Yet another request for advice on schools.

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Financial aid will not pay for the residency waiver at all. bjcheung77 has some posts about how to maximize your financial aid, especially while pursuing multiple degrees. If you're doing two degrees that each require a different capstone (which the CIS and Comp Sci degrees do), then the simplest answer is to split the one 16-credit term into two or three 9-credit-terms. When you have financial aid, this can work out to be cheaper than taking all of your courses elsewhere and paying out of pocket. 

If you're doing CIS and Computer Science, you're going to want to finish your CIS degree first because of how TESU deals with degrees. It is allowed to get both degrees at once, but TESU tries to heavily discourage it for no particular reason except that they both happen to have computer courses in the AOS. If you do two 9-credit terms, I would probably do the cornerstone and BSBA capstone during the first term and then the BA capstone during the second term. If you do three 9-credit terms, you'd probably want to do the cornerstone & any desired UL courses during the first term, the BSBA capstone during the second, and the BA capstone during the third. Because, again, TESU will let you have both degrees. But they're weird about it.

Also, for English Comp II, it's strongly recommended that you take the TECEP exam for $150. Or, if you live near a CLEP testing center, take the CLEP College Composition exam. These are the easiest/quickest ways to get your English Comp II credit.

I read this response earlier and have been thinking of how I would respond once I have free time. I honestly can't thank you enough you've given me more information than my advisors in community college would with an appointment lol. Straight to the point as well as  different ways to approach. I really feel like I can do this. Now to just figure out when and where to start lol. And I totally understand life always has its surprises and curveballs, but I wish you the best and eventually you will have it finished