Please help me figure out if my plan to transfer into UMPI makes sense

[catlady]

@catlady, Welcome to the board, you have the bulk of the info from the template but it's missing info from the addendum or last post, the more details you provide us, the better.  So, you're a NJ resident?  What subjects interest you?  What was your associates in?  What's your budget, commitments, timeline you want to finish, tuition assistance or reimbursement maximum? Link: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...Area-works

What you're trying to do is a degree from one place and transferring in similar credits to the degree from the second institution, it's repetitive work if you get two degrees with so many overlapping courses.  It should work if you apply to UMPI for the degree and only take those 4 courses for credit, transfer the credits to TESU, and withdraw from the program at UMPI, but I would not suggest it at all.  I don't see the point when you can do the following...

You have enough RA and residency credits at TESU already, if I guess correctly, your Associates was in Business.  Depending on your answers to my questions above...  What you can do is ladder up the credits you currently have and finish a BSBA in any AOS such as Entrepreneurship and CIS.  You can take Management Comm, Marketing Comm, and other "business/communications" courses towards the Entrepreneurship AOS.  The CIS would be a great addition for you.

I have an Associates in Science. I am a NJ resident.
I have enough Pell left to finish my BA Comm at TESU. TESU is a NJ school, which also means I qualify for a resident program for people pursuing their first BA. I thought I could manage to grab the 12 elective credits from UMPO on my Pell money then transfer them into TESU and finish using the resident grant for BA degrees.
Yes I had considered just taking the 4 courses at UMPI and transferring them to TESU then withdrawing from UMPI.
My goal was and is a BA in Comm. I was just trying to get come courses I thought were interesting.
Yes I do have enough residency credits at TESU.
Money is very tight. I have done everything on Pell grant money. I have been out of work (which is why I went back this year, while I recovered from surgery). There is no cash to do it on my own at present, maybe one day down the line.
There's no hurry but with 16 to go I sort of want to finish it.
I'm not ruling out ever pursuing another degree but right now I want to finish this BA and take a little break. 
I have to look at a CIS, I'm not sure what it entails.
Thank you for the questions :-)