Courses/Exams at a Cheaper Price and TESU Admissions Question

[Merlin]

Criteria for Admission:
In order to be admitted to the University, an applicant must:

Possess a high school degree or its GED equivalent, and
Be 21 years of age or older, or 18 years or older and an active member of the United States military (not applicable to military spouses, dependents or relations).
Individuals under 18 years of age will not be permitted to take courses or enroll in the University.

Admission Waiver:
Applicants (degree seeking and non-matriculated) who are 18-20 years, and who do not meet the military criteria for admission may apply for special consideration by:

If you possess a high school degree or GED equivalent, and have earned a minimum of 24 credits from a regionally accredited college/university with a grade point average of 2.0 or higher.

Complete the Age Waiver Petition Request Form

Applicants who have earned less than 24 credits or have earned their credits from an approved University course provider who is not regionally accredited must take the Accuplacer, Next Generation examination within 30 days of applying and achieve scores of:

Reading Comprehension: 236 or higher
Sentence Skills: 241 or higher
Arithmetic: 216 or higher

Students are limited to taking the Accuplacer examination to two times within a 12 month period.

From their webpage link that was posted earlier. This sounds like anyone 18-20 can be admitted as long as they have 24 credits from an approved course provider.

What I think this means is, you can get a waiver by taking alternative credit courses and transfer in when you have over 24 credits, if this is the case, then complete the majority of the degree requirements then apply for the capstone course.  Just make sure to get this sent to TESU and get approval before you complete the capstone.

Hmm, that was the old policy. I thought they are not allowing that anymore? We've seen a few students be turned down for being under 21 despite coming in with enough credits to meet the requirement. Which is why a lot of younger students enroll at COSC now. I don't think this really applies anymore... that or it is very subjective.

Though maybe it is due to the source of credits? They say 24 credits from an RA university or the student needs ≤ 24 credits from alternate providers PLUS good scores on the accuplacer. I hadn't seen the accuplacer requirement before, so maybe that is the difference.