I'm done!

[bjones]

It's encouraging to hear stories of success!

[AngelaP]

Congratulations!

[Mamasaphire]

So, I had almost given up on the idea that I would ever say this... but I am finished. Discovering this site and its vast wealth of information has allowed me to finally finish something I had started over 13 years ago. So, my grade for my capstone posted today and they reevaluated and I have been certified for December graduation.

My story is similar to many on this site. I had taken classes part time while in the Army. After four years in the army, I went to a community college where over a decade of off and on attendance I accumulated numerous credits, but never seemed to wrap it up into a finished piece of paper. Many things in life would get in the way and it never seemed I would finish. Thanks to this site and its members I can finally say I am done and will be receiving my BA in Liberal Studies from Thomas Edison State University.
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Lib 495 Capstone via TESU (3 hours): I ended up writing a 37 page paper for this one. I found it was formatted to be rather repetitive and unlike any paper I had ever written. I turned it in early because I actually used vacation time to finish it.

In conclusion... if you have been trying to finish your degree for a while now, it can be done. If you asked me a few months ago if I was going to be considering where to go for my MBA right now (pretty settled on WGU I think), I would have laughed at you. Go Nike with it, Just do it. I want to thank everyone on this forum for this wealth of information.

Awesome job!! :hurray: Congrats!!!

Question about the Capstone: who was your professor, what was your impression/opinion of him/her, and did you do the Guided Study or the OL class (and just because I always love to know, what was your research topic)??

[Toastmaster]

Congrats!!!!! I can't wait until I'm writing my story! This is inspiring. There IS an end, and I will reach it! FINALLY! Thank you for sharing your story!!!

[longtermstudent]

Awesome job!! :hurray: Congrats!!!

Question about the Capstone: who was your professor, what was your impression/opinion of him/her, and did you do the Guided Study or the OL class (and just because I always love to know, what was your research topic)??

I did OL for the course. Honestly, GS probably would have been fine as well, I just felt the discussion boards would be a good buffer. I found my professor graded rather erratically, however, I still ended up with a B for the course. Which I don't feel is too bad for rushing finishing my paper about six weeks early. I don't really want to review the particular professor.

I would advise anyone who is signing up for this to sign up early and use rate my professor to figure who to sign up with. My topic was the economic revival of Germany following World War II. It was an interesting topic to write about. I do feel the format lends itself to becoming repetitive though.

[Al2010x]

Congratulations!!

[bjcheung77]

So, I had almost given up on the idea that I would ever say this... but I am finished. Discovering this site and its vast wealth of information has allowed me to finally finish something I had started over 13 years ago. So, my grade for my capstone posted today and they reevaluated and I have been certified for December graduation.

In conclusion... if you have been trying to finish your degree for a while now, it can be done. If you asked me a few months ago if I was going to be considering where to go for my MBA right now (pretty settled on WGU I think), I would have laughed at you. Go Nike with it, Just do it. I want to thank everyone on this forum for this wealth of information.

Congrats! That's awesome! WGU is a good school, hope you "just do it" there as well!
I'm getting to that point and it's so close I can somewhat feel it... haha, just waiting my turn!
It's been a bit over two decades, but waiting a few more months won't really matter for me.

[OnlineStudent011320]

Congrats!

[bricabrac]

Congratulations! :hurray:cheersmate