Excelsior BS good enough for grad school?

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  1. GregoriousChant

    GregoriousChant New Member

    I completed a few classes at community college several years ago, but left when work got busy. I now have the time and financial resources to jumpstart my education again and I'm very excited to get started. I was about to re-enroll at the local community college until I stumbled across this website. I always assumed distance programs were not accredited in the same manner as traditional schools, it seems I was mistaken!

    I have been seriously considering enrolling with Excelsior College to get a bachelor's of science, with my ultimate goal being a graduate degree in science. I am particularly interested in Texas A&M's Master's of agriculture, which is a distance course as well.

    My question is: will Texas A&M accept me as a grad student with a bachelor's degree from Excelsior College? If so, it would seem this would save me a tremendous amount of time in reaching my goal. Thank you in advance for your opinions, and I apologize if this question sounds a bit naive, I am new to the world of correspondence education! :)
     
  2. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Dear Gregorious Chant,

    This is just my humble opinion (having been here barely three months), but it seems that Excelsior (www.excelsiorcollege.edu) is an excellent school that regularly produces graduates who are high-quality grad school material. Ditto Thomas Edison State College (www.tesc.edu) and Charter Oak State College (www.cosc.edu). But Rich Douglas is the real expert on this. - Ted.

    By the way, that's a very mediaeval name you have there!

    Just as there are most assuredly no dumb questions (except the ones not asked), no question is naive.

    Also, if there are ever any questions re whether this bachelor's program will accept that associate's in transfer, or whether this master's program will accept that bachelor's, or whether this doctoral program will accept that master's, it certainly never hurts to call the higher degree-granting institution in advance so there are no unpleasant surprises down the line.
     
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  3. Jodokk

    Jodokk Member

    Yep

    Since it is a regionally accredited college, your bachelor's from Excelsior college is as acceptable as any other from an RA insitution. Now, institutional requirements and prejudices may come in to play but if you look around their website you will probably find a list of graduate acceptances. This list is probably in their allumni area.
    I have a BA from COSC, one of the big three, and I have been accepted to two seperate graduate programs.
    Good Luck.
    Dan B
     
  4. tattoo

    tattoo New Member

    Excelsior BS

    I got my BS from Excelsior in 2001, and was accepted without question to Boston University graduate school. I was pleased with my courses at Excelsior, and was able to move at a fairly rapid pace. In fact, I'm thinking of going back there to finish up my BSN- since I'm an RN, I'm only 3 exams and 2 courses shy.
    Oh, and I'm doing just fine at BU- 3.65 GPA-as I'm sure you will do at A&M. Good luck!

    Tattoo
     
  5. Jeff Walker

    Jeff Walker New Member

    Working for me. Excelsior BSCIS --> U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Masters in Computer Science.
     
  6. marcuscarey

    marcuscarey New Member

    Worked for me.
     
  7. NNAD

    NNAD New Member

    Worked for me too. As you plan to go in-residence your GRE and GPA will probably also be important. OU offered my M Ed. program on a military base overseas, so no GRE required.

    Good Luck... My advice would be to stay flexible, your BS studies may lead you in a different direction.
     
  8. I was just accepted to Indiana University (Kelley Direct - their online MBA program) and I just graduated from Excelsior in February. Indiana is a top-20 full-time program and are also highly rated for their eMBA program - I expect nothing less from the online version.

    In addition, in my personal statement I clearly stated that I had completed my BS in a little over a year via competency exams - I figured this would be a "plus" for a distance learning MBA rather than a negative.

    Of course, a 4.0 GPA and a 700 GMAT plus 16 years of work experience was what was really relevant, not where I graduated from.

    So, at least in my case it worked out well. I'd say that Excelsior was the most efficient way to go from no degree to grad school.

    Cheers,
    Mark
     

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