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It's the lowest possible interest (3.4 right now) you can borrow money at short of a car loan with perfect credit (afaik), and you don't accrue interest on the loan until you're out of school. I don't see any reason why not to, unless you have a way to get the money for free.
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Tautologicus posted:It's the lowest possible interest (3.4 right now) you can borrow money at short of a car loan with perfect credit (afaik), and you don't accrue interest on the loan until you're out of school. I don't see any reason why not to, unless you have a way to get the money for free. A barrier to payment such as a film school degree or a BA in gender studies.
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What's the best program to transition military education into actual college credits that a real college will accept?
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Nacho Destroyer posted:What's the best program to transition military education into actual college credits that a real college will accept? Eh... For the most part, no respectable school is going to accept more than a handful of credits at best. There's some exceptions, like if you were a medic going for an EMT program or something, but realistically no matter what you can expect anywhere from 0-15 credits accepted anywhere. Be very, very cautious of anything that says they accept a shitload of military training.
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Nacho Destroyer posted:What's the best program to transition military education into actual college credits that a real college will accept? Just get your JST / SMART transcript https://jst.doded.mil/smart/signIn.do
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Vasudus posted:Eh... Actually, I am a medic. I've been taking classes with UMUC and hoping when I get out I can find a decent school that will accept transfer credits from them. Does anyone know if colleges like UMUC and CTC are pretty good about being accepted by state schools? Does having an associates make it easier to transfer to a state school when youre going for a bachelors? edit: Right now my "Degree Plan" is in general studies, not sure if that matters.
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Hard to say. Some guys here had lots of credit taken and others (me, for example) had maybe enough taken plus some given for mil experience to be 2/3 done with freshman year. I don't believe any college will tell you what they'll take until they admit you.
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CTC sucks. Stay away from it.
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Isn't UMUC a legit school with a fake-sounding name?
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Godholio posted:Isn't UMUC a legit school with a fake-sounding name? It's like semi-legit. Probably slightly more legit than Phoenix, but less legit than UofM. Strangely enough UPenn can't tell the difference and literally every registration session tells me I can't register for classes because they just realized I never turned in a transcript from UM-College Park, and I have to send them an e-mail explaining that I never went there. I took one math class because my chief wanted me to take classes. Never should have done it, I mean, they accepted the classes, but at this point it would have been easier to take the class again than all the loving around that one class has cost me.
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Godholio posted:Isn't UMUC a legit school with a fake-sounding name? Any school with a 100% acceptance rate is not fully legit. It also doesn't have either of the 'good' business accreditations. Their job placement rate is not so great. On the legit scale: ITT----Strayer----Pheonix---------------------------UMUC---Drexel Online/Penn State Online------------------------Distance education offered by legit school with no difference in requirements between online/physical campus
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American Military University. Oh man that's another fantastic scam college.
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UMUC is kind of like "yeah we'll take that class as a pre-req, but your BA better not be from there or lol"
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What about Trident? A coworker is getting his Masters there.
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Why get any online degree at all? Time constraints? Can't leave your house? I don't get it.
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Tautologicus posted:Why get any online degree at all? Time constraints? Can't leave your house? I don't get it. Convenience. In-person classes in giant lecture halls are very impersonal anyways. Might as well do it in your underwear and submit questions via e-mail. edit: Also if you're active duty obviously nobody's going to let you go to class once or twice a week.
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Victor Vermis posted:Convenience. That's extremely common in the USAF.
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Victor Vermis posted:
OK this I can understand, but it seems like an online degree is only good for those checkbox requirements, where a degree is required but they don't care where it's from as long as it's accredited (ex: federal jobs). I don't see any employer or even any random person looking on it favorably. And to use an online degree to get into a good master's program? I don't see it happening. But maybe I don't know what is possible these days and I am only running off stereotypes anyway. I don't know anyone who has one.
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Some reputable colleges hand out the same exact diploma for degrees earned completely online.
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I'm AD army in Korea so taking in-person classes is a bit hard for me.
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holocaust bloopers posted:Some reputable colleges hand out the same exact diploma for degrees earned completely online. You can go from kindergarten to a master's degree with Texas Tech's distance learning stuff. When I worked in that department over a decade ago it was largely via correspondence but was shifting more and more to online.
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BULLETKISS posted:What about Trident? A coworker is getting his Masters there. Trident is one of the lovely ones. It was often used as an example of how to check the "masters degree" box to make O-4 without doing any work. Tautologicus posted:Why get any online degree at all? Time constraints? Can't leave your house? I don't get it. Well, I was in Qatar. holocaust bloopers posted:Some reputable colleges hand out the same exact diploma for degrees earned completely online. This takes research, but yes.
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Nacho Destroyer posted:I'm AD army in Korea so taking in-person classes is a bit hard for me. Are they still spouting that Warrior U thing? Because if they are, don't loving believe it. Yeah, the CG said you get Thursday afternoon off every week to go to school, even if you're in the field! translates to LOL gently caress your college, human being, we got a week of cold weather training.
