Please help me map out a good degree path and navigate fin aid.

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Thank for all for your brilliant advise! It's really helping me on my way to almost carving out a path.

I think I will pursue the Comp Sci degree from TESU. Is there any way to tag on an "easy" minor/concentration with that? What are my choices? Could it be IT/Business/Cyber security?

Finally, I really like the idea of WGU because it will give me a more streamlined path and process and then I can transfer to TESU.

Can I apply one semester to WGU, use fafsa funds and earn all the certificates I am confident in getting quickly then transferring all of that to TESU and use the state funds for TESU? Would I be allowed to do that? Or fafsa only covers one school per calendar year?

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In the meantime, you can get the FREE Pierpont BOG AAS. 3 credits in Communications - take Visual Communications from Sophia. 6 credits in math/science - take College Algebra and/or Environmental Science and/or Human Biology (it looks like you have 6 credits of Statistics, but I'm not sure if Pierpont will count them all). 3 credits in Social Sciences - covered with Psych 101 and/or Sociology 101. 3 credits in Computer Literacy - Should be more than covered.

At Pierpont, the IT Support Professional Certificate should be worth either 12 or 15 credits (depends on if they've updated since the certificate was renewed). Google Data Analytics should be worth another 12. Assuming the worst (12 credits for IT Support Professional + 12 credits for Data Analytics + no transfer of Basic Statistics), that's 51 credits. Add 3 credits from Visual Communications + 6 credits of math/science and you're at 60 total credits. Maybe snag the free IBM Cybersecurity certificate from TADA to 100% be sure that you've got at least 60 credits. Collect your BOG AAS for $99 (for Sophia) plus the cost of your existing college transcripts.

Thanks Rachel. I am reluctant to do pierpont. First, how "reputable" would this aas be? I might as well go right for the BA, no? Would it hurt me in any way in so far as collecting financial aid? Can I transfer that aas into TESU without penalty? By that I mean perhaps TESU not allowing me to pick up a concentration/minor because I already have an AAS? Or financial aid not covering me as much as I need in other schools?