College ONLY Cost Him $2,000. Here's why...

[@careycaswell3203]

Crazy how many people missed on Michael due to insane ATS filter. This guy is focused, driven and strategic. What more can you ask for in employee. Great work ! Truly inspiring.

[@CollegeHacked]

We couldn’t agree more! 🤩

[@Skullyhead135]

I’m at 27 credits in less then 3 weeks, lost my job a couple days ago, will DoorDash and continue to knock out these courses, I won’t say I’ll be done in 6 months but I’ll make sure I’m close to it.

[@CollegeHacked]

Love your attitude and persistence!

[@michaelmancusosthoughts]

It takes grit and discipline. It sounds like you have both. Good luck!

[@katydid5088]

​@pandaangry1267What is your recommendation? Go slower? I hate to break it to you but financial aid is not coming if they were previously employed in any job that paid more than dirt. I understand the reasoning for encouraging a longer learning period, repeated perfect practice makes perfect, as does rest and recall reinforcement. The issue is, without an employer that supplies your practical experience or a job that has benefits, the chances and challenges of taking a slower learning period won't even out. College (no matter how long it takes) is only enough knowledge not to kill someone. Afterward, how and where your experience is filled largely depends on your social network, job hunting skills, and long-term goals. Scholarships are an option , but again, people are trading time for experience. That is, writing and maintaining a contact list for scholarships might be helpful but only so long as the alumni network is large and respected. It is free money, but the time invested for the scholarship relationship is not always free. Only a few college designations, such as a Rhodes or merit scholarship from an Ivy League, actually carry any weight in recruiting circles, and that is only for jobs that pay an intern rather than beginner market value salary. As much as people assume the price should be one and the same, it isn't, and neither is the recommendation or goodwill of the company. Once they bump salary,benefits, and retirement planning into it, a company's openings are even more limited due to higher investment costs. Often, they might choose the person that is the best fit, even if most candidates are equally good in all other areas. If they know you have family commitments in an early career period, expect to be overlooked. Or, to have to lie and compromise honesty for money. Poverty otherwise means moral compunctions and perfect company choices are going to fly out the window unless they are doing something more illegal and provable than circumspect workplace discrimination like, asking a nonsalaried member of a team to complete actual company projects without pay. Calling it a "trial" period is demonstratedly false and what everyone else in the world calls fraud and slavery. The benefits of going slower when you don't have health insurance, dental insurance, or a retirement plan/consistent income are vastly overrated. The issue is that with technology more time doesn't automatically mean someone is guaranteed more money. Call it a shame but more countries are facing difficulties with the reality of online learning and the expediency with which they need to retrain workforces to meet market demand. This doesn't invalidate slower learning paths but it changes the rate at which we consider acquiring basic knowledge. Humans were bad at remembering things until we discovered songs, organizational story telling, and finally, writing. Technology has compressed and diversified how, when, and where people receive their education.

[@nikisawyers7559]

@pandaangry1267not true. There are many accelerated bachelors/Masters degrees which utilize this rip the bandaid off approach. For instance… a bachelors in nursing in 12 months at major institutions of the highest caliber.

[@MariaOliveira]

Thank you for this interview. I went back to get my Bachelor's for the same reason as him, I have a ton of management experience but felt like I was getting filtered by ATS every time.

[@CollegeHacked]

Good for you! 🥳

[@Theresa_52]

There are 3 terms at UMPI- Spring, Summer, and Fall. Each term has 2- 8 week sessions. Congratulations, Michael!

[@blahhhblahhh1829]

I really appreciate that he talked about withdrawing when he recognized the class was not going to work for him.

[@CollegeHacked]

Right? Wisdom! 😄

[@lewisburg8147]

Money is not meant to control people, rather it is meant to be put to work producing more money for you. You cannot build wealth without putting money in its rightful place

[@beccastone101]

I don’t know about anyone else, but when I need the extra motivation and inspiration I come back and watch more College Hacked videos. This one class at UMPI is causing me to struggle. I feel defeated bc I’m only going to complete 2 classes in my first term. He requires a LOT of writing and when I’m not writing about something I’m enthusiastic about it’s very difficult for me. Especially when I can’t stop perfecting. I’m also ADHD so that makes it worst. I’m about to start taking my meds again 😂 I’m also knocking out Sophia (57 credits and 45 of those came in after my free 10 minute zoom call) so I am moving in something.😅

[@CollegeHacked]

You got this!! The first term is almost always the slowest, and much slower than the terms that come after. Once you know your way around it will get better :) But even if it takes you a couple more terms than you planned for, you’re still CRUSHING this whole hacking thing by earning a degree so fast and inexpensively 🤩 Nothing worth having comes without some effort, you’re putting in that effort now!

