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Asked how much money he spent on college, Tim Hellwig responded: “That’s the million dollar question right there.” He then gave a $1,000 dollar answer. “It only ended up costing me about $1,000 for a 120-credit, four-year computer science degree,” Hellwig, 28, said in an interview. “That’s insane, right? No one expects that but it’s […]
Hear from learner Amanda Allen about how she is using Modern States to earn free college credit.
Advanced Placement (AP) courses help many high school students get ahead in their studies, though only if their schools participate in the program. Modern States exists for everyone, including AP students. A philanthropy, Modern States offers 32 completely free online courses that prepare learners for the College Board’s College Level Examination Program (CLEP). Passing CLEP […]
At Modern States, we want people to use our free college-level courses however they see fit, because continued learning is vital for both the health of our world and each of us as individuals. While for some students, earning a college degree means access to a higher paying career, for others it is simply about […]
And a bachelor’s degree on your 19th birthday; and an MBA five months later Ahmad Salem is doing life his way, and he’s crushing it. Full of motivation, Salem was a 16-year-old high-school junior when he began working full-time in retail after school and during weekends. A native of Jackson, Tennessee, his plan was to […]
When Purdue University student Abhishek Sharma wanted to devote his time to computer-science research rather than the general-education classes required for his major, he turned to Modern States. Our philanthropy offers a free online collection of college-professor-led, freshman-level classes tied to the College Board’s College Level Examination Program (CLEP). Passing CLEP test scores can be […]
Hear from Abigail Cornell about how she is using Modern States to earn free college credit.
Hear from Isaac Fox about how he is using Modern States to earn free college credit.
Hear from David Cavallino about how he is using Modern States to earn free college credit.
For Keith Zimmerman, Modern States was the solution to the time-consuming demands of parenthood and his career-advancing need for a college degree. Our philanthropy, which offers completely free, professor-led online courses that help students prepare for the College Board’s College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests, was also the answer to his hopes of saving as […]
Hear from John Phan about how he is using Modern States to earn free college credit.
Raghav Chari discovered his life’s ambition in third grade. Things have been looking up ever since. “We had independent reading time, and I didn’t find any enjoyment in it at all,” Chari, 17, said in an interview. “But there was this one astronomy book and it had pictures of stars and black holes. I liked […]
