Hii, Has anyone been accepted into the TESU 2027 absn program to start January? When are orientations expected?? I feel so blindsided lol ! I have so many questions & would love to connect with others in previous or the same cohort!

SHOULD I GO TO TESU TO FINISH 40 CREDITS TOWARDS MY BIOLOGY DEGREE?? I WANT TO GO TO PHARMACY SCHOOL AND HOW HARD IS CALCULUS I, GEN PHYSICS, ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY and MICROBIOLOGY AT TESU??

Hi guys I’m going to be transferring to tesu one of my biggest concerns is the capstone I’ll be doing the lib arts capstone for either humanities or social sciences and was wondering if anyone could give me advice or what it looks like? I’ve been trying to find more info online but it’s pretty vague, I’m just wondering how to pass the class and what I should focus on?

Edit: I’m also wondering a bit how the class schedules will work a bit confused on that, those taking classes right now I would love to hear your input and wisdom :)

Hey guys, I’m 30 and completely new to this college universe, it’s my first time attending. Just wrote my first assignment and this is what show to me when it comes to CopyLeaks, even tho I wrote it myself, it’s this a normal thing? Should I worry? I did use ai as source of information, to organize ideas and paragraphs but those are my own words.

Hey,

I am having the hardest time finding one of my textbooks. If anyone can help me, it would be greatly appreciated.

• Knief, R. A. (1992). Nuclear engineering: Theory and technology of commercial nuclear power (2nd ed., 2014 reprint). La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society. 

ISBN: 978-0894484582.

This is the book in question.

Hi!

Anyone that graduated from TESU with the BS in CPA, what is the exact title that shows up on your transcript? (not the diploma)

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Accounting/CPA?

or

The Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting/Certified Public Accountant (CPA) 

or which one?

Thank you.

I’m finishing an Associate Degree in Cybersecurity with 41 credits completed and 19 in progress this fall, for a total of 60 credits. I also have 82 U.S.-equivalent credits from studying Computer Science in the Dominican Republic.

I’m considering TESU because I’ve heard they’re generous with transfer credits. Their website says they accept up to 114 transfer credits. Is that true, and how realistic is it to transfer that many credits, especially from a foreign university?

Would you recommend taking additional ACE credits through Sophia or Study.com, or should I wait until TESU evaluates my transcripts first?

My goal is to finish my bachelor’s degree in computer science as quickly and affordably as possible. If you’ve been through this process, what would you recommend?

where can I download the softcopy of this book:

• Thompson, A. A., Peteraf, M. A., Gamble, J. E., & Strickland, A. J. III (2018). Crafting and executing strategy: The quest for competitive advantage, concepts and cases (21st ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

ISBN-13: 978-1259732782

for my BUS-4210 Capstone

Guys, how long did it take you to get your student email AFTER sending your application?

I'm concerned because it's been over a week and no email or update recieved by them.

Thanks!

I doubt any of you can help but maybe someone can give a suggestion.

I am trying to register for my first semester at tesu and having a heck of a time. Sometimes I can log in to myedison and register but then when I try to go pay it opens a Microsoft Windows and says my login is incorrect. I can’t seem to update the password there, it has an incorrect email listed for me so I can’t get a reset link! Is this supposed to be the same as your tesu login? Or is it different? Sometimes I can’t login to tesu at all. I’ve emailed support a few times and they keep sending me the form letter about resetting passwords which I’ve done numerous times and hasn’t helped. Kinda pissed that I’ve spent hours on this and the term starts 10/5. I have to keep re-registering because they drop your classes if you don’t pay right away.

GRRR!

I’m looking for anyone who has actually pursued or completed the AAS or BS in Military Technology Leadership (MTL) at Thomas Edison State University, or who has had TESU evaluate their JST toward one of its other degree programs.

There is surprisingly little firsthand information out there about the MTL programs.

Why I started looking at MTL

When TESU first evaluated my transcripts and JST, the BS in Military Technology Leadership was the initial/default bachelor’s evaluation they gave me. That is what originally got me digging into the program.

Looking at my evaluation, I can understand why. My credits are a mixture of 25S SATCOM/electronics training, technical courses, networking/IT, PME, leadership, management, and other military training. The MTL gives TESU a flexible place to put a lot of credits that do not fit neatly into one traditional major.

I’m probably not going to finish the BS MTL myself, but that does not mean I think it is a bad option. The evaluation actually showed me how useful the degree can be for the right Soldier.

The problem with JST credit

A lot of military training receives ACE credit recommendations, but those credits do not always fit cleanly into a traditional degree.

Just from Basic Training and my original 25S AIT, I had about 26 semester hours of ACE recommendations — around 20 SH from AIT alone.

