CPA Reqs and Coopersmith/Study.com

[Sunnydaze]

If the classes are going to cost $1400... and they should be RA credits...

I would just sign up to take classes at UMPI. All-you-can-finish in 2 months for $1500 and they're RA credits! Plus, you can get an actual Accounting degree with UMPI. Unless you have tuition a reimbursement/discount that only applies for Excelsior, $519 per credit x 3 credits each for cornerstone & capstone + $1400 for classes is waaaay more than you'd spend on a UMPI degree.

I wish I could do this!  I'm in a weird place right now.  I'm 40 now, but in my 20s I changed my major a lot, took out extra student loans for housing, etc. I returned to school recently and I used the little bit I had left at WGU. GenEd classes were easy to accelerate, but I need about a month per class especially now since the classes are a bit harder and I have many other obligations. At my current pace, I need about 2-3 more terms. If my credit wasn't bad, I'd apply for a private student loan or private loan for those terms.

That $1400 is about 7 courses and going to be spread out over the next year and when I get to Excelsior, that will be paid for with the payment plan. If I eat ramen and talk my ex-husband into keeping the kids more, I may be able to afford doing this concurrently so I can finish faster. I would go UMPI but there's no way I'll finish all my courses in 2 months either. For a tougher course, I think the longest I took at WGU was about 3 weeks. But if i go to work early or stay late to study there, I may be able to knock that down a bit.

Edited to add my options. I'm coming in with about 100 credits: about 60 Arts and Science LL credits from CC/WGU and about 40 Business from WGU:

• A: As above. Spend $1400 on Coopersmith and Lawshelf classes. Transfer to EU to complete degree. Graduate CPA ready. (I did some digging and correspondence courses and P/F courses are OK as long as they appear on a RA transcript!)
  
• B: Only take the required courses for a $10k MS at Emporia State: Int Accounting 1 and 2, Taxation and Audit. Transfer into EU, graduate.  
  
• C: I haven't put too much thought into it, but another option I was thinking about was going a NA route just to get a degree. Then find a school that I can get a RA Masters from that will accept it. That way I can get my promotion soonish and then be able to use student loans for the MS.