In 2011, I wanted to quit my job in Alaska and move to Japan. I needed a working visa which required a four-year degree. At 25 years-old, I enrolled in community college but since I was commuting back and forth to Alaska for work, the teachers couldn’t work with my schedule. I had to drop out.
I tried to enroll in WGU because their degrees are self-paced. But since I had no college experience, they wanted me to prove myself capable by taking a course or two somewhere else like a community college first.
Then I found AMU and signed up for two eight-week-long courses. Both required a lot of writing and reading, and I wasn’t able to keep up with the workload while working 12 plus hour days. I dropped once again.
I kept searching the web, looking for answers. Then I found the degreefourm and Instant Cert. I read how you can test out of college through multiple choice CLEP and DSST exams at Thomas Edison State University, Charter Oak State College, and Excelsior.
I started right away. For one year all I did was save money and study, passing test after test. It was almost too good to be true, and that’s what many told me.
But one year later I had a liberal arts degree from TESU. I was in Japan and having the best time of my life.
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