Brand New here - Looking for some Direction

[kirby1088]

I submitted my transcripts to Excelsior, and am looking for a way to get a bachelor's degree the fastest with all of the credits that I have already completed at college prior. When I first submitted them I said that I would try for a Bachelor of Science - Liberal Arts but am not sure that is the best degree to do with the credits I have. Also if someone could help me with what my next steps should be, because like I said I am brand new here. Thanks

Symbol Courses Applied Credits Level Depth - Transferred credit into Excelsior
BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

• H SPCH*120 TECHNIQUES OF SPEECH 3.0 L
  
• #ENGL*102 ENGLISH COMP II (1ST 7 WKS) 3.0 L
  
• HIST*201 U.S. HISTORY I (2ND 7 WK) 3.0 L
  
• CSCI*192 INTRO PROG LOGIC (ONLINE) 3.0 L
  

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRI AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE

• M MATH*1550 AN GEOM & CALCULUS-I 5.0 L
  
• NS CHEM*1201 GENERAL CHEMISTRY 3.0 L
  
• PSYC*2000 INTR TO PSYC 3.0 L
  
• SPAN*2102 INTERMED SPANISH 3.0 L
  
• ASTR*1101 THE SOLAR SYSTEM 3.0 L
  
• SPAN*2155 SPAN TEXTUAL COMMENT 3.0 L
  
• CHEM*1202 GENERAL CHEMISTRY 3.0 L
  
• MATH*2090 ELEM DIFF EQ & LIN ALGEBR 4.0 L
  
• EE*2120 CIRCUITS I 3.0 L
  
• EE*2231 ELECTRONICS LAB I 2.0 L
  
• EE*2230 ELECTRONICS I 3.0 L
  
• EE*2720 DIGITAL LOGIC I 2.0 L
  
• MATH*2057 MULTIDIMENSIONAL CAL 3.0 L
  

They say in order to complete the liberal arts degree I would need 21 Total Arts and Science Credit, 47 Any Academic Area Remaining, and 34 other credits for a total of 102 of the total 120 which seems very high.

[mednat]

I submitted my transcripts to Excelsior, and am looking for a way to get a bachelor's degree the fastest with all of the credits that I have already completed at college prior. When I first submitted them I said that I would try for a Bachelor of Science - Liberal Arts but am not sure that is the best degree to do with the credits I have. Also if someone could help me with what my next steps should be, because like I said I am brand new here. Thanks

Symbol Courses Applied Credits Level Depth - Transferred credit into Excelsior
BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

• H SPCH*120 TECHNIQUES OF SPEECH 3.0 L
  
• #ENGL*102 ENGLISH COMP II (1ST 7 WKS) 3.0 L
  
• HIST*201 U.S. HISTORY I (2ND 7 WK) 3.0 L
  
• CSCI*192 INTRO PROG LOGIC (ONLINE) 3.0 L
  

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRI AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE

• M MATH*1550 AN GEOM & CALCULUS-I 5.0 L
  
• NS CHEM*1201 GENERAL CHEMISTRY 3.0 L
  
• PSYC*2000 INTR TO PSYC 3.0 L
  
• SPAN*2102 INTERMED SPANISH 3.0 L
  
• ASTR*1101 THE SOLAR SYSTEM 3.0 L
  
• SPAN*2155 SPAN TEXTUAL COMMENT 3.0 L
  
• CHEM*1202 GENERAL CHEMISTRY 3.0 L
  
• MATH*2090 ELEM DIFF EQ & LIN ALGEBR 4.0 L
  
• EE*2120 CIRCUITS I 3.0 L
  
• EE*2231 ELECTRONICS LAB I 2.0 L
  
• EE*2230 ELECTRONICS I 3.0 L
  
• EE*2720 DIGITAL LOGIC I 2.0 L
  
• MATH*2057 MULTIDIMENSIONAL CAL 3.0 L
  

They say in order to complete the liberal arts degree I would need 21 Total Arts and Science Credit, 47 Any Academic Area Remaining, and 34 other credits for a total of 102 of the total 120 which seems very high.

Do you have a preference for Excelsior? COSC and/or TESC will likely be cheaper/faster/easier. Most of your credits look like general electives (with some extra EE credits), that leaves the path wide open for your degree type. What field do you work in (or want to work in)?

[kirby1088]

I am not set on Excelsior, I just already had my transcripts sent to Excelsior. Currently I work in Computer Security, as a Sales Engineer for a Antivirus company. Can I have excelsior transfer my information to COSC and/or TESC or do I have to have the original schools send it again.

