Why did you choose your college or university?

In 1980, I was an education specialist at Hanscom AFB. I was a senior airman by then, and had just completed my first Regents degree (a B.S. in Business). My boss, the base education services officer, advised me to quickly "cover" that degree with a master's. He theorized that the degree from USNY Regents wouldn't be worth much. And this was a guy who was responsible for delivering education to thousands of military members on the base!

Because my job was to counsel people all day about their educational goals and opportunities, I talked to a LOT of people about USNY Regents. Four of us enlisted members completed our degrees there (and one at UMUC), and we ALL went to officer training school. Dennis and I retired as captains. I don't know what happened to Marvin and Ruth after they were commissioned. Darrell retired as a lieutenant colonel. I feel a tad bit of ownership in each of their stories.

 

Because they were free to service members, I took CLEP, DANTES, AP, NY Regents, and GRE exams in everything I thought I had a chance to pass. From the CLEP general exams to specialized ones like Literature Analysis and Rhetoric, I took a swing at all of them. Two success stories:

I took a Marketing Management class at night, but it was a particularly busy time in my career and I just didn't take it seriously. I got my only B-. But I took a NY Regents exam in the same subject for 12 S.H. (which included an essay) and passed it. The second: getting a second bachelor's because I passed the GRE in Sociology (67th percentile) without studying for it.

Graduate school was harder. I had to take classes and everything!