This is my first post here, and my grasp of the relative merits of the "big 3" is limited, so please understand if my post seems ill-informed. Any feedback would be appreciated.

I attended college for a few years, back in my late-teens and early-twenties, but I neither finished a degree nor took academics seriously. I doubt that I ever got any grade higher than a C, due to blowing off coursework, poor attendance and the like. Instead, after dropping out I went into architecture, which one can become after 8 years of internship (or apprenticeship, if you prefer). I completed most of the process but in my 7th year I realized that I was temperamentally unsuited to working as an architect.

In the 30 years since then, I've had reasonable success in the art, business and social worlds but have always regretted not having earned at least a bachelor's degree. That brings me here; I'm seriously considering earning a BA through one of the "big 3" (or some similar college). I had first looked into Western Governors, but they don't seem to offer degrees in any field I would be interested in.

My main motivations for earning a BA are the accomplishment, and (laugh if you like) because I've long had a fantasy about attending Oxford or Cambridge for a year or two of post-graduate work, probably reading art history. (The nature of my business would easily accommodate the move to Britain.) Other than those two factors, I don't care about using a degree for my career; I'm an entrepreneur who doesn't require a degree.

Some specific parameters and questions:

1. I don't want to try to use any previously earned credits from 30 years ago, since my poor past performance would drag down my GPA, limiting my ability to be accepted at Oxbridge. I'd be starting from scratch.

2. I'd like to be able to utilize colleges' willingness to award credits through testing and "lifelong learning" as much as possible, to be able to progress through the degree as quickly as possible (no more than 3 years).

3. I want to earn my BA in the fine arts in some capacity (studio art, art history, etc.) I notice that both Thomas Edison and Charter Oak offer degrees in the arts, but it seems that Excelsior does not. Is this correct?

4. Will I need to (or may I) retake SAT/ACTs? -or are they in any way beneficial at one of the "big 3"?

My strengths (if I may be so immodest to list them) are being highly motivated to excel, being reasonably bright, testing well, having decent communication skills and having had considerable and varied life-experience. With all of this in mind, do any here have advice to offer as to what college might be a good fit for me, and how best to expedite the process of earning the degree?

Thanks in advance!

My daughter just competed Intermediate Algebra with ALEKS and we were wondering about the ALEKS College Algebra & Intro to Statistics. Any comments on which of these is more difficult?

My daughter will not be majoring in math or science but since she has done well with math may eventually decide to take both.

Thanks!
Hannah
mama to 8, 2 oldest doing "CBE"

Hello,

I am looking at getting an AS in Business Administration from TESC, and I've figured out that I can either use CLEP or DSST for almost all of the classes except for three required classes that don't have exact exam title matches. I was wondering if any of you have had any experience with this degree and could tell me the CLEP or DSST equivalents for them (or TECEP tests)? The classes are "Principles of Managerial Accounting," "Legal Environment for Business," and "Introduction to Computers."

I was also wondering if anyone could tell me if you can split up credits for a CLEP test between two categories. I need 3 science credits and 3 general education credits. If I take the 6-credit Natural Sciences CLEP test, can I use three of the credits for the Science requirement, and three for the general ed. requirement?

I am planning on doing as many of the CLEP tests on my own and then applying to TESC at the end. I've done five CLEPs so far. (I'm working on saving up money in the meantime.) When I finish the Associates, I'm planning on transferring to a four-year university for a degree in Music. (I'm a music teacher, so I thought that the business classes would be very helpful.) So if anyone has any other advice for me concerning Thomas Edison or earning credit, I'd appreciate it.

Thank you very much.

they used to be called Andrew Jackson

not regionally accredited (r/a)

they have national accreditation with DETC

for one not picky on r/a for the grad level.

does anyone have experience with this school or recommend another like this

their tuition is tempting

Master of Business Administration – Health Care Management - New Charter University

I've taken Intro to Pych, Intro To Socio, Macro & MicroEconomics and I'll be taking Fundementals of Counseling within the next day or two I feel I have the ground work to sit for the Social Science Clep soon. Looking on the forum allot of people say that taking US History is extremely helpful in preparation for the Social Science Clep exam and my question is can someone tell me based on what i've taken to date would I be better off taking US History 1 or US History 2 in preparation, thanks!

Has anyone taken Dsst's "Art and the Western World"?? I have to take it and I am having hard time findign study materials.. Is it hard???

Does anyone who's taken the Information Systems and Computer Applications CLEP have any tips?? This will be only my second CLEP after English Comp...

Do you have to be enrolled to get TESC to move credits on the auto-evaluation? I just realized I already had a class at a local university that should be a substitute for the strategic management. I shouldn't have needed to take the TCEP in the first place. I got a B in the class and it was upper level university credits that they just stuck in "other". I don't want to pay 3 grand enrollment if I can't get the credits for this class either by the TCEP or credit for the class I already took.

Is this typical that TESC doesn't even tell you the score you got? They sent a paper in the mail that just said "no credit", that's it, so I assume it was a fail. Are there any alternative exams for these credits? What are the best books to study for this one?

I took a college algebra class last semester and they used ALEKS so I would assume that they would also accept it for other math classes. Does anyone know? I would prefer calling as a last resort and their website doesn't have any information about it.thanks!