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maverick · Veteran Member

HELP!! I NEED MY DEGREE!

18and1 · Senior Member

Empire State and Aspen i heard is the way to go. John Jay will only take 90 credits. Not to mention John Jay thinks its now Harvard especially if your a cop. I also heard University of Pheonix isnt bad because its all online.

maverick · Veteran Member

A couple of my friends were telling me that Empire State is not as good as it used to be back in the day when it comes to being a cop friendly college. John Jay is also very perp friendly from what i saw when i visited over there. Its a shame.

Gluestick · Veteran Member

Excelsior College ! This BS online school got me my 4 credits i needed for sergeant.

maverick · Veteran Member

Glue...i need a college that's gonna batch my credits together and give me a degree with the least hassle and expense if possible. But ya Excelsior is good for getting you atleast the credits you need for a certain rank. In my case unfortunately..I need the degree.

DumbBrass · Senior Member

Check out ASPEN UNIVERSITY TOO.

brat4914 · Guru

geez - wait till the last minute why dont ya ?

maverick · Veteran Member

brat4914 wrote:
geez - wait till the last minute why dont ya ?

lol...negative Brat. Im not even a lieutenant yet...so i have time. But i wanna get it over with as soon as i can.

brat4914 · Guru

LOL.....oh, ok......good thinking ahead then biggrin

NextLtTest · Senior Member

maverick wrote:

A couple of my friends were telling me that Empire State is not as good as it used to be back in the day when it comes to being a cop friendly college. John Jay is also very perp friendly from what i saw when i visited over there. Its a shame.

I go to John Jay!!!!

DrUnK247 · Senior Member

Nuff said

bigfoot45 · Guru

maverick wrote:
Hey guys...I figured I'd come to you guys for this one...I have enough to make the rank of lieutenant but i need my degree to make captain on this job. I have academy credits along with credits from two different colleges that add up to around 100. Need a cheap college that has a VERY liberal transfer of credit policy (meaning they will take almost anything you have and apply it towards the 128 or so credits you need for a bachelor's degree). I have heard of Empire State, Excelsior, Aspen, and John Jay as being good. I need something very cheap and quick if possible. Please recommend and share your experience if you have one so i can decide where to go. Thanks guys.

Go on the the PBA website. You can take four classes at John Jay for free right now. You can't beat it. I did it. Only cops are in the class of all different ranks.

Nofurther · Veteran Member

Why would u wanna make captain is beyond me.

richpd2 · Veteran Member

I'm in the same boat as you. I went to my local school took classes there, have academy and military courses. I just started going to Ashford university. Very helpful people and the online classes are very easy. Courses are only 5 weeks long so you could finish your BA in no time there if you wanted to.

maverick · Veteran Member

NextLtTest wrote:
maverick wrote:

A couple of my friends were telling me that Empire State is not as good as it used to be back in the day when it comes to being a cop friendly college. John Jay is also very perp friendly from what i saw when i visited over there. Its a shame.

I go to John Jay!!!!

yes..lol..doesnt mean your a perp bro...i just meant that they have a good amount of perps there. Feel bad for the cops going there who have no other choice because of their good credit transfer policy. Warrants should be setting up a table there forthwidth right next to the 212-recruit guys. lol.

maverick · Veteran Member

bigfoot45 wrote:
maverick wrote:
Hey guys...I figured I'd come to you guys for this one...I have enough to make the rank of lieutenant but i need my degree to make captain on this job. I have academy credits along with credits from two different colleges that add up to around 100. Need a cheap college that has a VERY liberal transfer of credit policy (meaning they will take almost anything you have and apply it towards the 128 or so credits you need for a bachelor's degree). I have heard of Empire State, Excelsior, Aspen, and John Jay as being good. I need something very cheap and quick if possible. Please recommend and share your experience if you have one so i can decide where to go. Thanks guys.
Go on the the PBA website. You can take four classes at John Jay for free right now. You can't beat it. I did it. Only cops are in the class of all different ranks.

I took two of those classes a couple of years ago and they were good...but i was told john jay ran out of funding for the free classes so they did away with them afterwards. But i will double check now. thanks.

maverick · Veteran Member

Nofurther wrote:
Why would u wanna make captain is beyond me.

yea i know its a tough rank these days brother. But fortunatley i am 2 for 2 in my promotional exams (this one i consider myself very lucky to have passed) and have less than 10 years on. Hopefully I will be a LT at the 10 year mark..so going for Captain is a no brainer at this point in my career and for 160K a year (178K with full night diff) walking in the door at top pay...i will gladly get my balls kicked in at traffic stat or any other one of the other assanine stats the job makes up. The Tuesday and Thursday RDO's will suck for the first couple of years but hopefully i will gain seniority and get my weekends or part of the weekend off after a couple of years in rank. if i dont make the Captain rank...i guess i will just have to go to Narco as a LT and make my 40 hours a month to ride out my career..lol.

