Transferring credits to study an MBA in the US

[rachel83az]

I think Excelsior might be a better option than TESU for your circumstances - they have a BLS that allows for 60cr of Liberal Arts and 60cr of Free Electives - while TESU is 90/30.  Since almost all of your credits are Free Electives, you need a program that will take those.

My advice, since you already got an eval - apply to both TESU and EC (they both take ECE evals) and see what they tell you.  Then, come back and post your evals from both schools.  We will help you figure out what the best options are.

And remember, it's not what you get credit for, but what you have left to complete that makes the difference.  Always look forward to see what you will have to spend in time and money to get your remaining credits.

That's not accurate, according to my transcripts, only 10% of my credits are free elective, another 10% are optional courses, and the rest (80%) are core and compulsory.

Given that statement, wouldn't it make sense to pursue a Bachelor of science on Mechanical Engineering, to try to get transferred as many credits as possible (due to similarity of programs), so I have less to complete?

I saw this program from SFSU, for example:
https://bulletin.sfsu.edu/colleges/scien...ansfertext

The percentages are valid only for your current degree. If you were to try to get another degree in Mechanical Engineering, a school might look at that evaluation and say that none of your current classes are relevant. Or they're too old to be relevant. It's up to each school to decide. The evaluations are only a guideline.


I would say that a business degree + MBA would be your best backup plan right now. A mechanical engineering Master's might not admit you without a relevant US Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's degree. But getting a relevant ME Bachelor's could be very, very costly. A plain Liberal Arts degree might accept the most of your current credits, but then you'd be missing out on business prerequisites that some MBAs require. Because of this, I would think that a UMPI BABA would make the most sense. You could get it done quickly and cheaply, allowing you to move to your MBA ASAP.