How can i get a bachelors degree with all my credits?
I have 105 college credits from different schools I’ve attended over the years. I’m now older and wiser and would like to finish a bachelors degree without having to start over. I’ve heard of programs where you go to school one night a week for a full year. The admission is based on college credits, past employment, and life experience. How do I find a good program?
Very few legitimate schools will award credit based on life experience, and those that do require you submit a portfolio, essay, or take an oral exam to cover the material. They don’t just take your word for it. Avoid any school that doesn’t do this. Most colleges require you take at least half of the credits for your degree from them, so you’ll either have to re-enroll in the school that awarded most of them or settle down to transfer as many as you can and finish off the degree in a few years.
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There are some accelerated bachelors degree programs for adults that are reputable, and designed to accept as many credits as they "legally" can – usually between 60 and about 90, depending on the school. The classes you take at the college are held on an accelerated basis, so you go one-two nights per week, for maybe 3 hours per class, and each class takes only 8-9 weeks, rather than the normal 16 – so you get done more quickly.
One example of such a program is this one at Pace, which also happens to be online:
http://www.pace.edu/pace/prospectivestudents/adult-continuing-education/programs-offered/#online
You should also look at the colleges near you. More and more of them are offering these sorts of degree completion programs. I’ve especially noticed them popping up at smaller, private colleges.
Make sure that any school you look at is regionally accredited, as Pace is. There are lots of types of "accreditation" out there, but if your college isn’t regionally accredited, employers (and grad schools, should you go in that direction) won’t recognize your degree. Most traditional, brick and mortar universities and colleges are regionally accredited.
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August 9th, 2010 at 9:33 am
Very few legitimate schools will award credit based on life experience, and those that do require you submit a portfolio, essay, or take an oral exam to cover the material. They don’t just take your word for it. Avoid any school that doesn’t do this. Most colleges require you take at least half of the credits for your degree from them, so you’ll either have to re-enroll in the school that awarded most of them or settle down to transfer as many as you can and finish off the degree in a few years.
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