Am I understanding this correctly about Shmoop and TESU?

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The email was received from
Catharine A. Punchello-Cobos
Associate Vice President and University Registrar

Is there someone else I could write to?  

My son has his graduation ceremony next weekend, but he is homeschooled and has finished all his credits.  I'm not sure what technically makes him graduate high school.  I have access to his transcript now.    

What are the negatives of applying earlier to TESU than planned?  I was thinking it was so he would have to take a class/TECEP exam through them yearly.  I'm wondering if this changes everything and it would be better to apply if the 21 credits would be counted.

Isn't there an issue with your son being under 21 anyway?  I would think that this is a bigger issue than the Shmoop thing.  I thought that as of 1/1/18, they were being very strict on this?

If I were you, I would consider going to COSC instead.  There's not a lot of difference in cost (COSC's BA/BS is actually a few hundred dollars LESS than TESU's BA/BS), and he could easily get his AA along the way from COSC.  Then, if he wanted to switch to TESU for his BA/BS, they might be more willing to give him a waiver.

COSC's AA is a lot less than TESU's AA.  And you can coordinate the COSC AA to be able to transfer easily to a TESU BA/BS or stick with COSC for the BA/BS.