Looking to finish my degree - advice needed

[rachel83az]

1.) Whether you want to continue at TESU is up to you. Yes, they will most likely take your community college credits and CLEP tests (depends on grades).

2.) Excelsior would generally be less expensive than TESU but you need to be aware that they do require 30 UL credits to get a degree. They don't all have to be in the AOS, but finishing 30 UL credits is something that some students find daunting. Others have no issues with this. How do you feel?

3.) A BALS would be the easiest to accumulate credits for. But I think at least Psych is possible through the use of Coopersmith. Social Sciences might require you to take a couple of classes at EC. If so, this would only add a few hundred extra dollars to your degree with the use of the Sophia, Study.com, StraighterLine, or CSMLearn partnership. Taking 13 credits only costs slightly more than the bare minimum of 7.

If TESU took your credits then Excelsior probably will as well. However, the best way to find out and to know where they go would be to apply. I would suggest that you either complete CSM Learn or two courses at Sophia to unlock partnership pricing; see https://www.excelsior.edu/partner/csmlearn/ and https://www.excelsior.edu/partner/sophia/ Either of these options will also be accepted by TESU, so you won't be losing any time by doing so. If you choose Sophia, I would suggest getting Ancient Greek Philosophers and then Intro to Ethics out of the way, but that's up to you. Check out this page to make sure that what you're taking will transfer to both schools: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/So...lency_List