{"id":280,"date":"2015-08-06T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.forums.geteducated.com\/forums\/uncategorized\/1501-17-credits-shy-of-double-ba-want-to-complete-are-my-credits-still-valid\/"},"modified":"2015-08-06T16:31:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T16:31:00","slug":"1501-17-credits-shy-of-double-ba-want-to-complete-are-my-credits-still-valid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geteducated.com\/forums\/6-online-bachelor-degree-programs\/1501-17-credits-shy-of-double-ba-want-to-complete-are-my-credits-still-valid\/","title":{"rendered":"Do College Credits Expire?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, first I want to say how much I have learned reading this forum, however the answer I am looking for has eluded me thus far.<\/p>\n<p>I am 37 and a US citizen, living abroad for the past 5 years with no plans to go back anytime soon. From 1993 to 1996 I attended Temple University in Philadelphia working towards a double degree. I ran out of loans and credit cards when I was 17 credits shy of my BA. I began to work, thinking I would go back when I was able&hellip;but life took hold and due to an accident and a subsequent 6 years of epilepsy, I never did.<\/p>\n<p>Now here I am, on the other side of the planet, where a degree means more than anything when job hunting (due to immigration\/sponsorship issues) and I need to complete my degree. I was told by someone that since my credits are older than 10 years, I have to do it ALLLL over again!<\/p>\n<p>Can anyone confirm this for me? If it is possible to complete my degree without starting all over, can anyone advise me as to where to start?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks so much, any help is greatly appreciated!!!!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, first I want to say how much I have learned reading this forum, however the answer I am&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-6-online-bachelor-degree-programs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geteducated.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geteducated.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geteducated.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geteducated.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geteducated.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.geteducated.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geteducated.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geteducated.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geteducated.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geteducated.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}