Overabundance of credit, lol.

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by NorCal, Aug 6, 2010.

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  1. NorCal

    NorCal Active Member

    So I had my educational assessment yesterday, at which time I had my transcripts from from the Santa Rosa Junior College and Community College of the Air Force evaluated for transfer credit.

    The college added up my previous units which totaled 124.50 units at the junior college level. The assessment official wrote, "Wow, he has an abundance of credit."

    My degree program requires 120 units, so apparently I'm currently only 7 courses away from completing my Bachelors Degree which I have to take in-residence. So when its all said and done, I'll have over 150+ units when I complete my undergraduate degree.

    That is a cool feeling. :D
     
  2. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member


    I made the mistake of applying 146 semester units to my 120 unit Excelsior BSLS; in retrospect I should have saved the extra 26 units and used them towards a second bachelors degree.
     
  3. NorCal

    NorCal Active Member

    You make an interesting point, I didn't consider that one.
     
  4. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    Wow, 124 credits is a lot to rack up at a JC. You have been working hard!
     
  5. lawrenceq

    lawrenceq Member

    I thought I had a lot of JC credits (97). I have a total of 152 credit hours and no bachelor degree. I will have 182 credits hours when I complete my degree.

    It makes me wish I would have never gone the AAS (Electrical Technology) route. I also spent another year completing a diesel mechanics certificate program. Add in my 27 Navy credits and 28 combined from FHSU and Talladega College, and I’ve wasted a lot of time.
     
  6. NorCal

    NorCal Active Member

    Yeah I spent a year as a criminal justice major, as I was an MP, but when I enrolled into the civilian community college, I switched majors and began taking general education. End result, was some wasted time, but I kept the wheels moving.
     
  7. lawrenceq

    lawrenceq Member

    I guess it's really not time wasted. I know a lot of people that do nothing but talk about what they about to do.

    I wish I would have found this forum around 2001. I would have started banging out gen ed classes until things fell in place.
     
  8. NorCal

    NorCal Active Member

    That's the best was to phrase it in my opinion. If I were giving out advise to a new student today, I would tell them to bang out their general education until things fell into place. Either that or phrase it this way, "If the course is difficult and you really don't want to take it; your moving in the right direction."

    LOL
     
  9. lawrenceq

    lawrenceq Member

    You can't get around those fellas. I guess testing out makes them less painful. :(
     
  10. rickyjo

    rickyjo New Member

    Nice job on all the credit!
     
  11. b4cz28

    b4cz28 Active Member

    So is there a limit on CC credits at EC?
     
  12. rickyjo

    rickyjo New Member

    I think there are 21 upper level credits required, not a limitation on lower-level credit exactly.
     
  13. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member

    Not for an AA or AS degree.

    But a BS degree needs upper division credits that CCs generally do not provide. (The EC BSLS requires 30 UD credits for example).

    When I earned my BS it was posssible to include additional credits beyond those needed to meet degree requirements.

    [TESC says they will only accept 80 units from a CC
    http://www.tesc.edu/668.php]
     
  14. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    It is never a waste of time when you have learned something. It is the knowledge gained that is important and has value. I have a lot of credits and learned something from all of them. I have 360 credits (graduate and under graduate) and don't regret any of them.
     
  15. JBjunior

    JBjunior Active Member

    I agree. I am in the military and have had more opportunities for training/school than anyone I know. Usually when an opportunity presents itself others try their hardest to get out of it and I jump at the chance. There isn't a bad course or class if there is anything that can be gained from it. Recently I had to go get a new RCRA Environmental certification even though it doesn't have anything to do with my job but they needed one more body to fill the roster. While I don't need it, I definitely learned something and it can go on a resume.

    Learning is the purpose of life and as long as you are moving forward to gain a better understanding of anything and everything, you are doing well.
     
  16. lawrenceq

    lawrenceq Member

    You guys are right.

    I wished I had done my homework and I would have made better choices. The funny thing is I planned on taking up AC repair, but when I went to register, the guy doing their registration was out. I eventually jumped in the electrical technology line and never looked back. :eek:
     
  17. JBjunior

    JBjunior Active Member

    I did shipboard AC&R for a couple of years and got burned out. Vibration and breaking of refrigerant lines over and over again isn't fun. At least I am licensed for anything I want to do.
     
  18. NorCal

    NorCal Active Member

    Something I learned along the way in college were these two websites:

    www.ratemyprofessor.com

    www.assist.org

    Rate my professor is nice to avoid inherently horrible instructors. Assist allows me to see what courses at the community college double count for upper division at a four year school. Believe it or not, but you can find upper division course work at the community college level; and here in California where it's only 20 bucks per unit, you can save a lot of money going that route.
     
  19. lawrenceq

    lawrenceq Member

    I've used ratemyprofessor a few times and the ranking can be off. I know a couple of my professor’s rankings are horrible on there, which I don't agree with at all.
     
  20. NorCal

    NorCal Active Member

    You folks are not going to believe this, but I audited my assessment and discovered 25 additional units that weren't noticed during my original assessment by the college. (maybe they were overwhelmed by the amount of transfer credit, lol.) They were all under graduate lower level GE courses such as Macro-Economics, Humanities, and Social Science.

    I brought this to their attention, and they had to adjust my overall total which now puts me at 150.50 units at transfer. :D
     

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