05-28-2021, 03:12 PM
(05-28-2021, 02:17 PM)dfrecore Wrote: A competency-based degree is ONLY cheaper if you can complete it within a certain timeframe. If you're even 1 class short, you'll be paying for an entire extra term! Which could easily make that degree more expensive than the previously thought more expensive degree.
but the great thing about wgu is the 6 month term
so if "life happens" in the middle of a wgu term that's a lot better than it happening in the middle of a tesu term
the extra months also help if you procrastinate like I'm doing LOL
I absolutely hate writing papers - WGU's English Composition 1 requires 4 papers -- each one 2 to 4 pages
now because I hate writing I have put this off and put this off and put this off
one week I might write 3 sentences and then "I AM SO BORED"
I do nothing for the next two weeks
then I write 3/4 of a page
then nothing for a week
and so on and so on
if I did this at TESU or Excelsior or LSU or even study.com I'd keep getting incompletes and have to keep reenrolling and spending money
but with WGU I can be lazy and keep putting it off with no problems (is that a good thing?)
in the mean time I can do courses I'm actually interested in
> I think the better option would be the Big 3 where you can transfer in almost everything but the cornerstone and capstone.
but you still have to pay for the courses you're transferring in
yeah, with Modern States and Sophia the costs of the transfers may not be huge, but even if it's just $50 per credit that's $5700 and even if its just $20 a credits its $2280
then you still have to pay for the 6 credits at TESU which is $3000
everyone's different, but I'd rather just pay the one fee at WGU and do as many (or as few) courses as I like and not have to think about it
I'd say the absolutely best thing about TESU is the flexibility
6 required courses, one required capstone and SIX ELECTIVES !
https://www.tesu.edu/heavin/ba/computer-science
that is awesome !
with WGU you're locked into the curriculum
you can transfer a bunch of courses in or take them there, but you have no leeway in electives for your major