Starting school from scratch. 17 years in the construction industry with no degree

[bjcheung77]

Here's a post and thread you want to review, including the links: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...quirements
Note: In order to 'hack & save' this degree, plus get you started with UMPI, your instructions are going to be the following.
Skip financial aid for Pierpont, you want to pay out of pocket, at the end of the journey, you're getting paid to go to school...
Review this thread for more details on Fin Aid: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...-breakdown
This page explains how you'll get paid to go to school: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...ths?page=7

1) Invest in a second monitor for multi-tasking and review open-book materials from ASU & Sophia.org/Study.com
2) Complete the ASU 1 credit class for RA credit, while waiting for grade, work on Study.com classes at the same time
3) Sign up for Sophia.org after the 3 Study.com classes have been completed and waiting for assignment grading
4) Complete all the Sophia.org classes that do not have writing assignments or touchstones first
5) Apply to Pierpont & UMPI today, apply for Pierpont graduation today, send transcripts when done

Dates you need to know and should follow the best you can, send transcripts to Pierpont/UMPI when you're done ASU/Study.com
1) Sign up and complete the ASU 1 credit class right away, it may take only 1-2 days to complete the entire thing
2) Sign up for Study.com today/tomorrow using the link in my bio/signature, you get a month subscription at $75 for 6 credits
Instead of doing all 4 classes that jg_nuy mentioned, you're doing the last 3, the extra exam is $70, finish all 3 in 3/3.5 weeks
3) Sign up for Sophia.org before Sept 15 before it expires exp. 09/16/24 - BTS2024 for 25% off first month 
This is where you complete the bulk of the 90+ credits to transfer to Pierpont and UMPI, two classes open at a time

Note: Oct 4 is the graduation application deadline for Pierpont, you apply at least a week or two early, I would apply for grad today as I mentioned.  Even though you're doing classes for Sophia.org in Sept, you don't need to send them everything by Oct 4, you just need to apply for grad.  You can send the Sophia.org classes once you are done a 'batch' at a time, say 10 classes using Credly.  Try to get everything complete before Oct 15, or third week of Oct and send those in, the latest is end of Oct as they need to go through grad audit beginning of Nov for Dec 2024 graduation.

Please review the Pierpont WIKI here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Pierpont_C%26TC ... Now here's the secret sauce, this is where the calculations or cost come into play where people on YouTube don't tell you and those people who charge $500-$1K with the info we provide on this board, I would skip them as their reference material is out of date most of the time.  As I mentioned earlier, you're getting paid to go to school due to your financial aid, others have tuition assistance or reimbursement, it works the same way.  The calculation goes as follows...

ASU 1 credit course: $25, $15 Parchment Transcript
Study.com, 9 credits $75+70, try to get it done in 3-3.5 weeks
Sopha.org, 1 month $75 after 25% discount with BTS2024 coupon
UMPI 3 sessions at $1700/session, total: $5100 (I'll explain why 3 and not 1 or 2, later)
Total: $5360 for your Bachelors (pending the number of months you need for Sophia.org)
Get this, your Pell grant is a bit over $7300, so let's say it's exactly $7360 - $5360, you're getting paid $2K to get your Bachelors

Here's the kicker, for a few hundred dollars more if you re-use your $2K, if you can finish the UMPI MAOL in 1 session (because you've taken the 3 classes that can go towards the MAOL in undergrad for your Bachelors, to provide you a greater chance to getting this done in 1 session), it will cost you $2300/session, thus, you're paying $300 for a whopping UMPI AALS, UMPI Bachelors, and the UMPI MAOL to finish your journey!  Amazing eh?  Well, not yet my triple tap... there is more in the books!  2 Associates, 2 Bachelors, Masters sounds about right...

Why 3 sessions instead of speed running the 1 session or two? Get more money back if possible, right?  Well, yes/no, just in case, you want to use the money on your educational goals for reference/tracking purposes on that Pell Grant cash, you don't want to use the money on buying an Imac/Ipad or Macbook, etc, if the Fin Aid looks at your records, it's legit to spend the grant fully on your education.  The main reason however is, I want you to get a second Bachelors using those second and third sessions!  UMPI doesn't allow you to graduate two Bachelors at once, it has to be one after the other.

Do the UMPI BAS with PM & IS minors along with the 4 classes that can go towards the MAOL, even though only 3 can be transferred/waived.  Just in case one doesn't go in, you've got another backup.  Your second degree can be a BA in something, Accounting, History, Political Science, Psych, or a BBA with a concentration in Marketing, Supply Chain, or another "management" you're interested in.  You need to get this second degree after the UMPI BAS, it can't be the first degree.  When you apply to UMPI, you need to apply and ask to have two evaluations created, the BAS and the BA/BBA of choice, complete all the requirements for both, but graduate BAS first.