Should I grab a free associates degree if graduating same major bachelor degree?

[bjcheung77]

@jsarles, I got your PM.  If you don't have an associates already, then sure, I would go for it as there is no extra energy, money, or time you need to get the Associates...  If you have an associates in addition to your BSBA from 2019, then it's redundant to have a second associates in the same subject as your current Bachelors.  It really won't add anything to your BACS... but I say, go for it!

The main reason I suggest having it is that it'll show you've laddered into that degree.  Example, ASBA to a BSBA, ASNSM Comp Sci to a BACS... You may want to consider looking at certs that you may have enough credits for instead.  Example, an associates in CS vs cert in CS - associates are always lower level courses, certs may contain upper level courses, you can "leverage" a cert more than an associates.

A board member eriehiker (a teacher) had a Bachelors and a Masters before he stumbled upon this site.  He posted a battle between either an ASNSM CS or Math, because he did not have an associates and his previous Bachelors/Masters were in a liberal arts, I advised him to get both.  In addition, he graduated with a BSBA Accounting/CIS dual AOS.  

The kicker is, he added 4 certificates just because he was "so very close" to these in Finance, Marketing, Organizational Leadership, Operations Management.   What I am saying is, you need to know if that Associates or Cert is going to add value to your credentials, paying slightly more to complete these would get him in the door to Finance, Marketing, etc...

Here's another member supermind (a health/wellness consultant) started off looking for a BA Psychology.  He ended up with an ASNSM Math, BALS Psych concentration (cert in Psychology should be included for this AOS), and finished with an MS Psych.  The ASNSM in Math is practically free as he didn't need to take any extra courses and graduated with it at the same time.