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Tedium Wrote:Wow, that's surprising to me. Out of curiosity, are your as skittish about the fact that you earned your degree through DL at a school with no physical campus? COSC doesn't make any qualms about that fact or the fact that you can finish most of your degree elsewhere. If someone checks the website, that's the first thing they'll see. Does that bother you as well?

No problems whatsoever about the location or nature of COSC.. I would not want to have a UoP degree for the reason that it's well-known as an online school, in spite of the number of physical locations and classes it does have. However, I'm not fresh out of college so the undergrad truly is a check-box. If anyone asks, I answer that COSC is a small state college in CT. I think that all of the Big 3 schools are good for this reason.. yes they're online and known for testing, but not outside of a few small online communities. (perhaps military too.. I'm not military, so can't speak to this)

At this point, I don't think that anyone would look at my undergrad as a factor for employment one way or the other based on my rather unique MBA, but I still don't see an issue with it. I strongly believe that unless you've got very specific career goals that can't be met by the Big 3, that they are a great way to save time and/or money. There's no reason to rack up huge college debt on a degree that doesn't strongly set you apart from other job candidates. I probably would have never had the money, time, or interest in pursuing grad school had I finished up my Bachelors at a traditional school. This is all the more reason why COSC was such a good choice.

I definitely don't want it to appear that I am in any way criticizing testing degrees, I'm a HUGE proponent. I've just grown a tiny bit more hesitant to talk about testing... or perhaps I should say less evangelical when I'm not with close friends or people that would directly benefit from knowing about the Big 3. I can compare what I learn studying for a CLEP with what I have learned in many different classes since I have experience with both online and B&M college courses. I can honestly say that there isn't a huge difference in what I've retained, depending on my interest in the subject. The only difference I see is that perhaps college courses do hone your writing skills in a way that CLEP cannot due to the quantity of homework given in some classes, but other than that, it's mostly the same - just cheaper to test out. However, I find it a bit distracting if people in the workplace question your classes or learning style. Overall, it's in no way a reason to deter anyone from testing, it's still the smartest thing to do in most cases. I guess it's just a comment about how uninformed people are regarding CLEP/DSST and how unfortunately it can be easier not to bring it to people's attention when they're not involved in your personal life.
Regis University, ITESO, Global MBA with a focus in Emerging Markets 4.0 GPA, Dual-university degree (Spanish/English) 
COSC BS, Business Admin

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Spanish 80 | Humanities 67 | A & I Lit 72 | Sub Abuse 452 | Bus Ethics 445 | Tech Writ 62 | Math 53 | HTYH 454 | Am. Govt 65 | Env & Humanity 64 | Marketing 65 | Micro 61| Mgmt 63| Org Behavior 65| MIS 446|Computing 432 | BL II 61 | M&B 50 | Finance 411 | Supervision 437| Intro Bus. 439| Law Enforcement 63|  SL: Accounting I B | Accounting II C+| Macro A | ECE: Labor Relations A | Capstone: A| FEMA PDS Cert 
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LinkedIn Anyone? - by ShotoJuku - 10-04-2013, 10:54 AM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by cookderosa - 10-04-2013, 10:11 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by rebel100 - 10-04-2013, 11:00 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by sanantone - 10-05-2013, 08:45 AM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by ShotoJuku - 10-05-2013, 10:50 AM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by Lindagerr - 10-05-2013, 10:40 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by burbuja0512 - 10-06-2013, 09:36 AM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by cookderosa - 10-06-2013, 01:27 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by taylor - 10-08-2013, 08:05 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by burbuja0512 - 10-17-2013, 05:21 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by burbuja0512 - 10-18-2013, 01:14 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by dewisant - 10-20-2013, 06:32 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by dewisant - 10-20-2013, 06:35 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by Tedium - 10-21-2013, 12:46 AM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by burbuja0512 - 10-21-2013, 12:32 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by burbuja0512 - 10-21-2013, 12:37 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by Tedium - 10-21-2013, 04:23 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by burbuja0512 - 10-23-2013, 11:14 AM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by taylor - 10-25-2013, 03:53 AM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by Tedium - 10-26-2013, 07:47 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by ShotoJuku - 10-26-2013, 08:39 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by burbuja0512 - 10-28-2013, 01:39 PM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by taylor - 10-29-2013, 03:03 AM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by burbuja0512 - 10-29-2013, 11:44 AM
LinkedIn Anyone? - by taylor - 10-31-2013, 02:28 AM
RE: LinkedIn Anyone? - by dewisant - 02-10-2019, 12:37 PM
RE: LinkedIn Anyone? - by Merlin - 02-10-2019, 09:23 PM
RE: LinkedIn Anyone? - by burbuja0512 - 02-11-2019, 08:55 AM
RE: LinkedIn Anyone? - by Merlin - 02-11-2019, 07:59 PM

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