Hi! Prospective law school student. Need 30-ish credits to graduate within 6 months.

[CaughtInTheRye12]

I’m looking for some guidance and advice for planning out the completion of my degree. I’m an old forum member from 15 years ago or so. Currently applied to TESU but I’ve been out of the CBE game since about 2010 and their graduation requirements have drastically changed since then. I have 40 FEMA credits that are apparently useless nowadays. That set me back about 30 or so elective credits from earning a quick Liberal Studies degree at TESU. I’m open to any and all options. I would like to raise my GPA if possible but it’s not absolutely necessary.

Las Vegas Nevada USA
Age 42:
Bachelor of Liberal Studies or any BA/BS that is quicker and more affordable. My goal is admission into a 3-year ABA approved ONLINE law school JD program so the BA/BS degree concentration does not matter at all.:
Current Regional Accredited Credits:

College of Southern Nevada

Total Credits: #27

ANT 101, Intro to Cultural Anth, 3, B

AOJ 102, Intro Criminal Justice, 3, B-

ENGL 101, Intro to Writing CC, 3, D

SPAN 211, Second Year Spanish I, 3, B+

SPAN 301, Advanced Spanish, 3, D

GOG 110, Physical Geography, 3, D

GOG 211, Meteorology Climatology, 3, B-

GOG 230, World Geography, 3, B

MUS 212, History of Rock Music, 3, A


Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:

ACE CREDITS:

ALEKS COURSES

Total Credits: #27

Course name, credits, grade

ALEK-0001, Beginning Algebra, 3, CR

ALEK-0002, Intermediate Algebra, 3, CR

ALEK-0003, College Algebra, 3, CR

ALEK-0004, Col Algebra w/ Trig, 3, CR

ALEK-0005, Pre Calculus, 3, CR

ALEK-0006, Trigonometry, 3, CR

ALEK-0007, Intro To Statistics, 3, CR

ALEK-0008, Business Statistics, 3, CR

ALEK-0009, Stats For Behave Sciences, 3, CR


Course name, credits, grade

ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Spanish

ACTF-0005, 12 credits, CR


CLEP Exams:

College Spanish Levels I and II, 12, CR

Analyzing and Interpreting Literature, 6, CR

English Comp w/ Essay, 6, CR


DANTES/DSST Exams:

Personal Finance, 3, CR

Environment and Humanity, 3, CR

Technical Writing, 3, CR

Here’s To Your Health, 3, CR

Substance Abuse, 3, CR

Human Cultural Geography, 3, CR


Any certifications or military experience? Nevada & Utah Supreme Court Certified Interpreter (Spanish).

GPA 2.75
LSAT 148 (Taken in 2009 without studying whatsoever. Have a private LSAT tutor now. Retesting in April 2024)

Budget: As cheap as possible. I have been accepted for financial aid. Hopefully less than $8,000. I have a max of $10K in financial aid coming my way in a few weeks. I'd like to go the cheapest route possible, but will consider spending more for easy and fast.  
Commitments: None really. I work from home on my own schedule. I will begin studying full-time for the LSAT soon though.
Dedicated time to study: I can study as much as is needed during the week or weekends as long as my schedule is free. I estimate at least 3 hours every weekday and on the weekends, maybe 6 hours, total would be roughly 15+12=27 hours or slightly more.
Timeline: Finishing the courses required for the degree as fast as possible would be ideal. I would like to finish within 6 months or less so as to allow me to begin law school in August 2024. Tuition assistance/reimbursement:Not applicable.

I am a professional voice actor and self-employed. I’m also an excellent test taker and prefer testing out over long-term commitments to a class. I have ADHD and take Rx medication for it which helps me to slip into an almost “manic”, hyper-focused mode for weeks at a time. This is what allowed me to earn 80+ credits during a nine month period in 2008-2009 when I used to frequent this forum a lot. I have a sort of photographic-esque memory and can recall just about anything that I’ve read before or seen (i.e. textbooks, movies but not audiobooks). I hate “busy work” that has little to nothing to do with the course. However, I have also earned 27 math credits via ALEKS self-paced courses and I hate and suck at math Lol So I’m not ruling out UMPI and their YourPace courses at all. I have a gift for, but generally dislike, writing.


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