12-05-2018, 02:15 AM
(12-04-2018, 12:23 PM)davewill Wrote: I think most CCs will accept international students. This link has info for international students at NMJC: https://www.nmjc.edu/admission/apply_online/index.aspx
The difficult part is going to be that most schools assume you will be on campus, and therefore assume you will need or have the proper student visa. It will take some work with admissions to make sure you can enroll and take online courses from outside the USA without having a visa.
Thank you davewill for the link.
(12-04-2018, 03:29 PM)armstrongsubero Wrote: If you are a US citizen you may be able to bargin with some colleges in your original states. Else you're better off enrolling in one of the Big 3.
Unfortunately I'm not a US citizen otherwise I could just drop by, enroll in a CC as an in state student and take the classes online.
(12-04-2018, 03:29 PM)armstrongsubero Wrote: What school were you thinking of transferring too?
I am thinking of computer science at HES.
(12-04-2018, 04:23 PM)allvia Wrote: Clovis Community College, in NM (not CA) is very affordable, not sure about the international students - http://www.clovis.edu/
Thank you allvia for clovis. I've checked them out as well. Just haven't contacted them yet.
(12-04-2018, 06:47 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Celerius, where are you from? Do you already have credits from your native country? You may want to have them evaluated by ECE or WES and get yourself a BSBA or a BALS from the Big 3. Getting an evaluation from ECE/WES is my first recommendation, for example, if you have a 2-year diploma, it may already be sufficient to put you in Junior or Senior year at the Big 3.
I'm from Singapore and have a 3-year bachelor's degree from Australia from 16 years ago which is not equivalent to a 4-year bachelor's degree in the US. I was thinking that since it's not recognized, I can probably do a 4-year US bachelor's degree online. I also have 2 - 3 classes from a US CC that can probably transfer into the prospective university.
(12-04-2018, 06:47 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: I don't know your situation, but if you're starting from scratch, then NJMC might be your best bet for cheapest/easiest/fastest credits as they have 8 weeks accelerated courses, you can get the freshman/sophomore years completed by going to NJMC. Good luck, for test-out options, the Big 3 rules, and if you want to try competency-based programs, you can try them also.
As mentioned above, I'm interested in the computer science degree program in HES so I'm hoping to be able to transfer in as many credits as I can and then do the rest with them. I read here that in COSC you can get letter grades from SL. I wonder if that will work for eventual transfer to a university.
NJMC sounds great if they accept international students without the need for visa and me being on campus.
I just realized that even for online classes at CC, some of them would require me attending the online class during US hours which will be a little crazy...