Major career change, cosmetology to MSW/LMSW

[natshar]

You might have more done than you think. If you have AP credits than you already have college credits. You said you dropped out after a semester. Did you complete any courses?

Also Michigan has the Michigan reconnect program. FREE community college if you are over 25. You could use this to take a few courses like maybe Intro to Social Work or something, might make things easier with grad school. Also maybe take your lab science in person too. And maybe even some of the pysch courses that can't be done via study.com or sophia. Just a thought. You could get an associate's degree with as little as 15 credits at CC (if you found one that accepts 45 credits by exam and used AP and CLEP for the rest. You don't have to do this because it is an extra step, but it might be at least work doing Intro SW at CC to be sure this is a career path you want to pursue. I know a good deal about Michigan CC's and have earned associates degrees from a few of them, message me for more info on that. I feel like I know their policies better than some of the people who work there, especially when it comes to exam credit. Message me if you need help with navigating Michigan CCs.

https://www.michigan.gov/reconnect

I would recommend the UMPI Psychology BA with a human services minor. You could also earn a certificate:
Gen Eds: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UMPI_!General_Education_Requirements_Roadmap

Major: https://www.umpi.edu/yourpace/academic_programs/ba-psychology/

Human Services Certification: https://www.umpi.edu/yourpace/academic_p...ification/

Human Services Minor: http://catalog.umpi.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=6&poid=642&returnto=225

To obtain the Human Services minor you'd need one more course SWK 236 which maybe you could transfer in or get waived with a similar course sub or something. Or just forgo the Human Services minor and just do the BA Pysch and certificate.