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not caring here posted:Are they still spouting that Warrior U thing? Because if they are, don't loving believe it. Yeah, the CG said you get Thursday afternoon off every week to go to school, even if you're in the field! translates to LOL gently caress your college, human being, we got a week of cold weather training. Camp Casey was actually pretty good about this. But I was so disgruntled that I would usually just go to sleep.
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Exactly how much an online degree matters depends a lot on your individual circumstances. There's no hard and fast rules about it. Are you entering a field that requires actual precision knowledge and hands on experience? You better loving go to a real, brick and mortar school. Employers are going to ask about projects, team building, etc. Do you already have a skillset, that you're planning to continue to use, and just want the checkbox? Go wherever, so long as it's legit. This really doesn't apply to as many people as you would think, because you had better love your job and don't want to go to a field where a specific education is absolutely necessary. The private sector cares way more about where you got your degree than the public sector, too. When I was doing interviews for two different consulting companies a few months ago the next question after my level of education was to ask if it was an online school. Then they asked where it actually was from. All the gov jobs (which were all labeled as "Professional" and "Scientific" and were GS9/11/12 jobs) that I was looking in to didn't even ask about it other than confirmation about my highest completed level of education.
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UMUC isn't the greatest school on earth, but I know folks who have used BS degrees from them to move into Master's programs at John's Hopkins (Computer Science) and Duke (MBA program). Of course, the other stuff like GRE scores, their GPA etc were also a factor in getting accepted to those programs.
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Quick question. I am receiving 100% post 9/11. I am going to school full time but my degree program is mostly online and the school has a weird class structure. Basically I am sitting in physical class room for 1 month and then online for 3. I was told previously that if I go to school full time with at least one class in person, I'd get 100% of my housing payment. However, a guy in class just told me that i'll get 100% this month and the online rate the other three. Is this true?
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You probably need to talk to your schools certifying official / veterans dept. Are all the classes listed as being online distance learning courses?
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Kawasaki Nun posted:You probably need to talk to your schools certifying official / veterans dept. Are all the classes listed as being online distance learning courses? 3/4 are
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I think as long as one is you get the full rate. A friend of mine had all online courses one semester and they dinged him down to 1/3 or so. When he added an inperson class it went back up. Well that's what they told him he had to do.
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My school requires just one class to be physical and the rest can be online for full-time BAH.
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Yeah thats what I was always told but I guess the difference is you are taking 4 classes at once with one in person and 3 online but I'm taking 4 classes a semester, but one full time a month (for a full 4 month semester) and 3 of the 4 months I am online only.
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Sounds like it should count as a semester... Vas?
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omnibobb posted:Yeah thats what I was always told but I guess the difference is you are taking 4 classes at once with one in person and 3 online but I'm taking 4 classes a semester, but one full time a month (for a full 4 month semester) and 3 of the 4 months I am online only. Did you already E-mail the Veteran finance person (certifying official?) at your campus? What did they say? I had an edge case during a Winterim term where in-person attendance was basically voluntary and it wasn't until they got in touch with the course's instructor that they were able to tell me whether or not it would count as an entirely-online course. She seemed really thorough, though- which I appreciated. gently caress surprises come BAH time.
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It depends on how you are certified. If you are certified 3 in person 9 remote for the semester, you get paid the full amount for the duration. Is this a hybrid class? I've had a few that meet once or twice a month in person but the rest is online. One of them met the first two classes in person, then once for the midterm, then once for the final. Hybrid classes in all cases counted as in-person for certification purposes.
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I saw this in my inbox today.quote:Colleagues and Fellow Veterans,
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How does the Navy college fund/kicker work? It's the only thing I got when I enlisted. I think it was $500 every 2 weeks or a month? They just pay you that outright? I submitted a request to view my OMPF so I can get my original contract with that on it before I switch my GI bill to post 9-11 since you have the option to upload that during the application process. I have my original contract somewhere around here but gently caress if I know where it is. Otherwise you'd just send your contract with the bonus to the VA education office?
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Christoff posted:How does the Navy college fund/kicker work? It's the only thing I got when I enlisted. I think it was $500 every 2 weeks or a month? They just pay you that outright? I submitted a request to view my OMPF so I can get my original contract with that on it before I switch my GI bill to post 9-11 since you have the option to upload that during the application process. I have my original contract somewhere around here but gently caress if I know where it is. It's x amount added on to your check at the end of the month, lumped in with your regular payment. Exactly how much depends on financial sorcery based off your kicker amount (50/60/70k) and your BAH amount. I have no idea what the actual math is, if they've ever published it. From experience, the lower your base BAH, the higher your kicker.
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Nacho Destroyer posted:What's the best program to transition military education into actual college credits that a real college will accept? Abandoning all hope Places that accept unaccredited "life experience credits" tend to be less than reputable.
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Let's say I complete a degree using tuition assistance while on Active Duty, leave the army, and get a job immediately in that field. Can I collect BAH for 4 years taking bullshit classes with no intention at all to complete a degree in order to supplement my income?
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