AS at COSC or TESC Associates in Math with these credits

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No, using UL credits for an AA won't make them unusable for her BA.

But, I think you're spending too much time focusing on her AA, when you should be focusing on her bigger college plans. My son is interested in the USNA, as well as NROTC, both as an Engineering major; and yes, I'm planning on trying to get college credit for him to ease the load, since some of the schools he's looking at require more than 120cr for graduation. BUT, I'm spending more time looking at AP credit, CLEP as a backup, and which schools he could go to. His junior year (and some senior) we'll spend an ungodly amount of time applying/looking for scholarships in case he ends up at an NROTC school that doesn't give him free room & board.

Not sure about other academies, but USNA does give some credit for AP exams, and also will give some credit for things taken at a college like Calculus - so those aren't bad options to take.

As for an AA at TESU, I'm not really sure how that will help her much except to say she has it. If she ends up at an academy, they won't care, and she certainly won't get any alternative credit. If she ends up in ROTC, it's a toss-up as to what they'll do with her credit.

Also, I'm not really sure you WANT an AA when applying for ROTC. Not certain, but do they put her in a different category if she has that many credits? Like, will she be applying for a different program/system than the normal ROTC? Is that preferable? I'm not sure that it is. I would do more research before committing to an AA, and maybe use that AFTER she finds out if she's accepted into an Academy or ROTC.