Bobsleigh - Degree Planning Advice - Help Please

[Bobsleigh]

Hello. I want to give an update to the situation or rephrase its purposes, since it rambled on so much.

I have the New River CTC A A S Degree in Board of Governors now after doing one Microsoft Apps course. I did not go to Pierpoint CC due to no responded in time, as it was close to start dates, I think. But I did get the Paraeducator Concentration on the transcripts, so I have some credit for the education courses I had accumulated. New River CTC did require at least one course for their A.A.S. in Board of Governors, but it was just my favorite all time course. 

But then later on, I thought, finish the AA in Child Studies at AMU/APUS since it only needs 4 courses and I found that APUS is now RA so the courses are more relevant than, when I was there before they were NA.

Now, I need CHFD308 to finish this AA Child Studies (mostly social physiological and environmental psychology of early development).

But guess what, I was browsing through their AA Interdisciplinary Studies and 2nd degree information and found that I already qualified for it, even years ago or at the least with the New River CTC course.

But APUS says I can't just leave the current degree plan and pop back in later, maybe but maybe not, they say. They say to finish the current degree plan then I can be awarded the AA Interdisciplinary Studies next.

I'm thinking, the A.A.S. is not so useful unless going to UMPI which in my case is not looking so cost effective due to their reputation for YourPace  slow grading speed and opening of next classwork, which I had some frustration with that at Walden U TEMPO Learning, And UMPI has a routine of junior level courses that probably have to be satisfied. I think the UL courses is what I rather need and direct them toward Athabasca U, Excelsior, Big 3, or APUS, even though also the National University JFK Law School is RA according to Athabasca U and 3 graduate level course credits transfer to them as 4 credits of 300/400 but to Excelsior U it would be 3 for 3 transfer. 

At any rate, if finishing the current AA Child Studies at APUS, I will have 9 UL credits plus 3 credits that transferred from a 200 level as a 300 level with APUS. 

I would need 21 more UL credits for Athabasca U BGS which and possibly the BLS at Excelsior U where I think I would need less than Athabasca U due to their capstone is  UL course for 4 credits, I ? think. Ironically, Excelsior needs less UL courses overall to transfer, when counting their capstone course?

I'm doing okay at APUS but their BA CHFD degree would need more courses than the alternative routes and I don't have much future funding.

So that is the progress I have made and will need to have completed 30 UL courses in any case 

On a side note, I have most of my coursework from Itawamba CC who , when checking, said I needed a College Algebra course to have a reverse transfer AA General Studies from them, but if I ever have to have a College Algebra course, then that is at least a degree to show for my work, time, and expense. I was an A.A.S. in  Child Technology /General Studies due to their instructor listing me in that major but it was courses that I could pass and served their purpose. But to finish that degree would be an on-campus for 3 courses for 3 semesters including a Practicum. 

I said above that I had 64 credits before New River CTC  but that was just at Itawamba CC but I now recall it was  101 total, but not all of the lot would transfer to any one school since APUS RQ295 is it's required new student course. Now I have 110 credits but 104 likely transferrable with a  C or higher. I had GPA 3.57 institutional at Itawamba CC, 3.08 transfer, 3.40 overall. Now I am at GPA 3.89 at APUS. 

I have the associate degrees lined out now in the progress I made, thinking they would help me when I didn't know I already qualified for the APUS AA Interdisciplinary Studies. 

Now, the puzzle continues on whether I stay at AMU/APUS where I do okay but am tired of writing about same rephrased and applied coursework on child development psychologist. 

I kind of feel that writing for law is a step up since I don't have great cognitive recall for math nor technology. 

ACE courses might work out on the Big 3, APUS, or others. JFK Law should also, even if it is a CalBar law school. But I recently realized, it could help obtain a bachelor's degree which could be applicable to an ABA law school that are hybrid online, or a Master of Laws degree or wherever the path leads. It is a step by step route that is available, perhaps.  I could take psychology or whatever but the funding is not available to start over. 

This then is where it comes to find the path I can take to victory and be first in history of some of my direct family tree to higher education, even if am now 60. Apologies for typos as the screen jumps when using the cell phone on the edits.

If there was a benefit in having multiple associate's degrees, I suppose it would be to show a foundation in a future degree or continue into psychology, social work,  management, legal advisement, etc.