PLA and residency credits

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No the only thing that would be covered is the PLA 100 and 200 courses since they are graded credits. The portfolio fees are out of pocket expenses.

What about the credits that are awarded for the PLA? There is the portfolio assessment fee of $389 for 12 credits and then the credits are charged at $178/credit from what I can tell. Is that true?

I only recommend PLA for hard to find courses. If there's a TECEP or an UExcel(which TA also pays for) that you can get the credit from instead do those. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you're looking at BALS no concentration right? They are plenty of other things to look into first before you go the PLA route. If for whatever reason you still wanna do PLA I can answer questions.

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The pass rates for TECEP's aren't great; I recommend the easiest possible ones: Liberal Arts Math if you're decent at it, Computers, Technical Writing, English Comp if you can come up with a short essay on the fly, etc.  Definitely not UL unless you are a VERY good test-taker.

One specific instance I've heard about: the Network Tech TECEP is supposed to be extremely difficult to pass, but the Network Tech COURSE is supposed to be very easy.

The only credits I need are 15 Liberal Studies AOS UL credits, so all the LL options don't work. Was trying to find a way not to pay the residency waiver - but looks like either PLA (which in the end costs the same as a waiver) or Study.com with the waiver are the best options. Does anyone know if military pays for the residency waiver?

Yes military still have to pay for the waiver.