<p>I applied for community college but they've had me in "verification" since the end of June with no hope in site of getting me in. I'm thinking about taking an A.S. online.</p>
<p>I know I ultimately want to teach college which requires a masters or P.H.D but I am unsure of what subject I want to teach - defiantly not one of the four basics. The original plan was to attend in person for general studies as I have no degree or significant number of classes under my belt, to give me an opportunity to be exposed to different options. I am just so frustrated with the waiting game at the cc that I'd rather start now online and attend a brick & mortar for my B.S.</p>
<p>My question is this - has anyone used an online college for an A.S. or A.A that wasn't paid for by your job? What college was it and how was the experience, did your degree prove to be useful and accepted? </p>
<p>Because of my "major" confusion I was thinking of taking a degree at Colorado Tech Univ (has anyone heard of them?) that is an A.S.G.S (Associates in General Studies) average cost $24k for 18 month degree...is having a General Study degree worth it or would I be better off picking an A.S./A.A. in something specific like Psychology even though I don't know what I want my end result to be?</p>
<p>I’m surprised you’re having difficulty with community colleges in Colorado. ARE you in Colorado or are you just interested in online CTU because it’s online? Since you want to explore options, wouldn’t that be more effective if you were actually with people? (Old person here - maybe online degrees are just as social as traditional!)</p>
<p>In any case, I think paying $24K for an AS is way out of line. Checking out a community college in Colorado, I looked at the in-state tuition and fees and saw that a full 15-credit semester costs $2,600. Four of those is only $10,400. I checked for a CC in NY, and got that a single credit hour costs $180; for 60 credits at $180 it would cost $10800. Those numbers do NOT include books, so figure another one to two thousand dollars. Even if you don’t live in Colorado or NY, your instate community colleges shouldn’t be more than twice as much, and I can’t imagine CTU’s degree is twice as good.</p>
<p>I’d recommend actually going down to your community college and running around trying to hunt someone down who can tell you what your registration problem is and get it straightened out before bailing.</p>
<p>CTU is a for-profit school, and there are huge objections to those on CC and in the news. Although I’m not really aware of the issues, you might want to check out the controversy yourself so you can make a more informed decision. Presumably, the problems are with the worst of the schools and they aren’t all bad, but you need to be sure of what you’re buying.</p>