Question for my 17 year old

[rlw74]

First off, what degree does your daughter want? A BALS is okay, but there are more subject degrees available now than there were when you got your degree in 2018. If she wants something specific, that'll dictate which school might be best.

She is considering something liberal arts related - either psychology / communications /english or something of that sort. 

UMPI is more popular/affordable than any of the Big3 right now, but you must be at least 20 years old to get a UMPI degree. TESU and COSC both require at least 30 RA credits (the capstone and cornerstone count for 6, so your daughter would need at least 9 more RA credits). COSC is not really recommended for most students.

She plans to finish up an associates degree from the community college - in either communications or psychology. So, she should have the 30 RA credits. 
Does UMPI ever make exceptions on the age? TESU used to discourage younger students too, but exceptions did happen.

Excelsior is slightly cheaper than TESU, but they do require at least 30 UL credits. Not everyone wants to do that, so TESU's 18 UL total (15 + capstone) can be more attractive. There are suggested degree plans for TESU here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...ts_Roadmap

For LL courses, we usually recommend Sophia because it's now $79/mo. for all-you-can-complete. Except, don't take Sopha's English Comp. If your daughter decides to go for TESU or COSC, we usually recommend ONU ( https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Ol...University ) for inexpensive RA credit. It's hard to beat $50/credit! Olivet also has some UL courses that can work for BALS, History, or English degrees.

I will definitely check out those options! Are they all accepted at TESU and UMPI?

SDC is usually recommended for UL ACE credit. For business degrees, Davar has NCCRS courses. Coopersmith has courses for Psych and a handful of other subjects.

Oh wow - back when I was taking courses SDC was mostly LL ACE credit. I got in when the SDC Psych courses were still being accepted as UL but I was one of the last ones to have that approved. I think they downgraded them to LL a month or two after I graduated.

One more question about UMPI - I just printed off some of their degree plans. I don't see where they list what gen eds are required. It just says you need a certain number of credit hours of gen eds. Does this mean anything works?