College credit life experience degree

You may not realize it, but you have amassed a variety of skills through your life, and some of these can be converted into credit that counts toward your degree. If you can use these life experience to gain actual college credit, you will not only shorten the amount of time that you have to spend in school, but you will also save a bundle of money.

Almost all schools recognize that you can gain college-level knowledge through your own life experiences. If your experiences are general and not related to a specific course, you might obtain general studies credit. Or you may get credit for specific courses if you have had related experiences or training. Even something as common as homemaking can be used to show a college that you possess skills in budgeting, nutrition and even child psychology.

When you are making a case to get credit for life experiences, it is important that you have a specific class in mind. If you can show the department that your experiences meet or exceed the material taught, you have a good chance of being granted credit.

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