[Prloko]

I submitted my transcripts to Excelsior, and am looking for a way to get a bachelor's degree the fastest with all of the credits that I have already completed at college prior. When I first submitted them I said that I would try for a Bachelor of Science - Liberal Arts but am not sure that is the best degree to do with the credits I have. Also if someone could help me with what my next steps should be, because like I said I am brand new here. Thanks

Symbol Courses Applied Credits Level Depth - Transferred credit into Excelsior
BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

• H SPCH*120 TECHNIQUES OF SPEECH 3.0 L
  
• #ENGL*102 ENGLISH COMP II (1ST 7 WKS) 3.0 L
  
• HIST*201 U.S. HISTORY I (2ND 7 WK) 3.0 L
  
• CSCI*192 INTRO PROG LOGIC (ONLINE) 3.0 L
  

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRI AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE

• M MATH*1550 AN GEOM & CALCULUS-I 5.0 L
  
• NS CHEM*1201 GENERAL CHEMISTRY 3.0 L
  
• PSYC*2000 INTR TO PSYC 3.0 L
  
• SPAN*2102 INTERMED SPANISH 3.0 L
  
• ASTR*1101 THE SOLAR SYSTEM 3.0 L
  
• SPAN*2155 SPAN TEXTUAL COMMENT 3.0 L
  
• CHEM*1202 GENERAL CHEMISTRY 3.0 L
  
• MATH*2090 ELEM DIFF EQ & LIN ALGEBR 4.0 L
  
• EE*2120 CIRCUITS I 3.0 L
  
• EE*2231 ELECTRONICS LAB I 2.0 L
  
• EE*2230 ELECTRONICS I 3.0 L
  
• EE*2720 DIGITAL LOGIC I 2.0 L
  
• MATH*2057 MULTIDIMENSIONAL CAL 3.0 L
  

They say in order to complete the liberal arts degree I would need 21 Total Arts and Science Credit, 47 Any Academic Area Remaining, and 34 other credits for a total of 102 of the total 120 which seems very high.

I'm not sure if Excelsior has an equivalent (check into it), but I believe one of TESC's technical degrees would make much better use of your math and EE credits. Bachelor of Science in Applied Science and Technology | Thomas Edison State College or you can select one of TESC's programs with lots of free electives.

[dfrecore]

I would agree that TESC's BSAST-TS would be a pretty good fit, so would the BA in NatSci/Math.

You have to apply at TESC and send your transcripts in yourself. That will be the case for any school you apply to. You have to make the requests for the transcripts yourself, and pay a fee to have them sent, and the school receiving the transcripts must receive them directly from the school sending them.

[kirby1088]

Perfect, I just initiated the sending of transcripts to TCEC. After the receive it, they should then show me which classes I will get credit for, then I can head down one of those 2 recommended paths. TESC's BSAST-TS or the BA in NatSci/Math. After getting that far I just look up the tests that correspond to my required classes correct?

[davewill]

Perfect, I just initiated the sending of transcripts to TCEC. After the receive it, they should then show me which classes I will get credit for, then I can head down one of those 2 recommended paths. TESC's BSAST-TS or the BA in NatSci/Math. After getting that far I just look up the tests that correspond to my required classes correct?

I'm sure you did, but remember to apply to TESC before they receive your transcripts!

[kirby1088]

I did remember to apply prior! haha

[dfrecore]

Perfect, I just initiated the sending of transcripts to TCEC. After the receive it, they should then show me which classes I will get credit for, then I can head down one of those 2 recommended paths. TESC's BSAST-TS or the BA in NatSci/Math. After getting that far I just look up the tests that correspond to my required classes correct?

After they do the eval (about a month after they receive all your transcripts), they will post it to your MyEdison account, and you can look at it. You can run the what-if scenario between the 2 degrees to see which will work better for you. The first thing you'll want to look at is how many credits you get, and the second (and probably more important) is how you will get the remaining credits. You can just make a spreadsheet of both degrees, and plan out where you will get the remaining credits, including cost, and see where you stand at that point.

If you post your eval after it comes in, for both, we can help you figure out the remaining credits.

[EI2HCB]

I am not set on Excelsior, I just already had my transcripts sent to Excelsior. Currently I work in Computer Security, as a Sales Engineer for a Antivirus company. Can I have excelsior transfer my information to COSC and/or TESC or do I have to have the original schools send it again.

Kirby

This depends, Excelsior offers a service were they give you a specific transcript (the name of it I think is "one transcript" although I don't have the details in front of me right now) that covers everything you submitted to them but its around
$300.00 or so, which means its convenient but probably more expensive than just having the original schools send it over to COSC and so on. I also doesn't mean that COSC or TESC will give you the same credit that Excelsior will do so. Make sure you check out my POAG posts on this forum regarding tuition discounts at Excelsior, although our Stalwart here Sanantone gives a good indication why TESC might be better value.