Looking Into Options

[Redhead123]

Hi there. I just started researching ways for me to get a DIY Degree. Right now I am looking for things to quickly get my general education out of the way. I have not decided if after getting general education done I will continue with DIY methods or go the more traditional route. I'm undecided since while on one hand I do want to have somewhat of a college experience (I'm 22 and paying college out of pocket on my own), but I also don't want to break the bank and be paying student loans for a long time.

I recently found this Sanantone's TESU General Education Options After July 1, 2015 | Degree Forum Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia and had 2 questions. 1) Is it still current? and 2) Do I need to take every test listed for every subject or just a certain amount?

Also, I would like to know how I can find out if the few college courses I took at California State East Bay would transfer over to one the Big 3? (I dropped out before completing the year due to costs.) I also have other certifications like TESOL Certificate and TESOL Diploma that I wonder if I can get credit for. Out of the Big 3, I am thinking of doing TESU.

To talk about my goals: I have always been interested in learning and was one of the weird ones that genuinely liked school. (I also was the oddball that read his textbooks cover to cover for fun because I knew we wouldn't get to it all in the school year.) I have always questioned what's around me and tried to discover the whys and such of life. My goal is to travel and learn about other cultures (hence the TESOL although most places want a bachelor's as well it seems) and as for a career I don't have any idea what I want to do yet. (Although I have considered Liberal Arts degree, Liberal Sciences degree, Psychology degree, and an Economics degree.) Not knowing what I want as a career (although I have considered teacher, psychologist, and engineer) is why I am just looking to get my general education courses out of the way. That way when I do find out what I want as a career I can just hop to it and get the corresponding degree.

Would a DIY Degree be right for me with just wanting to get general education done? (That would mean just an AA degree level I think.) If not then so be it but I would like to do it since it's cheaper and faster than the traditional path.

From what I have found online the CLEP tests seem to be referred to as more general education while the DSST and others are for more advanced (like majors?) so I will be looking into seeing if I simply just need to take a large number of various CLEP tests for my credits.