Pierpont or UMPI

[evanmonast]

you can transfer UMPI transcripts at any given time as long as you have at least 1 posted grade.

Pierpont is awesome, however, slow. By the time you wait for Pierpont to confirm your Associates you can be done with the one term at UMPI and just need 1 or 2 more terms to get a full 4 year degree.

The question is really up to you. After Sophia do you want to settle for just an Associates, or do you want to go all the way and do a 4 year degree?

That's my fear. As long as UMPI offers those courses I need through YourPace I will eventually get my BACJ. If they don't offer those courses I might stall out after my associates due to financial concerns as I wouldn't be able to afford UMPI's actual tuition like I would YourPace's tuition. 

I just figured I would get my associates now while I wait so I can update my resume and get a better job but it's looking like UMPI would get me there faster.

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@evanmonast, you have energy/time on your hands, you blasted through so many credits in a few days, I am amazed.  There are so many different ways to play your current credits, it all depends on personal preference on what you want to do.  Since it's a waiting game, it's best to use that energy/time to get more things done while waiting for evaluations.  This is how I would play it out...

1) Complete your remaining Sophia.org, InstantCertCredit and Study.com courses, I would take an extra InstantCertCredit and Study.com course to bump your credits up to 90 from the 84, as you have an extra exam to use for Study.com membership, don't waste it.  The extra InstantCertCredit would be just an extra nominal fee...

2) There is no correlation between the Pierpont and UMPI degrees, you can apply to both and do the required courses at the same time, in fact, get your Pierpont application/transcripts in -  finish what you need as per step #1, then apply to UMPI with all 90 or so credits, you can see what is missing/required and remaining for the BACJ.

3) Pierpont will take months to get you the degree ready for graduation, you may even finish your UMPI BACJ beforehand.  You will need to take at least 2 terms at UMPI as not all courses are offered in the same term.  I suggest getting as many as you can completed for the terms.  Finish off Pierpont ASAP, at UMPI apply for March term wait for acceptance...

4) When you're done with the first 3 steps above, it'll be a waiting game - While you're waiting, you can maximize your learning, you might want to complete some free or cheap credits, certs, etc that is found on the forums or wiki in my signature.  I even suggest doing some Google or TEEX certificates, whatever to keep the brain working.

Note: Another alternative or option you may want to look into, instead of the Pierpont BOG AAS, you may just want to skip it in favor of the UMPI AALS with no emphasis, you get that FREE without the need to send transcripts to Pierpont, as all your transcripts go to UMPI already.  Apply to UMPI BACJ as the main degree, email them after acceptance to add the NON Yourpace AALS as a secondary program.

I had no idea that AALS was an option, I might end up doing that. I'm pretty sure I will be done with Sophia by new years and then hopefully done with Study/Instantcert by the latest February in the worst case scenario. Then hopefully UMPI offers all 13 of those courses in the March term so I can be done haha. 

But yeah I've applied to Pierpont already I'm just impatient waiting for acceptance so I guess we'll see who gets me in faster Pierpont or UMPI