I'm looking to get more into the Apple Ecosystem, currently with a new Mac mini M4 as my main PC, and an older Mac Mini M2 as a family computer, this phone would be an upgrade from my old SE3 2022, since they've discontinued the SE and now in favor of 16e.  

Yes, the Apple 16e phone came out just a few days ago and on pre-order until the early part of March up to mid March.  The phone is at a good price point of $599USD.  Having said that, the features of the phone is lesser than the 16 (non pro), the main difference is the camera as it uses the same CPU/Ram and other configuration is very similar.

16e only has 1 camera lens, 16 has 2 cameras lenses and the 16 pro has 3 camera lenses. You can make a comparison on the Apple website if you need the extra details.  There are a few pre-paid cell MVNOs Mobile Virtual Network Operators available that will provide a discount on the phone and on the pre-paid plans on a cell network.

Here's an example from Slickdeals.net: Straighttalk.com has a deal for $365, $299 for the phone and $65 for a month plan, you can cancel the plan anytime, and in 2 months (60 days) your phone will be unlocked to be used on any carrier of your choice.  In brief, you're getting a discount on the phone, but need to wait 2 months for it to unlock.  People use it as an ipod music player or wifi device, ipad mini replacement, whatever may work in your scenario.  You're paying "half price" for this phone.

On the flip side, there are other options such as this example: 1 year service of unlimited calls/text and X gigs of data for $599.  So, it's like getting the phone for free, but using their post paid cell service plan.  Or, the other way of looking at it is, buying the phone for $599 and getting their cell service free, it's the same pricing either way you look at it!

Toms Hardware has a few examples of cheap post paid options: https://www.tomsguide.com/sales-events/i...e-for-free

Your Location: Ohio, USA
Your Age: 38
What kind of degree do you want?: Psychology (maybe also Business)
Current Regional Accredited Credits:19

School Name Total Credits: (an Ohio) Community College #19
Class Name, Credits, Grade
(Past credits)
Intro to Psych, 3, A
Effective Public Speaking, 3, B
Intro to Humanities, 3, A
Introductory Biology (with lab), 4, A
Statistics, 3, A
Health & Nutrition, 3, A

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:

Provider Total Credits: CLEP #14*
Class Name, Credits, Grade
CLEP College Composition, 4, score: 74
CLEP Natural Sciences, 6, score: 68
CLEP Marketing, 4, score: 64
*I calculated these based on my current target school (Franklin), applied to other schools, the 4s would be 3s.

Any certifications or military experience? Nope.
Budget: As cheap as humanly possible. My degree is considered completely optional for my family. I desire to do this with as little burden to them as possible and I need to prioritize my kids' education.
Commitments: Stay at home mom, homeschooling 3 kids, lead an educational co-op, hustle a little on the side
Dedicated time to study: I study every Tuesday night, at minimum. For each of my CLEPs, I did Modern States on Tuesday night, read REA Friday afternoon, and took the test that night. Generally, I pick things up very quickly.
Timeline: Flexible, but I would like to utilize my ability to learn quickly. CLEPs are ideal for me because I can study when I have time and learn the way my brain works best and apply it immediately to a test. College has been a struggle in the past because of the need for long-term commitment. 
Tuition assistance/reimbursement:
None.

Basically, I have high capacity to learn, turn, and apply to testing. I have often been told by friends with Masters or Doctorates that I could easily be a PhD candidate. But I have always prioritized my family. I have twice attempted to go to college, but life situations backed me out (health, caring for dying family members, etc). I have only just recently learned about flexible options, and am trying once again. I'm trying to not get my hopes up.

I'm currently looking at Franklin University. I am a little hazy on the details for how the Big 3 work now and am hesitant to put much effort toward them. I have written off COSC entirely. I'm a little confused about TESU and EU.

I am planning to take the CLEP for Analyzing Literature this week.
I am planning to take the CLEP for Management, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Business Law, Sociology, Intro to Educational Psych, Human Growth & Development, and Western Civ 1 in the coming weeks.
Some of that may seem strange or unnecessary, but the reason is three-fold: 1. Yes, I'm taking them for myself and degree progression, but, 2. I'm taking the ones that my son plans to take (the business ones) to know how best to help him (he's in 8th grade, enrolled at Franklin) and, 3. I'm taking some that support our homeschool co-op to help shape the classes to "teach to the CLEP" for our older students.


