Was pursuing my BSBA in CIS but decided to knock out ASBA first.

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I confirmed with TESU you will only have to pay the residency waiver fee once. That being said is their any reason not to do this?

I'll check with the Bursar. It was only an academic advisor who confirmed.

My employer isn't forcing me. I would only want to do it if there is no additional fee.

Thanks!

I would do the Associates en route to the Bachelors, since there is no additional cost, you can pay 1 residency waiver/grad fee if you get both at the same time.

Further to what you and I mentioned, if there's no additional cost, I don't see a downside to doing it at all...
Some people like to get additional parchments for FREE! As some like to have that extra "paper" to show off.
The utility of it isn't much, it's on equal terms with the AA/AS or even the now popular BOG AAS terminal degree.

If it's "FREE", I wouldn't mind getting one either, some people pay big bucks for that extra sheet of useless paper.
I know people who like to take baby steps to getting their degree and they like to have that associates (including me).
Or others use it as a personal goal or pace setter, if you are going to be finishing the BSBA at the same time, perfect!

As long as you are getting your BSBA at the same time as the ASBA, it's not going to cost an extra grad/residency fee.
That being said, I would say this is the best option for you as the BOG AAS is out of reach for individuals using only ACE/NCCRS.
Moreover, it'll actually be a few bucks cheaper than the BOG AAS, you don't have to send your transcripts out TWICE.