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New here! - Harrynguyen - 03-27-2022
Hey guys, I'm going to be 30 and just decided to go back to school. I'm going to go to tesu, right now I transferred my transcript from wgu to tesu. I haven't enroll yet but just create an account. I wanted to know i was reading this blog about degree hacking and the guy did the ace exams one by one until he had the capstone left. I thought you could do up to 90 credits to transfer? I'm majoring in environmental studies. He only used saylor, study.com and schoom. I'm very excited but at the same time I know its going to take time and gonna be a lot of work but its worth it in the end! I was going to use Sophia, modern states, etc.
RE: New here! - bjcheung77 - 03-27-2022
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RE: New here! - ss20ts - 03-27-2022
(03-27-2022, 10:57 AM)Harrynguyen Wrote: Hey guys, I'm going to be 30 and just decided to go back to school. I'm going to go to tesu, right now I transferred my transcript from wgu to tesu. I haven't enroll yet but just create an account. I wanted to know i was reading this blog about degree hacking and the guy did the ace exams one by one until he had the capstone left. I thought you could do up to 90 credits to transfer? I'm majoring in environmental studies. He only used saylor, study.com and schoom. I'm very excited but at the same time I know its going to take time and gonna be a lot of work but its worth it in the end! I was going to use Sophia, modern states, etc.
That method doesn't quite work today. Today there are RA credit requirements. Schmoop no longer exists. TESU requires you to take 3 classes with them at a minimum. Testing for almost every class can also be very time consuming instead of taking courses from Sophia and Study.com. Which degree are you looking to complete? Some degrees are almost impossible to complete online without taking several courses at a college. What courses do you have from WGU?
RE: New here! - rachel83az - 03-27-2022
Shmoop is gone and has been gone for years. That's an oooooold blog. One of the biggest changes is that you now need at least 30 RA credits (6 of which can come from the cornerstone and capstone).
You can't inexpensively major in Environmental Studies, either. You have to take a number of relatively expensive courses from TESU and/or elsewhere.
RE: New here! - Harrynguyen - 03-27-2022
(03-27-2022, 12:02 PM)ss20ts Wrote:Oh I didn't know that. Okay, ill do Sophia and study.com. I took English and communications and my course for WGU was accounting. The only thing why I left is because they required all classes to be all B's. I'm an average student lol... I should push harder I know!(03-27-2022, 10:57 AM)Harrynguyen Wrote: Hey guys, I'm going to be 30 and just decided to go back to school. I'm going to go to tesu, right now I transferred my transcript from wgu to tesu. I haven't enroll yet but just create an account. I wanted to know i was reading this blog about degree hacking and the guy did the ace exams one by one until he had the capstone left. I thought you could do up to 90 credits to transfer? I'm majoring in environmental studies. He only used saylor, study.com and schoom. I'm very excited but at the same time I know its going to take time and gonna be a lot of work but its worth it in the end! I was going to use Sophia, modern states, etc.
That method doesn't quite work today. Today there are RA credit requirements. Schmoop no longer exists. TESU requires you to take 3 classes with them at a minimum. Testing for almost every class can also be very time consuming instead of taking courses from Sophia and Study.com. Which degree are you looking to complete? Some degrees are almost impossible to complete online without taking several courses at a college. What courses do you have from WGU?
For the environmental studies, I could just use study.com as they have a online lab and yeah some courses needed to be transferred in.
(03-27-2022, 12:03 PM)rachel83az Wrote: Shmoop is gone and has been gone for years. That's an oooooold blog. One of the biggest changes is that you now need at least 30 RA credits (6 of which can come from the cornerstone and capstone).Whats a cornerstone? I know about the capstone. Yeah that makes sense, I thought transfer in 90 credits and then do the courses at the college is how it works. Idk how Excelsior does it, with transferring 113 and doing 7 credits only. As long as the degree is less than $10k I'm okay.
You can't inexpensively major in Environmental Studies, either. You have to take a number of relatively expensive courses from TESU and/or elsewhere.
RE: New here! - rachel83az - 03-27-2022
TESU does not require 3 classes. It only requires two classes: the cornerstone (SOS-110) and the capstone. If you want to avoid the $3192 residency waiver, it's advised to take at least 16 credits with TESU. If you do this in a single term, it works out to be cheaper than only taking 6 credits with them.
These are the degrees that you can get cheaply at TESU: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sample_TESU_General_Education_Requirements_Roadmap
TESU doesn't even have Environmental Studies, though? https://tesu.smartcatalogiq.com/Current/Undergraduate-Catalog/Degree-Programs-and-Certificates Maybe you meant something else?
RE: New here! - bjcheung77 - 03-27-2022
Just an FYI, Excelsior you have to take 7 credits with them, Info Lit, Cornerstone, Capstone, you can transfer in 113 credits. TESU is 6 credits, just the Cornerstone and Capstone, you can transfer in 114 credits. Read this thread for more details: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-TESU-Transfer-Policy-Explained
RE: New here! - carrythenothing - 03-27-2022
(03-27-2022, 01:06 PM)rachel83az Wrote: TESU does not require 3 classes. It only requires two classes: the cornerstone (SOS-110) and the capstone. If you want to avoid the $3192 residency waiver, it's advised to take at least 16 credits with TESU. If you do this in a single term, it works out to be cheaper than only taking 6 credits with them.
These are the degrees that you can get cheaply at TESU: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sample_TESU_General_Education_Requirements_Roadmap
TESU doesn't even have Environmental Studies, though? https://tesu.smartcatalogiq.com/Current/Undergraduate-Catalog/Degree-Programs-and-Certificates Maybe you meant something else?
TESU does have Environmental Studies. You have to click into the Bachelor of Arts program to see the majors within it.
https://tesu.smartcatalogiq.com/en/Current/Undergraduate-Catalog/Degree-Programs-and-Certificates/Bachelor-of-Arts/BA-in-Environmental-Studies
That being said, most of the classes need to be transferred in and might be difficult to find at a low cost.
RE: New here! - rachel83az - 03-27-2022
(03-27-2022, 01:11 PM)carrythenothing Wrote:(03-27-2022, 01:06 PM)rachel83az Wrote: TESU does not require 3 classes. It only requires two classes: the cornerstone (SOS-110) and the capstone. If you want to avoid the $3192 residency waiver, it's advised to take at least 16 credits with TESU. If you do this in a single term, it works out to be cheaper than only taking 6 credits with them.
These are the degrees that you can get cheaply at TESU: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sample_TESU_General_Education_Requirements_Roadmap
TESU doesn't even have Environmental Studies, though? https://tesu.smartcatalogiq.com/Current/Undergraduate-Catalog/Degree-Programs-and-Certificates Maybe you meant something else?
TESU does have Environmental Studies. You have to click into the Bachelor of Arts program to see the majors within it.
https://tesu.smartcatalogiq.com/en/Current/Undergraduate-Catalog/Degree-Programs-and-Certificates/Bachelor-of-Arts/BA-in-Environmental-Studies
That being said, most of the classes need to be transferred in and might be difficult to find at a low cost.
You're right, not sure how I missed that. TESU definitely doesn't consider it an online degree, at least: https://www.tesu.edu/academics/online-degrees
I'm not even sure where you'd find half of those courses to transfer in, inexpensively or not.
RE: New here! - carrythenothing - 03-27-2022
Study.com has one class (ENS-200: Environmental Science).
I think Oregon State would have enough classes in one place: https://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/soc/ecatalog/subjectcourses.htm?termcode=all#0All