The Project: Officially Accepted and Registered at CCD

by Megan Taylor on November 22, 2011

I had to call CCD yesterday to ask them why I hadn’t heard back about my application from two weeks ago.

Apparently there was so mix-up with my personal information, and they thought I hadn’t completed my application when I in fact had. Fortunately, one phone call got it all sorted out, and I have registered for Accounting 101.

Before class starts on Thursday, January 20, 2011, I have to:

  1. Submit my unofficial transcript from my undergrad work to excuse myself from CCD’s placement test. (I faxed this off this morning.)
  2. Figure out how much one course (3 credit hours, plus books) is going to cost me.
  3. Contact that financial aid office to determine if there is a payment plan I can sign up for, so I can spread the cost of this one course over the semester, instead of paying it all upfront.
  4. Figure out how much we can save between now and and determine how much, if any, student loans I will need for this first round of classes.

The Cost of the Course

Based on the calculations I did in my initial post about attending community college, three credit hours at CCD will cost me $508.60.

I looked up the books I need for this class on the online syllabus (this may be updated before classes start, so I’ll have to check back), and this is what it showed:

image   College Accounting — 10th Edition, $76 – $130 (New), $47 – $56 (Used), $45 (130 day rental), $75 (eBook)
image   College Accounting Working Papers with Study Guide, $48 – $56 (New)

From previous college experience I know that buying the textbook used is fine (better, really), but buying the workbook used isn’t an option.

So, best-case scenario, books for this Accounting 101 class would cost ~$110 (plus or minus shipping).

Total cost: $618.60

Payment Plan Options at CCD

I am very impressed with CCD’s online interface. Without ever having to pick up a phone last night, I was able to figure out that I have the option to set up 5 monthly payments (starting January 5th, 2012) of $101.72 to automatically debited from my checking account or credit card. That’s pretty neat, and makes this project much more affordable w/o taking out loans than if I had to pay the full $508.60 + books up front.

So it looks like we’ll need to have $100 saved for tuition by January 5th, and $110 saved for books by 2 weeks before class starts (January 6th) in order to account for shipping time.

I think that’s pretty do-able.

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