09-15-2014, 03:19 PM
Hey everyone,
Basically my goal is to obtain a bachelors degree from one of the big 3 within the next 12 months as it has been a roadblock from potential employers and always been a goal of mine. I have my living expenses covered with some web development work I do on the side. However, I would not be able to pay for all the cleps/other fees as I plan on testing out of almost all courses.
I was wondering what the best course of action would be to achieve this, and which of the big 3 would be most suited for this. Perhaps enrolling at my local community college ($137 per credit hour) and taking 12 hours? Then using the leftover loan/grant money to pay for the tests? (I qualifying for full pell grant and loans). I would ideally want to only do this for a maximum of 1-2 semesters to keep loans to a minimum. So in short, attending the CC, receiving the refund, bust my ass taking all the tests that I have already been studying for and then enrolling at one of the big 3 for graduation. Again, I have no idea if this is the best course of action in this situation, just what I have picked up from searching these forums.
Any help would be appreciated, I have to say you guys on this forum have already been invaluable to me and I would love to give back to it some day to help someone in my same situation.
Basically my goal is to obtain a bachelors degree from one of the big 3 within the next 12 months as it has been a roadblock from potential employers and always been a goal of mine. I have my living expenses covered with some web development work I do on the side. However, I would not be able to pay for all the cleps/other fees as I plan on testing out of almost all courses.
I was wondering what the best course of action would be to achieve this, and which of the big 3 would be most suited for this. Perhaps enrolling at my local community college ($137 per credit hour) and taking 12 hours? Then using the leftover loan/grant money to pay for the tests? (I qualifying for full pell grant and loans). I would ideally want to only do this for a maximum of 1-2 semesters to keep loans to a minimum. So in short, attending the CC, receiving the refund, bust my ass taking all the tests that I have already been studying for and then enrolling at one of the big 3 for graduation. Again, I have no idea if this is the best course of action in this situation, just what I have picked up from searching these forums.
Any help would be appreciated, I have to say you guys on this forum have already been invaluable to me and I would love to give back to it some day to help someone in my same situation.
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