UMPI BA Psych, BA English, or BLS? Minors?

[radicallena]

I don't think the English requirements are that out of line. These sorts of things are completely normal requirements. I think yourpace CBE types are used to getting an entire bachelors degree with near zero networking or outside the module interaction. In addition, most of the people are trying to finish in literally a couple of months.  Its honestly just too much work for people who want quick and easy. It is what it is,

At a regular school and program, these assignments are totally expected and normal. At your age, I would just go to a regular college but that's me.

I see your point, but I would struggle to find willing participants for free. Writing long papers, projects, and doing an internship is NOT a problem for me. Finding strangers and a nonprofit to participate is what sounds difficult, but maybe I could swing it like the on campus kids do. Is it worth the extra money though, when I've been in school for years and just want to check the box?

If I did well in regular college, I would have graduated... I went to community college for 3+ years and didn't even finish my associates. I repeatedly dropped all my classes outside of music classes, and wasted hundreds and hundreds of dollars (of my own money... ugh everything I made went towards my dropped class tuition, I could have so much in savings by now). Each semester, I started out excited and thought "this time will truly be different." I don't want to go into the reasons I did poorly or defend myself, but I basically decided that repeating the same mistakes is the definition of insanity. I needed to either give up, wait until I'm older, or find a program that works FOR ME rather than making myself fit into the traditional mold. Just "trying harder" didn't seem to cut it (nor did medical help, changing my living situation, and a myriad of other things I tried). So I started looking into other options for getting a degree, discovered flex paced programs, and that's what led me here.

I know I don't need to prove to anyone why I belong here, but I think there's plenty of reasons someone might want a CBE degree outside of their age. Another reason being that I'll save thousands and graduate debt free, and could not otherwise do that with how expensive traditional college is. A bachelor's from my local university costs $116,388 "for students graduating in normal time." I think I'll spend $6-10k at the most for my degree. The value is unmatched.