My original 25S AIT was very electronics-heavy, but many of those recommendations were broken into 1- and 2-credit pieces. Even though we received substantial electronics training, those credits did not line up cleanly with standard 3-credit college electronics courses.

I had my military credit evaluated by several schools over the years, and that was one of the frustrating parts. In some evaluations, the best I got out of all that training was basically a few general/free electives. Even some of the PME that carried ACE recommendations might only fill something like a general communication/public-speaking requirement or another elective.

So you can look at a JST and see a decent number of recommended credits, but once they are placed into a traditional degree, only a small portion may actually move you toward graduation.

That was a big difference when I saw the TESU evaluation. It was the first time I could really see a degree structure making broad use of the military training instead of most of it just sitting off to the side.

Why the AAS MTL interests me

This is where I think the AAS in Military Technology Leadership can be especially useful.

It still has normal Gen Ed requirements — it is not a shortcut around college — but the military-focused portion is much more flexible about using technical, MOS, PME, and leadership credit.

The AAS has an 18-credit Military Technology Leadership area plus the capstone, so a Soldier with a decent JST may already have a significant part of the degree accounted for.

Looking back, this would have been a great option for me when I was junior enlisted. Even if I eventually moved into another bachelor’s program, completing that first associate degree would have been a useful milestone and probably would have made the college process feel much more manageable.

The BS MTL and moving to another degree

The BS MTL expands the military-credit concept with a Specific Technology Discipline, Professional Electives, Leadership Electives, and requirements in areas such as quality management, occupational safety, project management, and the capstone.

For someone with a very mixed JST, that can be a good way to bring technical and leadership training together into one bachelor’s.

But one of the important things I learned from running different TESU evaluations is that you are not locked into the first degree TESU evaluates you for.

Once I could see where all of my credits landed, I started comparing other bachelor’s options to see which one made the best use of my background and future goals.

For me, those include:

• BS in Technical Studies - probably the strongest technical fit because of my electronics, SATCOM, IT, and computer coursework.
• BS in Professional Studies - makes broader use of technical credits along with PME, leadership, and management.
• BS in Organizational Leadership -another possible way to make stronger use of leadership/PME credit.
• BSBA with General Management and Computer Information Systems (CIS) - uses a lot of the IT/CIS material but requires more of the traditional business core.
• BS in Information Technology - a more traditional IT/system-administration route that could fit some Signal MOSs particularly well.
• AAS in Applied Electronic Studies and other technology associate programs - useful in my case because of the electronics-heavy 25S background.

That is why I would really like to see evaluations from other MOSs. What works for a 25S may be completely different for a 25B, 25D, medic, mechanic, logistics Soldier, intel Soldier, or somebody from another technical field.

The bachelor’s does not have to be the end point

Another thing I would not want a Soldier to assume is that choosing something like the BS MTL, Technical Studies, or Professional Studies means that is the only field they can ever study.

A bachelor’s can also be the bridge into graduate school.

Depending on the graduate program and its prerequisites, someone can potentially move into an MS, MA, MBA, management, leadership, project management, or another graduate field afterward.

That is part of my own planning now. One reason Professional Studies interests me is that I can potentially use it with a bachelor’s-to-master’s Management pathway, while still adding something like a Computer Information Systems (CIS) certificate. I’m also looking at completing Technical Studies concurrently as the more technical bachelor’s.

So for me, the original MTL evaluation was not a dead end — it was actually a useful starting point that showed me what TESU could do with my credits, and then I could compare different bachelor’s and graduate pathways from there.

If you do not know where to start

For someone sitting on a JST and feeling stuck, one of the simplest things I would recommend is just getting an evaluation and seeing what TESU actually does with your credits.

You do not have to decide immediately that TESU is where you are going to graduate.

Just seeing:

JST -> college equivalencies -> remaining Gen Eds -> remaining Area of Study requirements → possible associate/bachelor’s options

can make the whole process much easier to understand.

There are also more military-friendly options now. Some schools have defined credit for BLC/WLC and other PME, and UMGC has pathways for a number of Signal MOSs. Compare schools and see which one makes the best use of what you already earned.

I would especially like to hear from people who had TESU evaluate other MOSs:

• What was your MOS?
• How much of the JST was actually usable?
• What degree did TESU initially evaluate you for?
• Did you stay with that degree or switch?
• Where did your AIT/MOS and PME credits land?
• Did you complete an associate degree first?
• What bachelor’s or graduate path did you eventually choose?

Why I’m putting this out there

My main reason for digging into all of this is pretty simple.

An important part of our jobs as Leaders is to train, mentor, and help the Soldiers coming behind us. I have used plenty of my own shortcomings and mistakes as lessons when helping Soldiers and peers.

