Well, since I'm pursuing going back to finish my degree I've been trying to locate my old transcripts from the various colleges I've attended over the years. San Fernando Mission College (now known as LA Mission College), check. MSU-B, check. Billings Business College? Not so much. They're not around anymore so I hadn't pursued it. Until my advisor told me to contact the Montana Department of Higher Education because they should be able to help me locate at the very least an old course schedule or something like that. So, I contacted them on Sunday via email not expecting much.
Monday morning, I had an email back from them giving me the name of Remington College along with their phone number and website. Evidently, they've taken over all of the old Business College records. So, I went to their website and put in my request. Within minutes, I kid you not, I had a response from their records clerk. Who stated (and I quote), "I have a copy of your degree here, but am having trouble locating your records". Evidently the older records are filed by social security number and not by name. So I let her know what my ss was and waited for her to pursue it. My mind didn't even register the degree thing because I'd never graduated. I thought maybe she was referring to the degree program or something like that.
Yesterday afternoon, she faxed me my records. 60 credits and an AAS degree conferred as of September 2, 1994 in Travel Management. I have a degree???? Evidently I had all my credits, but I never went through any kind of ceremony. I never got a letter (at least not that I can remember) stating I'd achieved enough credits for graduation. As far as I knew, I'd never finished.
Again I ask you: If somebody has a degree they would know it, wouldn't they?
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Holly ~ It really has no bearing. I'm going for my Bachelor's, which I need 128 credits for. The funny thing is, I now have 120 credits, but the majority of them are all lower level classes. It may effect the amount of time I have to go to school though. My advisor is checking on the credits for me now. As it stands, I should be done no later then next December, but with this new information I may be done even sooner.
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cool! Hopefully, a lot of the credits will transfer in in a useful manner. I work in college admissions and I've definitely had students who transfer in a lot of credits that end up in free elective hell. I don't know what the policies are where you are applying, but where I work, students with an A.S. are considered to have completed the gen ed requirements automatically. Unfortunately, that's not the case with an A.A.S. (not that I even know why...someone makes the rules and just tells us to apply them). Still, I hope your advisor is able to work something creative out for you. Don't forget about the awesome little thing known as the CLEP test. Some $75 dollars (or whatever it is these days), take a test for an hour, get a good score, get 3 college credits instantly. woohoo!
as for degrees...i still don't have my official diploma from my B.S. I ran away to europe to backpack and finished my last classes via distance ed. the people who i had been living with (where my mail went) moved and somehow my diploma must have gotten lost in the shuffle. lol. i need to see if the college will send me a new one. hmmm. -
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Sula ~ My gen eds are more than covered. I have 60 credits from MSU-B that are all gen eds,in addition to these. See why I'm just so exasperated? I have 120 credits and no degree to show for it!! A BS is 128 credits, for cryin' out loud.
CJ ~ Thanks :-) Life is full of surprises sometimes, I have to see.
Rosie ~ Check it out. If the college you went to was in the state of CA, there should be a way for you to get ahold of your records. I'd contact the dept of education and see what you can find out.
I would think someone would let you know. Don't you have to fill out forms? like what you want printed on your degree and all that?
But yay you have one!