Thanks for your insights about grades not being as important as competency. I’m thinking of getting my first degree fourty years after high school and my whole focus back then was on getting good grades. I will be choosing a competency based degree and aiming for a good solid B average, which will take a lot of pressure off me!
Great video thanks for the information. I completed one at Purdue Global, undergrad, and now I'm looking for a different Graduate one. Question for you, speed to degree, was there one in your experience you preferred over another? And was there anything intrusive to your time, or a detriment to 'power through'? Eg., any proctor, or scheduling of tests or any coursework.
Nice working completing your undergrad at Purdue! And I don't think anything specific that got in my way. I completed assignments as fast as I could do them. Sometimes it took a few days to book an meeting with an instructor when I had a question about subject matter but other than that, everything was streamlined and fast. The object assignments (tests) could be schedule pretty much right away in my experience. Papers took a few days to be marked, which is reasonable in my mind. The capstone had to be completed in stages but I still was able to do it in under a month (2-3 weeks) even though it normally takes a full term. The only barrier is one's motivation and energy level. And degree of self-discipline
Thanks for your insights about grades not being as important as competency. I’m thinking of getting my first degree fourty years after high school and my whole focus back then was on getting good grades. I will be choosing a competency based degree and aiming for a good solid B average, which will take a lot of pressure off me!
I agree, I wish we lived in a world that wasn't grade based!
Well said! Thank you so much.
Great video thanks for the information. I completed one at Purdue Global, undergrad, and now I'm looking for a different Graduate one. Question for you, speed to degree, was there one in your experience you preferred over another? And was there anything intrusive to your time, or a detriment to 'power through'? Eg., any proctor, or scheduling of tests or any coursework.
Nice working completing your undergrad at Purdue! And I don't think anything specific that got in my way. I completed assignments as fast as I could do them. Sometimes it took a few days to book an meeting with an instructor when I had a question about subject matter but other than that, everything was streamlined and fast. The object assignments (tests) could be schedule pretty much right away in my experience. Papers took a few days to be marked, which is reasonable in my mind. The capstone had to be completed in stages but I still was able to do it in under a month (2-3 weeks) even though it normally takes a full term. The only barrier is one's motivation and energy level. And degree of self-discipline