By Asma Elfatesi
Online Learning Tips, Guest Student Contributor

I never thought I would study at a completely online university such as American Public University. My family and I used to live in Virginia and I have gone to school there since my family moved to the United States. I graduated from high school and entered a community college with the goal of finishing an associate degree and then transferring to the local university to complete a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. I enjoyed chemistry since high school and have always had great chemistry teachers and professors. So my plan was to graduate with a chemistry degree and become a high school chemistry teacher.

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Virtually every school offers a history club. They all vary in terms of their participation and effectiveness, but when you find a good one, join immediately. Here is an example of a quality history club American Military University.

The Saber and Scroll is a student initiated and managed history club at AMU. It benefits from passionate leadership, active members, and the guidance of Dr. Richard Hines, the program director for history at AMU. If you are a history major, and student of the school, you should join.

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By Hunter Barrat
Senior Admissions Representative, American Public University

As an admissions representative, I talk to a lot of people interested in starting a degree program at my college, American Public University. One of their main concerns is transfer credit. How many academic credits do we accept? Do we take professional, military, law enforcement, or other types of training or certificates? What about college-level exams, such as AP, CLEP, or DANTES? Do we evaluate non-academic prior learning experience toward academic credit? Will we perform a preliminary review on their transcripts to give an estimate of what might transfer in?
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One of the things you should remember when attending an online college is that your reasons for going to school are unique. In the case of AMU, you will come across a wide variety of students.  You will find soldiers, veterans, military spouses, working professionals, emergency services personnel, and corporate civilians. Among these groups of people, you will find people straight out of high school, people returning to school after a lengthy break, and others just interested in continuing their education. The combinations become much different as you ask more questions—nationality, hometown, age, sex, etc.

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