I got my transcript evaluation from Chamberlain today for the RN-BSN ... they want me to retake MATH. As in, college algebra. (*&^%$#. Despite the College Algebra class and the Probabilities and Statistics class from the University of Maryland. They also want me to take an Advanced Composition class, despite the Honors Comp class from U of MD and the AP English test that earned me 3 credits of advanced placement at the U of MD. WHATEVER. I flat-out told my adviser that there was no way I could afford Chamberlain if I'm taking all this stuff OVER AGAIN. Arrghh. She's going to see if CLEPs are a possibility, but come on! I'm really annoyed and disappointed. Every college has a different idea of what I need for undergrad general ed. stuff. Some want more of this, others more of that. It adds up to a headache. I'm not trying to get out of taking things I truly haven't had, I swear. I own up to the fact that I have three (yes, three!) associates degrees and have never had Economics, so that one's a given. But this is nuts! I have a total of 182 college credits, not even including the additional 24 credits earned by CLEP and AP exams ... grand total: 206. Holy crow. I've never actually added them all up! I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Did I mention my GPA is right around a 3.8?
Oh well ... we'll see what happens. I'm also still looking at a few other programs that made it to my "short list." It's just frustrating -- I don't want to fork out a ton of money to send my transcripts all over the planet! Requesting transcripts from three schools plus College Board (AP and CLEP) will add up. Luckily I saved ALL of my transcripts and have student copies of transcripts that MOST schools will evaluate unofficially (unlike EC, who still insisted that I must first enroll before they could evaluate a syllabus. Ummmmm ... no.).
