While I'm scheduled to take my last test this week, I have already started reflecting on this degree and what I'm taking away from this experience. I use the word "experience" loosely as it's only been 7 months from AA to BSLA. I have tested out of everything except for an English Comp class, the only reason I did that, is because it takes Excelsior nearly 2 months to grade the English ECE test.
I feel like a kid that just got away with something, sort of hard to believe it was this easy. It has cost me nothing as the tests were free from the base. I just had to cram for a week for each subject, regurgitate it up for the test, dump the info, and cram for the next one. In the end, I don't feel as though this was anything near a quality education, there's not a lot to be said for this type of degree except you can get it done quickly. I went into this just to have a degree to put on a resume, and I will soon have it, however do I think it rivals a B&M type education? No way, not even close.
The same goes for schools like Embry-Riddle who offer 4 day "weekend classes". The goal here is to cram you with enough info to pass the exam and call that a class, the school is happy because they made major $$ on books/tuition for minimum effort, the students are happy because they received 3 credits in 4 days; in the end, did anyone gain any lifelong knowledge?
I expect to be flamed for this, but it is my honest assessment of my "journey"
towards this degree and education as a business in general. I'm glad I did it, it will fill the resume block and back up my experience, but it's not something I'm particularly proud of; a child could do this. Anyone out there with thoughts on this angle?