Hey all,

I'm done with the requirements for my BA in Political Science at penn state world campus this semester, but want to raise my uGPA for law school admissions over the summer. My current plan was to take ASU online courses. I took several ULC courses, but those do not offer A+ grades, and the regular ASU online courses are $250/credit with military benefits. UMPI also offers A+'s, and would be much cheaper to grind for credits, but unfortunately I will have minimal free time when I transfer in June, and seem to have missed the deadline to apply for the semester starting in March. My GPA is currently around a 3.7, and will be a 3.8 after I retake two concurrent enrollment classes from High School at BYU-I.

Looking at the yourpace website, it looks like they have a non-degree option, but I can't apply for it - the form on that page never led to a response. Does anyone have any experience with enrolling as a non-degree student, or a way around the deadline? 

https://www.umpi.edu/yourpace/certificat...e-options/

Hey All!

I'm finishing up my BA in Political Science at Penn State World. I'll have met all the requirements for the degree this semester, after only a year (a long time for this forum, but pretty good for a name-brand state school without any distinction between campuses, looking at you PUG!) I'm knocking out minors in Sociology and History over the summer (just two UL classes in each, got ll history classes through CLEP and ASU ULC and taking ll Soc courses at ASU online) because I'm trying to get my GPA up for law school admissions. I'm also considering doing a semester at UMPI before I leave for a different unit in June, but it looks like I missed the deadline.

But, I still have a year before I can apply for law school through my military branch, and two years if they don't accept me into the program and I have to wait for my contract to end! So I'm considering a masters, probably in International Relations/Affairs. I'm mostly looking at King's College London's online IA program or SOAS's Diplomacy program, but those are about 20,000 pounds, so I wanted to tell you all about my fallback - troy University

Some of you might recognize them from their six free undergrad RA credits they offered a few years back, but they actually offer a ton of grad programs at about $400/credit. The kicker is: if you're in the military it's only $250 a credit for a Master's degree at a state school! 


https://www.troy.edu/online/

Has anyone had and issues with AI at UMPI? What is UMPI AI policy?

How long does it normally take to hear back from TESU?  I applied a couple of weeks ago and submitted my transcripts but so haven’t seen any response. This is for a 2nd bachelors if that matters.

Thoughts on this: https://www.eastern.edu/lifeflex

And Eastern allows 75% of credit to be transferred. They are generous and do accept, CLEP, DSST. (idk about ACE and NCCRS)

Might be worth looking into for some people.

75% transferred in for bachelors (32 credits at Eastern)

9 grad credits accepted for transfer

Are there any graduate programs that allow for a generous amount of credit transfer? I know Capitol Technology University will do up to 75% for a doctorate, but I have not seen many others out there that do more than about a quarter of total credits.



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Joe

Hey!  I would like to enroll in UMPI for the Your Pace BA Psych program!
Does anyone know what Gen Ed Classes would be needed, also how much of the degree program can be transferred in from Sophia Learning?  
Also for those of you in the program already ( I know it is fairly new), how are you enjoying it?

Thank you all!

Are there some free ways for me to register?
(I registered for a free TECEP last year. But I'm not sure it is valid now.)

I've finished my 2023 DEC term and this is the only term left so that I will graduate from TESU with my BACS degree in June this year.
I want to apply for a traditional master's program in Europe(Belgium or Netherland),  I want to make my transcript look nicer,  so I want to transfer some ACE credits to TESU,  is there some cheap or free way for me to transfer?


Thanks to some kind-hearted guys on this forum, you gave me so much valuable advice last year. 
Sadly I could just remember @bjcheung77 @LevelUP, thank you again!!!  Also thanks for other guys' advice.

Your Location: Texas, United States
Your Age: 37
What kind of degree do you want?: Business (Any Discipline)
Current Regional Accredited Credits: Break apart by school for ease of reading. Regional means the school has a regional accrediation. If you don't have any, that's okay leave it blank!

Currently have 75 Credit hours! Breakdown below!

South Carolina State University

Your Location: Oregon USA
Your Age: 36
What kind of degree do you want?: BA/S Psychology, Masters in Psychology
Current Regional Accredited Credits:

School Name Total Credits: University of Phoenix, 9
Class Name, Credits, Grade
Gen/200 Foundations for General Education and Professional Success, 3, A-
Com/295 Business Communications, 3, A-
ETH/321 Ethical and Legal Topics in Business, 3, A-

School Name Total Credits: Rogue Community College, 30

Class Name, Credits, Grade
CCJ 271 Intro to corrections, 4, B

CJ 199 Sp Studies: Crim Justice, 4, B
CJ 100 Found & Ethics in Crim, 4, A
COMM 210 Public Speaking, 3, A
HE 252 First Aid, 3, A
PSY 201 General Psychology, 3, C
PSY 101 Psych Human Relations, 3, A
SOC 204 Sociological Imagination, 3, B
WR 121 English Composition, 3, B

School Name Total Credits: Southern Oregon University 32

Class Name, Credits, Grade

CCJ 230 American Criminal Justice Syst, 4, B+
CCJ 251 Intro to Criminal Law, 4, B+
HE 275 Health and Society II, 4, B
CCJ 399 SS: Violence & Victimology, 4, A-
WR 122 English Composition, 4, B
CCJ 241 Intro to Law Enforcement, 4, A
CS 200, Computer Science I, 4, A
CS 210 Web Development I, 4, B+

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: 0

Any certifications or military experience?

No

Budget: 10k out of pocket, willing to take on student loans.  I'd like to go the cheapest route possible, but will consider spending more for easy and fast!  

Commitments: Family & pets. I currently work full time and can work on my studies part time or in the evenings/weekends. I can mostly set my own schedule at work.


Dedicated time to study: I can study as much as is needed during the night or weekends as long as my schedule is free. I estimate at least 2 hours every week night and on the weekends, maybe 3-6 hours, total would be roughly 10+6=16 hours or slightly more.


Timeline: Finishing the courses required for the Bachelors degree as fast as possible would be ideal.  The sooner I finish my BA/S the sooner I can start my masters. For licensure in Oregon you must go to schools that meet all the requirements. The program must also be a minimum of 3 years. 


[b]Tuition assistance/reimbursement: nothing in stone[/b]

I have been looking at the new WGU BS Psychology program because of the cost and the fact that it is an exam based school. I am a good test taker as I retain information, especially recent information, very well. For my masters I was very much considering going to an online program offered by George Fox University based out of Portland OR. Their masters program satisfies all requirements for both the LMFT and LPC which is fantastic. They should also be able to help me via the program with placement for internship hours that are required by OR as part of the program and will allow me to do extra hours as to not have to pay a supervisor as much for the remainder of additional hours. I would like to avoid my transcripts looking like I did a ton of stuff from random sites and transferred it in when I submit for acceptance to the masters program.

I also would want to address my ability to write papers and do math at a university level so that when I went into the masters program I was not having extensive difficulty writing well formed papers. Many of my credits are from when I was 18-22 so that information has not been used in a while as none of it applies to any of my work since besides some math as needed.

Thank you for any advice! I am just starting to really dig into what my plan is with this but want to get started soon.