Would love some advice - TESC degree completion, financial aid, CLEP

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  1. hkhart

    hkhart New Member

    I have Medical Laboratory Technician AAS degree and am registered with ASCP (national license). Need BS or BA degree (with requirements) to become eligible for Medical Technologist registry test. I am currently enrolled in an accelerated online BSBA program at Kentucky Wesleyan College. I am not at all interested in the business degree, however this past Oct. 2010, I lost out on a $$$ job due to not having MT certification, thus I immediately decided it (degree) was crucial to my future earning potential. The BSBA was offered 100% online and I was familiar with school.
    Up until that point, I have investigated many MLT to MT routes but all required clinical settings which I felt duplicated my experience, either through education or 17 years in the lab. Most of the MLT classes aren't applicable to BSBA thus my quest to find something that would account for my earned credits. I have now discovered the BSAST at TESC.
    As of May 6, I will have 98 credits (77 from AAS + 21 BSBA). I've mapped out my classes and what I need in attached link. (Breakdown of classes) I'd really like to use CLEP testing, but I need the financial aid available to me currently at KWC, at least to get the program started.

    Any ideas that are different than the classes I have inserted, knowing now that only online and self guided is compatible with FA? The AST current trends class is a TESC requirement as far as I can tell. Basically I want to utilize FA, minimize cost and accelerate the degree ASAP - same as everybody else, I presume! :wiggle:
     
  2. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

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  3. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member

    Since you may have a lot of professional credits (MLT plus business) perhaps you should check out the Excelsior BS Liberal Studies sine they accept up to 59 professional credits.
    Degree progam details here:
    https://my.excelsior.edu/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=f9efcdb6-2dad-4c83-b2e0-43725d335e94&groupId=78666
    You need 21 upper division courses in the arts and sciences plus another 9 UD units.
    Excelsior accepts CLEP and DSST challenge exams, will accept credits from any RA institution, and will give credit for other learning including by portfolio.
    Four units (capstone plus info lit) are taken through EC.
    I suspect you wil find EC lower cost than TESC.
     
  4. hkhart

    hkhart New Member

    Thanks Ian for the input. I've just come from browsing their site. From what I can briefly gather, it appears I would have to take additional course work, whereas at TESC, worst case scenario is taking the classes they have offered as Guided study or OL to qualify for FA. I may just have to bite the bullet and do it. Sure wish I knew of this forum about 15 years ago!!
     
  5. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    Too bad it didn't exist then. It was before my time, but I believe it hasn't been around that long. However, I agree, I too have benefited from the advice here and wish I had that kind of advice 15 years ago.
     

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