Yet another request for advice on schools.

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Ahem <burp>, had to get that out of my system, thank goodness it wasn't a fart...  So, you're a young'un at the tender age of 23-27 or something, you don't seem to have much in terms of certs or experience, just starting off your associates degree, and wanting to ladder that up to a higher degree such as a Bachelors.  You have a big set of goals and have a direction of getting to that, but seem a bit lost on "how" to proceed.  

I agree (without knowing much more about you such as your commitments, family/work, etc... you might want to give us more details my friend) competency based degrees may NOT be for you at this time, I think you're a great candidate for the Big 3, especially when you want to go, for Accounting/CIS.  My suggestion for the 15 RA credits are whatever you currently bring to the table at the community college, plus whatever else is missing for your "degree".

My suggestion is to take a BSBA Accounting/CIS double AOS, take 16 credits for residency and skip that residency waiver fee.  The 15 remaining RA credits you need to bring in through community college, ONU/TEL, UEXCELS/TECEPS.   I would skip the Pierpoint AAS and just add an ASNSM Computer Science to your degree plan at TESU, the CIS AOS will cover those credits just fine.  If you want to add an ASNSM Math, that will work as well (total cost for both AA/BSBA is what dfrecore mentioned)...

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Oh, in regards to getting a second WGU BS ITM, skip it my friend... go for the WGU MS ITM instead!  I highly recommend everyone to get a competency based Masters vs a second bachelors, as the second bachelors is going to cost roughly equal or similar as the Masters, but the Masters will trump a Bachelors any day of the week.

haha I honestly laughed out loud to hat first sentence. Thanks so much for your explanation!  I really like this plan as I have been leaning more towards CIS but also accounting. And I like the recommended supplemental ASNSM in computer Science. I notice people are saying to skip TESU's waiver how exactly does that work with regards to FASFA? Also I was wondering does AOS mean area of study? sorry for so many questions.