I'm essentially using the time it takes me to complete a bunch of CLEPs to figure out the best path for me.

The Psych degree is for me. The Business degree add-on is kind of like...."Well, if I can add it in as a dual-major, may as well...". But it isn't a high priority.

So this is what I'm looking to figure out:

• Cost comparison between Franklin, TESU, and EU
  

1. Franklin has a lower per-credit rate, I believe
   
2. I'm not sure how low residency requirements are for TESU and EU now
   
3. Psych seems to tend to require more credits through target school than other, more general degrees
   
4. I've heard something about $300 per transcript EU has to examine? If I'm doing a lot of CLEP and ACE, that seems expensive???
   

• If I stay with Franklin...
  

1. Is there a viable way to combine Business with Psych while keeping it to just 30 credits or so through Franklin?
   
2. I found some ACE courses (Coopersmith and study.com) that look like they might fit some of the UL Psych courses at Franklin but they aren't on the Transfer Tool they have available. Will they be able to tell me in advance is those would be acceptable so I don't waste time?
   
3. Also considering Nationally accredited sources like People's University for cheap credits that can transfer in (cheaper than community college).
   

I stumbled onto this the other day: https://www.familymedacademy.com

It's UK-based and I see that the courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service in the UK, but there is no institutional accreditation which makes me wary of them offering Master's degrees. Seems like the PG Diploma should be the ceiling. To me, once you start offering degrees you're in a different territory. The UK government (at least from what I can tell) doesn't appear to do much if anything about these sorts of things.

Any thoughts on this program?

Hi everyone, 
I’m new here, and I’ve been lurking for a few months, learning as much as I can about college hacking. I am currently 33 and decided to work through WGU. So far, I have earned about 32 credits through Sophia. However, the more I learn about TESU, the more it seems I can accelerate my progress faster via TESU than WGU. I initially considered pursuing a Software Engineering degree, but now I’m thinking of earning a computer science degree through TESU and then pursuing a master’s degree at WGU. The main issue is the RA credits required. At first I let the idea go. However, I do recall taking college classes for only one semester. (Technically, I had 2 semesters, but I never attended one class and didn’t drop out of it, so it was a big fat F). I did pass three classes though. Algebra, geometry, and Japanese. I got a D in English and an F in another Japanese class(In the class I didn't attend).I know I was young/dumb and didn’t take it seriously. Can I still transfer these classes in? I think that gives me 9 credits out of the 3 I passed, right? I believe I’ll need 6 more credits, which I think I can complete by taking some TECEP classes and then enrolling in 15 RA classes via their 3-month flat rate term. The rest, I was going to take through ACE credits. If I'm able to qualify for TESU now I’m heavily considering double majoring; I was thinking of the business administration-finance degree. Is there a limit on how many ACE credits I can transfer in? Can I still do the majority of the ACE credits for both bachelor’s degrees? Additionally, will the two failed classes affect my GPA, or can they simply not be used as credits? It’s also like 10 years ago, so I don’t know if they’ll allow old credit. I appreciate everything this forum offers and apologize for the lengthy post and multiple questions; it has been a huge help so far.

I just finished my Information Literacy course with a 100
My mentor was Dr. Phillip Wagner.  If you have the opportunity to take the course with him I would do so.  He graded the work very quick and was very lenient.  He gave good feedback, and if you just submit all your work, it should be an easy course to complete.

Hello,
I am new to all of this and just recently about a week ago found a youtube video outlining someone getting a degree in around 4-6 months. I am up for annual review near the end of June, it's a government job and all I need is any degree to be pushed and promoted to the next level. The one degree I was taking a look at was the UMPI Criminal Justice Associates degree. Would this be possible in 4 months? And does anyone know if Criminology from Sophia transfers to UMPI? 

To be honest I am starting from scratch, and enrolled into sophia last week after viewing the youtube video. I am not sure the best route but I have years of management, and data analysis experience. I do have an interest in criminal justice, but I am open to whatever would be the fastest and best route to a degree in time for my annual review in June. 

