I was wondering if anyone knows why you cannot get federal financial aid to attend Excelsior. Apparently COSC offers it...I'm not sure about TESC though. Just curious if anyone knows the reason...

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Hi, I'm Robert
58.33 Traditional classroom credits
6 CLEP credits so far...Scores:
Info Sys & Comp. Applications-63
Intro to Sociology-70
Going for either BA in History or BS in General Business (or both) from Excelsior

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Brian R. Fey Sr. +
M.S. - Psychology
B.S. - Criminal Justice
A.S. - Administrative Management

I know u can't get loans but im am fairly sure you can take a life time learning credit on your taxes. Which in my tax bracken is like a 20% discount.

Well, the short answer is that they are not a Title IV school. They are regionally accredited. My understanding is that most regionally accredited schools qualify under Title IV for federal financial aid. Why doesn't Excelsior? I spent a good hour and a half searching the web one night trying to figure it out. No luck. For me it doesn't matter as they are the most affordable and flexible anyway. Take a shot on the web and look up Title IV and Excelsior and see what you see. At some point I'll ask an advisor over there but I usually just think of things like this when everyone is closed...

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Michael

CLEP - ISCA 68, Sociology 72, Psych 73, A&I Lit 61, HG&D 65, Ed Psych 70, Marketing 72, Management 69, Macroeconomics 63, Microeconomics 67
DSST - Intro to Comp 66, MIS 61, Supervision 67, Counseling 58 - no study!, Personal Finance 67, Statistics 60, Criminal Justice 57, Ethics 58, Finance 63 (All A's at EC)
COC - 2007 (Community College) - Acctg I&II 10c, Work/Study 4c, Intro to Research (Info Lit req) 1c, Society and Rock & Roll 3c, Fund of Music 3c, Guitar I & II - 4c, Bass Guitar I - 2c
ECE - Ethics (A), HRM (B), Organizational Behavior (B) | CSU - Operations Mgmt. (A) | TECEP - Business Policy 80 (CR)

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