09-13-2010, 05:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-13-2010, 05:31 PM by jackzack87.)
Originally Posted by JanusthePhoenix
It's been about 6 months since I completed my BS in General Business from Excelsior. It took me almost exactly a year from start to finish. You can see the breakdown of the credits in my sig.
I want to provide my real world experience so far, so that I can maybe help some of you avoid the disillusionment that might come afterward. My advice to those seeking a fast, test-credit degree like mine is to be absolutely sure what you are getting it for. Here are some legitimate reasons to get a non-specific, nontraditional degree like mine:
1) You cannot move up in your job without that piece of paper, regardless of where it's from or what it says.
2) You want to take it to the military and be an officer.
3) You need it as a pre-requisite for a professional degree.
[SIZE="3"]I see your perspective, but it's sounds to me like you're in a tough economic time like many of us, and your degree isn't paying the dividends to meet your rightful expectation. However, I would advocate that my time in this nontrad college setting - (CLEPS/DSST, Online) has allowed me to live a normal working life, has taken(will take) only 2.5 years instead of 4, and I've been able to move around, find what I like to do and gain that coveted experience because 1) I am online, which means flexible and able to relocate for work 2) I don't have the financial burdens of A) not working because I'm in school and B) my schooling is costing me total what a private school would charge for 1 year.
So - even if we end up as non trads without a plan and a bleak job market - is it not the same boat of a "normal" student with 10-60K of DEBT and a bleak job market?
The reverse of that quote "look before you leap" is "he who hesitates is lost forever". Pick your proverb.
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It's been about 6 months since I completed my BS in General Business from Excelsior. It took me almost exactly a year from start to finish. You can see the breakdown of the credits in my sig.
I want to provide my real world experience so far, so that I can maybe help some of you avoid the disillusionment that might come afterward. My advice to those seeking a fast, test-credit degree like mine is to be absolutely sure what you are getting it for. Here are some legitimate reasons to get a non-specific, nontraditional degree like mine:
1) You cannot move up in your job without that piece of paper, regardless of where it's from or what it says.
2) You want to take it to the military and be an officer.
3) You need it as a pre-requisite for a professional degree.
[SIZE="3"]I see your perspective, but it's sounds to me like you're in a tough economic time like many of us, and your degree isn't paying the dividends to meet your rightful expectation. However, I would advocate that my time in this nontrad college setting - (CLEPS/DSST, Online) has allowed me to live a normal working life, has taken(will take) only 2.5 years instead of 4, and I've been able to move around, find what I like to do and gain that coveted experience because 1) I am online, which means flexible and able to relocate for work 2) I don't have the financial burdens of A) not working because I'm in school and B) my schooling is costing me total what a private school would charge for 1 year.
So - even if we end up as non trads without a plan and a bleak job market - is it not the same boat of a "normal" student with 10-60K of DEBT and a bleak job market?
The reverse of that quote "look before you leap" is "he who hesitates is lost forever". Pick your proverb.
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