Degree Plan – BS Math Major at Excelsior

[NAP]

Wow Alissa! You are truly amazing! Thank you so much for doing all of this for me!

1. 6 credits for A&I Lit with minimal study sounds great.

2. History – I was really hoping that American Government would count as history for the depth. Thanks for making a list of my options. I will look into those.

3. Science – That is good news that the CLEPs won’t cancel each other out.

4. Math – I’m just the opposite; I could happily do math problems forever, which the math major gives me a good excuse to do.

I am thinking about bringing the first 60 credits into an associate degree, so even if I lose some overlapping credits with the GREs, they will have counted toward the AS.

I don’t know yet what I will want to eliminate by using these additions. I’m planning to figure that out as I move along.

I understand your concerns about foreign languages. In 4 months or less, I could guarantee myself 12 credits. With a foreign language CLEP, I am hoping for 6-12 credits in 2 years time. Since becoming an adult, I don’t let myself do fun things very often (which I consider learning a foreign language to be!). I think getting college credit will be just the incentive I need to allow myself to take the time to learn a language. I am going to do an honest evaluation at 6 months and decide if I’m learning enough to continue to study and get credit.

Thank you for putting all of these ideas in my degree plan. I hadn’t done that yet. It is especially helpful to see how it affects what I need for the GREs. It provides more breathing room than I had realized.

Thank you for reminding me to chose carefully where I put my study emphasis. That is good advice.

This is such a great opportunity that all of us have been given.

I will definitely be referring to all of this as I work through this process. Thanks again for sharing it with the forum.

NAP