I will be applying for grad school most likely this fall. Doctoral and Master's programs in Psychology.

1. What grad degree are you pursuing/planning to pursue?

I am currently pursuing an MS in MIS at the University of Illinois at Springfield.

2. Why are you pursuing a grad degree? How will it benefit you personally or professionally?

I am doing a grad degree both because I've always wanted to and because I feel like it will help me achieve my professional goals.

3. Why did you choose this particular school to attend (or groups of schools to apply to)? You can leave out the school name(s) if you prefer privacy, I'm more curious about the "why" part.

For my grad degree I was looking for an accredited B&M state university with an on-line presence and UIS met all of these criteria. They're regionally and AACSB acredited and offer close to in-state tuition rates for on-line only students. They also offer several options for completing the program including a capstone, thesis, or project. They offer classes 3 times a year and I should be able to complete my degree by May 2011 provided that life doesn't get in the way.

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Brian in Virginia Beach, VA
Currently enrolled in the MS, MIS program at University of Illinois at Springfield and the AAS, Accounting program at Tidewater Community College
BSBA, CIS, Thomas Edison State College
AS, Social Sciences, Tidewater Community College
AS, Business Administration, Tidewater Community College
AOS, CIS, Southeast College of Technology

Congratulations to all of you for the accomplishments that you are making and have made! I will be 51 yo this month. I finished my Associates in Nursing on my birthday last year, currently working on my Bachelor's in Health Science in Management and pray to be done by this time next year. And the only reason it is taking me a little longer, is that the company I work for is sending me all over the U.S. for further training in my field. My employment has already offered to pay for my Master's when I finish this current degree. I too, had thought about sitting back, but what the heck? If it is paid for and I still have the "education bug", WHY NOT!!

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Dee Pattison

Striving for BHS degree using Excelsior

Psychology of Adulthood and Aging--A
Organizational Behavior--71 (needed 48 to pass)
Criminal Justice--440 (needed 400 to pass)
Foundations of Counseling--62 (needed 45 to pass)

Dee,

you're just a youngster. I am 54, just finished up the last of 51 credits I still needed for my BSBA- Mgmt started in fall of 1973. I WAS going to Marylhurst for MBA, but changed my mind- great school/delivery, just not excited about concentrations. I am looking at Harriott-Watt (?) Edinburgh Business School and would love to read info from anyone. It appears that you CAN do an accredited MBA by testing out. I have read some over on DegreeInfo forum/John Bear, but any input is appreciated.

Thanks, Greg

I'm 18 and will be finished with my BA within a few months and then yes, I do plan on getting a graduates degree, good luck!

I would never lie about my age. I've been 39 for 5 years now.

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Mongoose65
started Excelsior 11/08
BA Lib Studies from TESC completed 10/09:
Transferred in 42 from B&M school.
9 credits from ISM Purchasing certification.
CLEP Humanities 11/08 (64)
CLEP A&I Lit. 11/08 (70)
CLEP Soc. Sci. & History 12/08 (65)
CLEP Natl Science 1/09 (51)
Penn Foster Info Lit 2/09
Psych GRE 4/09 Score 540, 26th %, 0 credits
IAAP CAP certification exam (2 days, 750 questions)5/09 PASSED all 4 exams, 29 credits!
11 FEMAs
CLEP English Comp w/ easay (62)
ALEKS Intro to Statistics (8/09)
CLEP English Literature (69)

I thought it would be interesting to see what graduate schools are being attended or you are planning to attend after getting bachelors at one of the big 3?

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Martha
Home Educating 6 sons & 3 daughters so far
Yes, they're all ours!

While I am not attending the Big Three, I am currently an online student at Ashford University with an expected graduation date of August 24th of this year. With two more CLEP tests to go, I will have received 22 credit hours thanks to CLEP testing. I plan to continue at Ashford with studying for an MBA right after I receive by bachelor's degree.

Rich

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CLEP
Information Systems and Computer Applications - Passed (61)
English Composition with Essay - (56)
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature - Passed (64)
Introduction to Sociology - (60)
Natural Science - Up Next

I have to ask...how did you end up with 22 credit hours? To my knowledge, all of the CLEP/DSST exams are 3 or 6 credit hours...so where did the extra credit come from?

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EXCELSIOR COLLEGE
BS-LS: AoF Admin/Mgmt Studies
0 to BS in under 9 months

EXCELSIOR CLASSES (7 Credits)
College Math (A) Eng Comp (B) Info Lit (P)

CLEP (42 Credits)
A&I Lit-6CH (71) SS&H-6CH (66) Humanities-6CH (65) Mgmt (66) Marketing (66) HG&Dev (61) Info Sys&Comp App (60) Sociology (60) Psych (59) Business Law (55) Am Gov't (50)

DSST (57 Credits)
Found of Ed (67-A) Fund of Counseling (67-A) Intro to Business (65-A) Civil War & Recon (62-A) Tech Writing (59-A) Intro Law Enforcement (59-A) Principles of Supervision (58-A) Org Behavior (57-A) Environ&Humanity (53-B) Anthropology (52-B) Astronomy (52-B) World Religions (450) Substance Abuse (450) Ethics in America (447) HTYH (433) Intro to Comp (432) Personal Finance (422) Criminal Justice (409) Mgmt Info Sys (409)

ECE (21 Credits)
HR Mgmt (A) Cultural Diversity (C) Ethics (C) Organizational Behavior (B) Found of Gerontology (C) Psych of A&A (C) Social Psych (C)

Up Next:
MPA @ AMU stating Sept 09

At Ashford University, Natural Sciences (or any of the sciences) is worth 4 credit hours to fulfill the general educational requirement for a science.

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CLEP
Information Systems and Computer Applications - Passed (61)
English Composition with Essay - (56)
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature - Passed (64)
Introduction to Sociology - (60)
Natural Science - Up Next