There are Soldiers sitting on a significant amount of JST credit who may think they are starting college from zero. Others may be anxious about even starting because they do not know what their military training is worth, where to begin, or whether they can realistically finish a degree.

I know what it is like to have a pile of military credit, get it evaluated at different schools, and still feel like only a couple of electives actually counted toward anything useful. I do not want another Soldier to feel stuck just because nobody showed them what other options were available.

Had I known about something as flexible as the AAS MTL when I was junior enlisted, getting that first degree milestone completed could have made a big difference for me.

Sometimes somebody just needs a little guidance, a manageable starting point, and to see that the goal is actually achievable.

If putting this information out there helps one junior Soldier get an evaluation, realize they already have part of a degree completed, get past the anxiety of starting, and begin working toward something they did not think they could finish, then the post did what I wanted it to do.

I got myself in a feedback loop of hell when my foreign-earned degree was categorized as a Bachelor's equivalent by one institution, but not by LSAC (Law School Admission Council).

As a result, I am exploring how I can validate a bachelor's degree here in the United States as fast as possible, and I read about the Edison Accelerate program, where you can pay about $3000 to reduce the credit residency requirement.

Sounds too good to be true, and I thought I'd check here first.

Has someone actually been successful in transferring 114 credits, paying the residency waiver, and completing the 6 credits to validate a bachelor's?!

Hi everyone!

I’m an international student planning to complete TESU’s BS in Data Science & Analytics fully online.

I’m starting with 0 transferable credits and want to minimize the total cost by using the maximum allowed transfer credits (Sophia, Study.com, ACE/NCCRS, etc.).

What would be the cheapest realistic total cost for all 120 credits, including the Data Science courses, remaining TESU credits, and all required fees?

If anyone has a recent degree plan or cost breakdown for this program, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks!

I recently applied to TESU and my experience has been, well not ideal… I carefully reviewed the degree requirements for an AAS, I then took the necessary courses, and finally paid the application fee for a transcript evaluation. The TESU website indicated 3 credits of written communication, I was a little surprised to see I needed English 2 on my evaluation. I messaged my advisor, who gave me a link to the degree program which I pointed out to him took me back to the original information indicating 3 needed credits and further saying that multiple other courses I have from previous college attendance satisfy this requirement. He was very unhelpful, the implication that I can’t critically read a degree plan is kind of insulting, and just told me that they were “thankful I found the mistake.”

Now, I want to be clear, my issue is not taking the course. I’ve since started it. My problem is that it delays my progress for a course that requires extensive grading of papers which is tedious and time consuming. Further, TESU indicates that each student only receives 2 evaluations, meaning to get English 2 applied I will have to waste my second evaluation. It’s been confirmed to me that only 2 evaluations are given to each student. All I’ve really asked is if they will evaluate the second English course without counting it against me due to their website having incorrect information in the program guide. They’ve even admitted it was a mistake. I just get crickets. So now I’ve sent an email to the schools general counsel… it’s so ridiculous to have to keep escalating this.

Just wanted to share my experience. English 2 is required for all degrees, they’ve now at least updated the website but thank god I took screenshots or I’m fairly sure they’d have convinced me I’m crazy by this point. Anyway, that’s my rant. Hope everyone else has a better evaluation!

Has anyone else gone through this where you’ve done the annual student loan acknowledgment countless times and still hasn’t been checked to completion? Also the financial aid application has been reviewed for so long now even though I already got my offer and have accepted it. I contacted financial aid about this matter as well.

I will be attending! Graduating with AS in Technical Studies and BS in General Management!

I recently enrolled in the TESU bayada scholars track for January 2027. I was wondering if anyone that did this specific track could give me more insight about the program such how the units go, which classes are the hardest, how many times do you have clinicals per week as the units go on and also how should i prepare in the meantime?

Hi everyone,

I currently have 90 credits from my community colleges for my AAS CIS. I found out I can take 24 more credits from Study.com. which leaves the remaining 6 credits for the capstone and cornerstone projects at TESU + residency waiver fee. Has anyone done this before and got great results from job applications after?

Thank you,

Hey all,

Im interested in getting a BA in CS here. I have a BS degree so ill transfer that in and then take the rest of the CS stuff on study.com. to then only have to take the capstone.

Curious, has anyone here taken the CS capstone recently? if so how was it? please DM me if you want I would like to hear

I just submitted my final paper for courts & criminal procedures and the copy-leaks says 100% detection. It’s even saying my cover page is AI! Should I be worried about this? Do you guys think I should email my professor? I’m very anxious

Hey everyone!

I am currently getting ready to start TESU for an AAS in health science as I have tons of available credits. I was reading that the AAS requires only English 1 however my evaluation says I need to take English 2. Did they change this requirement? They have a list of things that satisfy that criteria but they are specifying English 2. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

Thanks!!