09-28-2025, 04:32 PM
(09-21-2025, 02:02 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Awesome write up! Create a degree plan that max the cost, ease, speed to finish. I believe a trifecta of certs, degree, experience would be beneficial for your teen... She can work towards the TESU BALS with or without a concentration or UMPI BLS with a minor or two/three, including classes that can go towards the MAOL or MSB. In addition to that, if she would want, she can get Coursera Certs that provide ACE credits for electives...
Thank you!
She is looking for help with developing a degree plan, and hoping to do the TESU Accelerate program where if she has nearly the full 120 credits (with the appropriate spread between disciplines, and lower/upper credits), that she can just finish up with the two required TESU courses.
One area of concern was that there is a specific piece of information on SDC that is different than what she was told by a TESU admissions counselor.
SDC states:
""Once you enroll at TESU, you cannot transfer in additional credit. "
The TESU admissions counselor stated:
"That quote from Study.com on their website is not correct. Your daughter can be admitted at TESU and continue to take classes at study.com or Sophia."
The fact that there is a difference between the two sites regarding transferring additional credit once enrolled at TESU has us both concerned, and we'd rather err on the side of caution and delay enrolling at TESU as long as reasonably possible to avoid the possible risk of the TESU admissions counselor being incorrect. At the same time, we want to make sure she is meeting all the course requirements towards a TESU BALS in terms of distribution of courses across disciplines and level - so guidance on that would be seriously helpful.
I know she will slow down the rate of course completion on SDC, but as of today, she has gotten through the equivalent of 51 credits on SDC that should transfer to TESU, with another 6 credits in progress. Those 51 credits at our local state-sponsored university would have cost her about $20,400.


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