-- Edited by maverick on Sunday 4th of December 2011 10:04:42 PM

-- Edited by maverick on Sunday 4th of December 2011 10:06:03 PM

wereinbacklog · Guru

maverick wrote:
Nofurther wrote:
Why would u wanna make captain is beyond me.
yea i know its a tough rank these days brother. But fortunatley i am 2 for 2 in my promotional exams (this one i consider myself very lucky to have passed) and have less than 10 years on. Hopefully I will be a LT at the 10 year mark..so going for Captain is a no brainer at this point in my career and for 160K a year (178K with full night diff) walking in the door at top pay...i will gladly get my balls kicked in at traffic stat or any other one of the other assanine stats the job makes up. The Tuesday and Thursday RDO's will suck for the first couple of years but hopefully i will gain seniority and get my weekends or part of the weekend off after a couple of years in rank. if i dont make the Captain rank...i guess i will just have to go to Narco as a LT and make my 40 hours a month to ride out my career..lol.

-- Edited by maverick on Sunday 4th of December 2011 10:04:42 PM

-- Edited by maverick on Sunday 4th of December 2011 10:06:03 PM

You and I are in the same boat lol. I did pretty well on the 2011 LT exam and wish I had a crystal ball to determine if I'll get promoted in time to take the 2012 Captain exam lol. Anyhow best of luck.

18and1 · Senior Member

maverick wrote:
bigfoot45 wrote:
maverick wrote:
Hey guys...I figured I'd come to you guys for this one...I have enough to make the rank of lieutenant but i need my degree to make captain on this job. I have academy credits along with credits from two different colleges that add up to around 100. Need a cheap college that has a VERY liberal transfer of credit policy (meaning they will take almost anything you have and apply it towards the 128 or so credits you need for a bachelor's degree). I have heard of Empire State, Excelsior, Aspen, and John Jay as being good. I need something very cheap and quick if possible. Please recommend and share your experience if you have one so i can decide where to go. Thanks guys.
Go on the the PBA website. You can take four classes at John Jay for free right now. You can't beat it. I did it. Only cops are in the class of all different ranks.
I took two of those classes a couple of years ago and they were good...but i was told john jay ran out of funding for the free classes so they did away with them afterwards. But i will double check now. thanks.

Free classes are still available. I had one great class with Prof. John Walsh, who is the old CO of street crime. However, I felt because you were a cop they held you to a higher standard. I was taking a freshman level class and they wanted 2 reference papers from you. Will other freshman classes were taking multiple choice tests with no reference papers or essays.

Edubz · Senior Member

dont see anyone from the '11 Lt exam taking the May Capt exam. DCAS is not the fastest moving bunch.

BXCOPPER33 · Senior Member

I agree with Edubs

maverick · Veteran Member

Edubz wrote:
dont see anyone from the '11 Lt exam taking the May Capt exam. DCAS is not the fastest moving bunch.

I dont also E...Im looking more towards the next one. I wouldnt be in the first or second class anyway.

Nofurther · Veteran Member

Maverick what do u got on the test btw?

Edubz · Senior Member

i think capt test will be more frequent anyway, i heard the attendance was minimal at the key last week

Teniente esperanza · Veteran Member

Edubz wrote:
i think capt test will be more frequent anyway, i heard the attendance was minimal at the key last week

No surprise there. As an Lt you can find a place to hide and make a very good living. As a Capt you get paid the big bucks and earn every penny for the first few years with few exceptions.

maverick · Veteran Member

Nofurther wrote:
Maverick what do u got on the test btw?

73...but who knows with the amount of changes that could be made with the final answer key.

maverick · Veteran Member

Edubz wrote:
i think capt test will be more frequent anyway, i heard the attendance was minimal at the key last week

yea i heard the same. Hopefully there will be another one by 2013. lets keep our fingers crossed.

brat4914 · Guru

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machine · Senior Member

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A three credits course at jjay is about $1,200 dollars, this program is worth more than 5k and books are free too!

maverick · Veteran Member

Thanks Brat...your the best.

PFB · Veteran Member

Take the course!!!! You get to read the famous book!!!!

redcons2 · Senior Member

maverick wrote:
bigfoot45 wrote:
maverick wrote:
Hey guys...I figured I'd come to you guys for this one...I have enough to make the rank of lieutenant but i need my degree to make captain on this job. I have academy credits along with credits from two different colleges that add up to around 100. Need a cheap college that has a VERY liberal transfer of credit policy (meaning they will take almost anything you have and apply it towards the 128 or so credits you need for a bachelor's degree). I have heard of Empire State, Excelsior, Aspen, and John Jay as being good. I need something very cheap and quick if possible. Please recommend and share your experience if you have one so i can decide where to go. Thanks guys.
Go on the the PBA website. You can take four classes at John Jay for free right now. You can't beat it. I did it. Only cops are in the class of all different ranks.
I took two of those classes a couple of years ago and they were good...but i was told john jay ran out of funding for the free classes so they did away with them afterwards. But i will double check now. thanks.

The free classes haven't run out of money yet. I'm enrolled for the next semiester already.