Finished my BA in Liberal Studies through TESC. Motivation!

[shanekarp]

I just wanted to give a big Thank You!!! for all the helpful feedback from everyone on here.
I am not posting this for a congratulations but rather to try and help anyone else out there on their journey.

Seeing other posts of people finishing their degrees was one of my biggest motivators. And also helped me to get started in planning my degree.

It probably took me a good month of reading through this forum before anything started to make sense.

My goal was to be finished by 2016 and I did.

I completed 84 credits in 1 year, give or take a month.

I transferred in 27 free electives and 12 other credits.

Date / Credits
ALEKS Intermediate Algebra 11/14 3cr
ALEKS College Algebra 11/14 3cr
ALEKS Precalculus 11/14 3cr

CLEP Intro to Sociology 11/14 3cr
DSST Here's to your health 12/14 3cr
DSST Intro to Computing 12/14 3cr
DSST Technical Writing 12/14 3cr
DSST Substance Abuse 1/15 3cr UL
DSST Intro to World Religion 3/15 3cr UL
DSST Criminal Justice 3/15 6cr at the time
CLEP A&I Lit 3/15 6cr
DSST Vietnam War 4/15 3cr UL
DSST Environment & Hum 4/15 3cr
CLEP History of US I 5/15 3cr
CLEP History of US II 5/15 3cr
CLEP Social Science 7/15 6cr
TESC Capstone Finished 8/15 3cr UL
CLEP Humanities 9/15 6cr
DSST Organization Behavior 9/15 FAILED
UExcel Organization Behavior 9/15 3cr UL
CLEP College Comp 10/15 6cr
DSST Civil War 10/15 3cr
DSST Ethics in America 11/15 3cr
TECEP Psych. of women 12/15 3cr


If I can do it, anyone can!

Thanks again!!!

Best of luck!

[dfrecore]

Thanks for sharing! I consider each person that finishes on here to be motivation as well!

[RANSOMSOUL]

Super Cool - Congratulations!!

Agree 100% - the value of reading a post on a new journey finished/accomplished is very inspiring.

Thanks!

[LaterBloomer]

Congratulations! I wish there were a separate "I did it!" forum. These posts are always inspirational, and often informative.

[soliloquy]

Congratulations. Isn't it the best feeling in the world!? I think I began lurking on this board at the end of 2012. To think I entered into an AA program in January 2013 and am going to have a MS in another 5 months - it's just an amazing feeling of accomplishment. I remember how depressed I used to get thinking that I didn't have the money or the time to do all of this (considering personal issues that were going on). I wish there was a way they could advertise this on the top of the page like McDonald's 5 billions served or something. LOL. It'd be awesome to know how many people owe their degrees, in part, to this forum.

[dseminario1]

I bet you feel amazing shane! Congrats! Your story will motivate more users (including myself) to embrace this opportunity and take the bull by the horns...

Wish you a lifetime of success and enjoy the holidays!
DS

[cookderosa]

Congratulations!! Everyone CAN do it, thank you for being an encouragement to others here!

[JTP]

I'm so thankful for this motivational community!

[kb4ns1]

Congratulations! Thank you for the motivation!

[SweetSecret]

Thank you for posting! I'm at TESC in my Capstone course for a Liberal Studies degree, & this post was really nice to see!