Since then I have completed the following courses;
IT Career Exploration
Visual Communications
Into to Career Readiness
Developing Effective Teams
Essentials of Managing Conflict
Intro to IT

Currently waiting for Intro to Sociology to be graded 

Thank you for any help/advice

Your Location: Jacksonville
Your Age: 31
What kind of degree do you want?: Fastest Degree Path or UMPI Criminal Justice AA
Current Regional Accredited Credits:n/a
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:
IT Career Exploration
Visual Communications
Into to Career Readiness
Developing Effective Teams
Essentials of Managing Conflict
Intro to IT
via Sophia
Any certifications or military experience?:
Budget: 3k
Commitments: 
Dedicated time to study: Will dedicate minimum 15 hours per week
Timeline: Late June
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: n/a

Hello Everyone, I hope you are doing well.

Have you started studying ?? If yes could you please share your updated degree plan.

I am also an International Student planning to pursue BABA, M&L and am currently on the planning phase. I would also love to know if you have any suggestions for me.

Thanks

There is a lot of talk about the MPH, DrPH, PhD in Public Health. What about the alternative pathways to certification in Public Health?
Wouldn't it be better to pursue the Certified Public Health (CPH) credential from the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE)? https://www.nbphe.org/certified-in-publi...uirements/

I'm looking into the pathway for master's degree holders who have 3 years of public health experience based on the "Ten Essential Public Health Services." https://www.cdc.gov/public-health-gatewa...vices.html

The CDC offers numerous free courses online that align with the core requirements. However, one may need a statistics refresher course.
https://www.cdc.gov/training-publichealt...ealth.html
https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/php/trainingand...w-101.html
https://www.cdc.gov/environmental-health...index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/training-publichealt...ology.html

Additionally, the study guide by APHA: https://secure.apha.org/imis/ItemDetail?...ATEGORY=BK

The exam is $385 and offers discounts as low as $250 for members of various associations. https://www.nbphe.org/certified-in-publi...discounts/

I prefer to study independently and earn the prestigious CPH credential than spend tens of thousands of dollars on public health degrees, especially since I hold healthcare-related degrees and credentials (DHA, MSN, FNP-C) coupled with years of experience in the public health sector, including vaccine research and health education. I took some practice exams; they were not too difficult!

I am not starting this thread to dissuade folks from pursuing graduate degrees in Public Health but to consider alternatives to those with graduate degrees and public health experience. By the way, it appears one's public health experience can be "global."

Wonderful to see fellow American Military University Alumni do well.


"Caine was born on 10 August 1968,[1] at St. Joseph's Hospital in Elmira, New York.[2] He is the first child of Steven Allen Caine and Catherine Johnston Caine.[3][a] Steven was a fighter pilot.[5] He graduated from Hahn American High School in Hahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.[6] In 1990, Caine graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a degree in economics.[7] He later graduated from American Military University with a master's degree in air warfare.[7]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Caine

Hello everyone and thank you in advance for any help. Many years ago, with the help of this forum, I was able to get an Associates in Business from Excelsiors, which I needed in order to join the Police Department. In order to achieve the next promotion on my job I need a Bachelors Degree. I don't need this done until 2026 but I am more of the cram and do it all at once kind of person. For the most part, I don't have much preference to what degree or with who, with easiest and cheapest being the preferrable options. based on what Ive read so far, I see many point towards UMPI BABA M&L, I was also looking at a possible Criminal Justice degree with UMPI. Ive looked at degree plans but its a little overwhelming at first.

Your Location: New York, United States. 
Your Age: 43
What kind of degree do you want?:  Not much preference
Current Regional Accredited Credits: None

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: 
CLEP Spanish (72)
CLEP Introductory Sociology (69)
CLEP History of the US I (57)
CLEP Principles of Management (66)
CLEP Principles of Marketing (72)
CLEP Financial Accounting (53)
CLEP Principles of Macroeconomics (63)
CLEP Principles of Macroeconomics (64)
CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature (65)
CLEP Introductory Business Law (59)
DSST Introduction to Computing (420)
DSST Introduction to Business (434)
ALEKS College Algebra
ALEKS Introduction to Statistics
Straighterline English Composition 1
FHSU Principles of Accounting II
Penn Foster Information to Literacy

Additional 38 Credits in various trainings received from Police Academy, not sure if useful but can list if needed.

Any certifications or military experience? Only Law Enforcement

Budget: None. 
Commitments: None. Just Full Time Job.
Dedicated time to study: 2-3 hours a day plus days off from work.
Timeline: I have 2 years to get it done but would like to be done sooner than later.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: No