I finally picked a school for my BA

[staceydiane]

I graduated from Pierpont (AoE: Information Systems) in December and I walked across the stage last month.  I've been going back and forth about what I wanted to do next, and I had considered a behavioral health counseling certificate.  I think I was selling myself short because I am definitely capable of a bachelor's degree.  Anyway, I'm going for the bachelor's.  

I decided on TESU because I like what I've read about the BA in Liberal Studies degree.  I'm still disappointing my mother (who passed away 8 years ago) but at least it's not underwater basket-weaving.  I have a big interest in the social sciences but I can't narrow it down to Psychology or Sociology alone.  Even though I got the Pierpont AAS in Info Systems, I do not want to get a bachelor's in that at all.  I have been thinking about graduate school also.  I know it's putting the cart before the horse, but I saw the TESU MA in Liberal Studies with a concentration in gerontology.  

I looked at the degree plan and was overjoyed that I most likely will not have to take any more math classes.  It's a miracle I passed statistics at Sophia.  I've hated math classes since 1982.

I also looked at Excelsior and UMPI but I feel that TESU would be a good choice for me.  I thought about Texas A&M-Commerce for a second, too (my family attended the main campus in College Station, but I was the rebel who did not.)  Liberty wouldn't be good for me because I'm Jewish and I don't want to have to write papers about concepts in which I don't believe.

I'm still getting all my transcripts together to send to TESU.  I already sent my Credly one but I'm probably sending the ones from Pierpont and Houston Community College tomorrow.  My Pierpont transcript says I have 84 credits (almost all Sophia and TEEX.)  Yay for all that credit Nancy gave me for the TEEX classes.

I'm doing this TESU thing on financial aid.  I don't have the $ to spend on Study.com or E-Packs.  I might be able to do Coopersmith or TECEPS from time to time.  Getting the BA may take me longer, but whatever.  I want to remain focused on the goal.