[@beccastone101]

@@CollegeHacked thank you so much! 🏆🫶🏼🥹 I really believe that bc things have been much easier when navigating and I’m more confident when I’m submitting assignments which makes me spend less time on reviewing and revisions. It’s like okay, I’ve done it and excelled, I can this time too. Plus reading the expectations and rubrics (like you guys told us) has really expedited the whole process for me. UMPI also emailed me yesterday to apply for the “2 for 1 degree completion scholarship”! When admitting to their school I had Ms Sue White and Nicki Enlow go above and beyond for me! My school in my hometown lost my high school transcripts and was basically telling me “oh well” when they couldn’t find it. I was homeschooled for hospital home bound my senior year bc I was pregnant. 🤰 It was new and they stopped doing it and the lady over it retired. Well Ms Susan White isn’t the one to play around with! She called the Board of Education school and got MY TRANSCRIPTS!!! Now mind you, this is a PUBLIC school system and board of education that did me like that. I think Ms Sue scared the hell out of them 😂👏 She made sure I got through admissions. Her and Nikki Enlow. Enjoy your long easy now 🍿🫢

[@Theresa_52]

Dr. Stumme, I'm working on the final for the class you created now. It's designed really well and I'm enjoying writing my strategic communication plan. I appreciate how clear the instructions are for this competency. I only have one other class that I'm halfway through already, then I graduate next month. 😊

[@CollegeHacked]

You don't know how long I've been waiting to hear someone say that! Thank you, and enjoy!

[@thestillness3967]

Hi Theresa. Is the consultation with Dr Stumme costly. Can you give me an Idea if it's affordable for me. I don't want to waste their time if it's too expensive.

[@brianrobinson3311]

Outstanding!! Very inspiring just like everything on this channel! This is Inspired me to pick up the pace a tad in my current UMPI coursework! :)

[@CollegeHacked]

🥳🥳🥳

[@MAGNETICMINDS0127]

I love this interview. So inspiring ❤

[@uraniumu242]

I worked with Michael a few years ago and he is frighteningly smart. He is also capable of thinking through real life problems. As a veteran IT engineer he put me to shame.

[@CollegeHacked]

I completely believe it! Michael is amazing, thanks for leaving this comment 😄

[@Andreasplace]

See this is what I want to do ONLY SOPHIA!!!

[@timdonnelly3433]

Very helpful!

[@MUHAMMADUZAIR-w6o]

It can indeed be confusing when a degree certificate mentions "diploma" for a bachelor's graduation. In some regions, this discrepancy in terminology can cause misunderstandings, as the word "diploma" might not typically denote a degree in certain countries or educational systems. In my country, the term "diploma" is not synonymous with a degree. why they write diploma on degree certificate? UMPI also write diploma on degree certificate

[@CollegeHacked]

Every country is different :)

[@oshiba8860]

9:30 basically fight the battles you can win.

[@CollegeHacked]

Amen!

[@michaelmancusosthoughts]

Sage wisdom in that distillation! 100%

[@atomikg]

Samme reason I'm getting my degree, experience isn't enough

[@TooHonest4_You]

You guys should review Bellevue University. I graduated from there. They transfer Associate Degrees as a whole as well

[@estebanjimenez-85]

Bellevue is not hackable

[@juliansanchez-sousa9878]

@@estebanjimenez-85 what do you mean?

[@estebanjimenez-85]

@@juliansanchez-sousa9878 in Bellevue you can’t finished the degree fast.

[@thestillness3967]

I want to go the same path as Michael. I would like to know what the 91 credits from Sophia were so I can get started now. Does anyone here know this?

[@dylanroyer3273]

How quickly can someone knock out a bachelor's at ASU Online if they're starting from zero?

[@aelyles1]

He transferred 90 credits that he did on Sophia

[@dylanroyer3273]

@aelyles1 this does not answer my question.

[@CollegeHacked]

1-2 years

[@lissettevelec8718]

your consultations are way to expensive I wish I could afford your services. unfortunately, I am student and broke.

[@CollegeHacked]

Our consultations are currently $400. The average college course is $1,200. If we help you hack even one single course (when we can typically hack 30 out of 40 classes in a bachelors degree), we’ve already paid you back what you paid us, what you paid the hacking platform, AND you still saved an extra $700 on top of that. So no, it’s actually too low a price point right now for the ROI we’re able to deliver. But we want to help as many people as possible :)

[@StrikeforceJedi]

​@CollegeHacked I think $400 is insanely reasonable. Thanks for being forthcoming about the price. I want to book a consultation soon. I just need to know what direction I'm going in.

[@aelyles1]

Was he working while attending college

[@MAGNETICMINDS0127]

Yes full time with 2 toddlers

[@michaelmancusosthoughts]

Yes I was. It took immense discipline. I woke up nearly every morning two hours before my little ones would wake up to focus on school. I did nothing but focused school work during that time.

[@bryan-vela]

How did he get the 24 upper level credits required as part of the 60 free electives if he only took credits from Sophia?

