Clarification on “free” add-on Associates degree

[Mccderm]

Thank you for your response as it cleared up most of my confusion about the associates add on. I belive I'm going to obtain the add-ons for ASNSM in CS and business administration, 1 other Associates (can I get ASNSM in math and an another associates degree?) and 2 bachelors in CS and Finance. I do have a few more questions about the suggested plan as follows:

ASNSM in Math & Computer Science + ASBA are fine.

1. I'm currently enrolled into another college. I would like to attend the college I'm currently enrolled at, after I complete theses degrees at TESU. How should I go about this? Should i talk to an counselor at the school about this? 

Most universities have kind of wacky rules about not allowing students to earn extra degrees after you've earned one (or more) at another school. If you want to go to another school after TESU, definitely find out what their award of extra degrees policies are.

2. Why would I apply to TESU 1st? Is it because when I earn credits from ACE credits (like study.com, etc), and I'm enrolled into TESU the credits would be accounted for?

If you don't apply & fully enroll at TESU, they could change the catalog and/or policies to make it more difficult to get a degree. Example: Once upon a time, you could get FEMA credits for free and transfer them to TESU. While it is still possible to get these credits, TESU no longer accepts them. Students who transferred in these credits before the change would have been able to use them for their degree.

3. About enrolling into TESU, I understand that after the application proccess I have the option of taking a course or TECEP as suggested to be considered fully enrolled. However, I'm having trouble understanding when to enroll. Do I consider the deadline as its on January 3, and register b4 so I won't be considered late for registrating? And/or my birthday as you've suggested as my birthday (turning 20) is after the deadline?

Unless you already have a bunch of RA credits, I'm not sure it's worth applying right now. Policy changes are usually announced at the beginning of the year and the beginning of July. Catalog changes are usually announced in July. If you're not going to be 20 before January, plan on enrolling by May/June at the latest.

4. How should I plan for financial aid (Fasa) when I take the 30 RA credits? As some needs to be earned by taking TESU courses from my understanding.

I can't help you with most of that, but since you qualify for FAFSA, you might be interested in earning FREE credits from XAMK and other Finnish universities. You can get a bunch of credits for free and then only pay for the evaluation fees. It'd be $200 for the first university transcript evaluation, $100 for each subsequent transcript evaluation. Each evaluation can, theoretically, have an unlimited number of credits on it. So you could possibly have 30+ credits at a cost of $200. (Most would probably be electives.) Way cheaper than most US credits. Saves the FAFSA money for TESU.

I see now why I need to enroll into TESU. Though I wonder about my high school transcript. Would I send it to TESU for them to evaluate and accredit some hs classes (I took) that would account for TESU course? Such as hs college algebra and precalculus, would be accounted as credit for those courses at TESU.