Please help me finish my Bachelor's quickly!

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  1. Sya

    Sya New Member

    I'm new to this site, and I'm looking for some help in finishing my Bachelor's as fast as possible. I have the ability to sit down and study for something in the short term, which means I am okay with studying for tests for credit, if that's an option. I need something that works online, preferably with accelerated classes (shorter terms help me focus more).
    Price-wise I'm hoping to find something that's not too expensive since I don't usually get financial aid. I have at least two year's worth of transfer credits from AP, CLEP, community college, and two universities, but they're all in different areas. I can give more information on those credits if anyone wants that. I could go towards languages, humanities (psych or sociology) or criminal justice. I really just need to finish up with a degree in *anything* as quickly as possible.

    Thank you!
     
  2. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    Excelsior College is a good school that accepts large amounts of transfer credits. They also support CLEP tests. You should contact an enrollment counselor who will be much better at looking at what you have completed and advising you on the quickest way through. Here's a link: Excelsior Admissions
     
  3. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    My first recommendation would be Charter Oak State College since they accept up to 30 FEMA credits directly. FEMAs are free, can be completed quickly, and COSC will take them directly without charge. Excelsior would require that they'd be put on a Frederick Community College transcript at $79 per credit hour. The one thing I really don't like about COSC is that they require a cornerstone and capstone to be taken in residence over two semesters.

    My second recommendation would be TESC. Their Per Credit Tuition Plan is unbeatable for a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college. I have several test out plans for TESC, but these are geared toward the Enrolled Options Plan. I have a liberal studies and business administration degree plan that uses the Per Credit Tuition Plan. It's a bit easier to test out of a TESC degree since they require less upper level credits and accept more tests as upper level. The easiest majors to test out of would be the BSBA in General Management, Psychology, Social Science, and Liberal Studies. I always tell people liberal studies should be a last resort, especially since it's almost as easy to test out of more focused majors. You can test out of the capstone (Strategic Management) for all of the BSBAs at TESC. The rest of TESC's degrees and all of COSC and Excelsior's degrees require a capstone course to be taken in residence (that means you have to take the course with the school, but this can be done online).
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    Even without FEMA, a BA in Liberal Studies at TESC is still cheap!
    Even without FEMA, you can still complete the BSBA at TESC for less than $3,000!
     
  4. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member

    The EC BS in Liberal Arts is a very flexible degree.
    Here is an outline of requirements:
    https://my.excelsior.edu/documents/78666/292073/SLA+BS+Liberal+Arts/c48f36ae-653b-48a5-bb7b-95b19936b2c3
    In my case it was the 59 units of professional credit (engineering and business) that made EC the choice for me.

    But also check out COSC and TESC options and see which fits with your current credits.

    Some DSST exams may provide you with upper division credit.
     
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  5. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    That's good when you have a lot of professional credits to transfer, but it doesn't make much of a difference when you're starting from scratch or don't have many professional credits to begin with. Besides business, there aren't many professional courses one can test out of. Most CLEPs and DSSTs are in the liberal arts. If one is going to take a lot of business tests, then one might as well complete a business administration degree. COSC accepting FEMAs for free is really hard to beat. Besides, I don't think most of the people on this forum realize that COSC will let you use professional credits in the individualized studies concentration in addition to the number allowed in free electives. TESC has a similar option with the BSAST and BS in a Learner Designed Area of Study. Both of these allow you to create your own major/concentration.
     
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