Advice needed to finish BALS @ TESU

[germ]

If anyone can give me any advice on the questions listed and the attached file of my BALS path I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you in advance!

1. I need English Comp. 2 - SL
2. Gen. Ed. Elective - What works with SL? or Study.com for residency waiver?
3. How do you get the residency waiver?
4. Capstone...When do I go to TESU and ask for it?
5. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!

Thanks again!
G

[davewill]

The residency waiver is a fee you pay in lieu of taking 16 units at TESU. It is paid when it's time to graduate. The Capstone is a course you have to take at TESU in order to earn most degrees there.

The process with TESU is first to apply ($75 fee). After that, you can send in any old transcripts you have from other schools. TESU will process them and create an academic evaluation that shows where each transfer course fits into your degree. Meanwhile, you can take needed courses and tests from other sources (SL, Study, CLEP, DSST, Saylor, CC, etc...). you continue to send transcripts to TESU as you want. Sometime within a year of your acceptance, you want to take something from TESU in order to become an enrolled student and lock in your catalog. It can be your Capstone, or it can be a TECEP (actually a good, inexpensive, source of credit).

When you are close to graduation, you register for the Capstone course through the student portal, and take it. When you are ready, you apply for graduation, pay the graduation fee and the residency waiver fee.

Study.com has an affiliate relationship with TESU that saves you some serious cash. The residency waiver is discounted from $2500 to $1800, the Capstone course fees go from $1497 to $1098, and the required 1 credit cornerstone course is waived ($300 savings). You just need to take a course with Study.com. It's a no brainer to make sure you get at least one course done there. If you get the Guardian scholarship, you can get 6 free courses from Study.com and qualify for the affiliate pricing.

[germ]

(Sometime within a year of your acceptance, you want to take something from TESU in order to become an enrolled student and lock in your catalog. It can be your Capstone, or it can be a TECEP (actually a good, inexpensive, source of credit).
Study.com has an affiliate relationship with TESU that saves you some serious cash. The residency waiver is discounted from $2500 to $1800, the Capstone course fees go from $1497 to $1098, and the required 1 credit cornerstone course is waived ($300 savings). You just need to take a course with Study.com.)


So take the Gen Ed Elective at Study to get the discounts and then register for the capstone at TESU. IF I take the Gen. Ed. at SL and another random course at Study do I still get the waivers and discounts from TESU? I still get the discounts right?
Thanks for your help!

[davewill]

So take the Gen Ed Elective at Study to get the discounts and then register for the capstone at TESU. IF I take the Gen. Ed. at SL and another random course at Study do I still get the waivers and discounts from TESU? I still get the discounts right?
Thanks for your help!

Yes, I think you would get the discounts no matter what course you took at Study.com, but you might as well take the GenEd elective you need at Study.com since they have plenty of choices. Also, go ahead and start your Study.com membership before applying to TESU so that you can just tick the Study.com box on the application. Simpler than trying to add the affiliation after the fact (although you certainly can).