. One of the best sources for certain credits is a DSST test that is not currently available (because of the pandemic) to students who are not also members of the American military. This can result in the degree being a bit slower and/or more expensive than it would otherwise be. It doesn't necessarily mean that you should choose a different degree but it is something to be aware of.

While you are waiting for your evaluation, the best thing to do would be to sign up at Sophia and take everything EXCEPT College Readiness and the Foundations courses. This advice applies to any TESU degrees now. But, for a History degree, completing all of Sophia will grant you just over 80 credits and mean that you're about 2/3rds of the way towards completing your degree.