[@happygirl3298]

I only took 10...6 was UL...they rest sophia...took me only 4weeks

[@MariaOliveira]

@@happygirl3298 where were the UL from? Curious, advising my sibling on this and he is doing some Study courses. Thanks.

[@CollegeHacked]

UMPI accepts 3 courses, 9 credits, of upper level through Sophia. We usually get the rest from the school itself, since 10/40 classes have to be taken through UMPI in order to graduate anyway :)

[@jenniferarmer106]

Did he hire your team to help him build a plan? Or did it all on his own

[@CollegeHacked]

I helped Michael personally. :)

[@Otakuoasis6860]

one class cost me $990

[@candace3715]

What 10 courses did he do at UMPI?

[@CollegeHacked]

Mix of history and political science!

[@brianrobinson3311]

UMPI development: After getting “fantastic” comments on all 7 Milestones (and 4 out of 4 scores), then the professor shreds my final draft submission to pieces. And I’m the same guy doing the same quality work. I don’t see a path to an A in this course, hell maybe not even a B. And the ironic part, I have never seen so many typos and carelessness in the course module itself. Truly embarrassing.

[@04davis]

Liberal arts education is trash. The teachers are lazy one teacher just graded something I filled out Nov 5th today. Bunch of excuses. Changing major classes suck alpt of field work.

[@CollegeHacked]

This is something we’ve been reading a lot about online 😞 If you’re on our Discord, we’re about to post a summary of information about which classes are routinely cited as being hard or impossible to get an A in. Maybe it will help with planning? Sorry for the bad experience!

[@04davis]

@CollegeHacked if it wasn't for you I wouldn't be hacking. I changed my major to management today. Not sure if I will graduate in my 8 weeks four weeks gone to waist. Completed one course. Happy hacking. If I do graduate, let me on the show lol.

[@CollegeHacked]

@@04davisWe are super glad you’re hacking!! Hope the second 4 weeks of the session goes your way 🤩 And definitely let us know when you finish!!

[@AshleyHx]

​@@CollegeHacked Hello! I joined the discord but cannot find this list you mentioned, am i missing it? Thanks!

[@TB4Jesus247]

What MBA is completable in 3 months?

[@CollegeHacked]

Purdue Global ExcelTrack and WGU, though that is very very fast!

[@hotwireman49]

What the heck is a rubric?

[@missdesireindependance5194]

It’s normally used to write essays. It’s a form from your instructor on what they want you to write on and what description they want you to use.

[@brwnidazn025]

Does anyone have experience with their Fastpace MBA?

[@CollegeHacked]

Do you mean the MAOL? :)

[@brwnidazn025]

@@CollegeHackedyes!

[@markmower1746]

College cost me almost $1,400 just for one class!

[@markmower1746]

@pandaangry1267 TESU

[@markmower1746]

@pandaangry1267 what online school did you attend?

[@kisanghimire9923]

How can I get software enginner bachelor and master degree from beginning in cheap way ❤?

[@CollegeHacked]

WGU!

[@kisanghimire9923]

@@CollegeHacked I need credit for wgu what kind course do I need to take before I join wgu for software enginner.?

[@CollegeHacked]

@@kisanghimire9923That is information our clients pay for in one-on-one consultations with us :) Feel free to book an appointment on collegehacked.com!

[@nikisawyers7559]

I don’t actually think you could help me hack, with what I’m going for. Unfortunately. Too many variables, and with the ultimate goal being unforgiving of non-traditional methods….

[@Aglahad]

SO he cherry picked easy courses to speed through to get a degree? When classes got mildly difficult he bailed and opted for the easier major at UMPI. Congrats on getting a degree but I mean cmon

[@CollegeHacked]

Nothing wrong with that. He’s got a busy life and tons to do. A degree is a degree and now he’s got one. The system that requires a degree for someone like him to be able to get a job is ridiculous. So he’s checking the box and moving on to get jobs he is more than qualified for.

[@Aglahad]

@@CollegeHacked I mean thats fine, but many of those poli sci classes can be done in a day and sophia classes are essentially a joke. I commend him for doing it with kids but its not like he toiled out a biochemistry degree in 6 months.

[@CollegeHacked]

@@Aglahad Oh, gosh, for sure. A Biochemistry degree is super difficult--those major courses are going to be wild. But if you think a smart, grown man with a lifetime of of experience and knowledge getting a C in even an in-person general education college class isn't incredibly, incredibly easy, then you are vastly overestimating those classes. That's all a Sophia course certifies. SO much of college general education is just catching everyone up from high school. I can say this as someone who taught college English 101 and 102. I feel so bad for my students who knew what they were doing and got stuck in that class listening to their classmates stumble over things they should have learned in 10th grade.

[@michaelmancusosthoughts]

Work smart, not hard :)

[@Aglahad]

@@michaelmancusosthoughts Sure, it checks the box but it doesn’t parallel the difficulty of an actual 4 year college degree. I did an extra BA for fun at UMPI (history/pos) and it was essentially a joke.