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In my case, thank god for daycare and a job with irregular hours. The mornings before I work night shifts and my days off during the week are prime homework time. If I worked a 9-5 I don't think I would ever see my family...
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10-16-2012, 07:53 PM | #52 |
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Cranked on my final precalc test before the final and my midterm for my C++ class.
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11-28-2012, 12:30 AM | #53 |
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Between Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 I have 5 papers due and 6 exams to take. It will be a "fun" week.
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11-28-2012, 02:48 AM | #54 |
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I do not miss the undergrad end semester crunch in the least.
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11-28-2012, 05:49 AM | #55 |
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No- that was always crazy. And it would be really rare that classes would give out the assignments early so you could pace yourself a little bit in November.
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11-28-2012, 09:12 PM | #56 |
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I would love for my C++ class to show what assignments are due for the term. I would be done by now. I only have two classes but one is an 8-week precalc II class. Our next test covers 8 sections and even the teacher is trying to figure out how to properly cover all of the material in an one hour test. Test isn't until Tuesday, and I think I'm going to start prepping for it tomorrow and and then start going back through old tests and redoing them so I can prep for the final. That thing is going to be a beast.
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01-22-2013, 05:54 PM | #57 |
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I started back in school last summer after getting laid off from my job. I had 63 credit hours but no patience, so I took 6 classes in the summer, 7 in the fall, and 7 more this spring. That's a pretty hectic and sometimes incredibly stressful schedule but I've managed it well with a 3.87 GPA and will be graduating in May.
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01-22-2013, 05:59 PM | #58 |
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That's impressive. I remember not having nearly enough time while doing 5 classes and 20 credits for most of my final year.
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01-22-2013, 07:49 PM | #59 |
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Congrats! I did 10 classes over the course of a year, at night after work, to finish my degree at UMUC and whlie I had enough time, the self-discipline to keep going once I could see the end became the biggest challenge.
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01-22-2013, 08:00 PM | #60 | |
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That's insane (but, uh, props all the same). I took 5 classes in the fall and am hoping for 6 this spring (but realistically probably going to be 5 again). Got a 4.0 last semester, first time since high school. Kind of weird to realize I've been in college long enough that the last time I had over a 3.0, Clinton was President. |
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01-22-2013, 08:35 PM | #61 |
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I'm not sure how I missed this the first time around, but.. I completed my bachelors in May 2011. 21 full scholastic years after starting in Fall of 1990 at my alma mater (and original school). Thank God for online university.
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01-22-2013, 08:38 PM | #62 | |
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Yea, that is insane. I don't really know how it is possible. I am in Nursing school and taking three classes right now. Pharmacology, Pathophysiology, and an Intro to Clinical class. The Clinical is a three hour lecture, a four hour clinical, a four hour lab. The Patho is a three hour lecture. The Pharm is a 3 hour lecture. This week I had 14 chapters of reading and my clinical work on top of that. Two more classes I would kill myself. |
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01-22-2013, 10:04 PM | #63 |
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I was stoked that one of my classes I was able to get the books used for literally $4. Of course that class got canceled and I had to pick up another one. This one I couldn't get a used book for less than $100. Then once the class started I realized that I needed an access code to the Web site that only comes with new books, so had to pay another $100 for the e-text and access code. That's a way to describe my luck.
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01-22-2013, 10:20 PM | #64 |
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Congrats Larry. I struggle to take 12 hours and I'm taking this spring off
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01-22-2013, 10:53 PM | #65 | |
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Starting to see this with classes as well. Thankfully no teacher has required it. It so far has been merely supplemental material.
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01-22-2013, 10:57 PM | #66 | |
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Oh yea, fuck that shit. Of course I spent $180 for a new Microbiology text book last semester because I needed to access code and found out the online portion with the code was optional, supplemental material. Never even registered that damn code. Or the dosage calculation program that I paid $100 for a code last semester that turned out to be a terrible program and the Nursing program admitted as much. |
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02-11-2013, 02:50 PM | #67 |
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Had my first freakout of the semester last week when I totally forgot about an assignment and had to pull an all nighter to get it done. A major case of writer's block made it way worse than it had to be.
Good news is that graduation is exactly three months from today.
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Graduating from GSU today!
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05-11-2013, 03:16 PM | #69 |
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05-11-2013, 04:46 PM | #70 |
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Woohoo!
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05-11-2013, 05:05 PM | #71 |
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It is incredulous to me that there has not been a concerted outcry against the scams that are textbooks cost. I am not aware of any commodities we pay for that allows you to get royally ripped off, esp. since you sometimes have no choice. I wonder why this has become so accepted and tolerated?
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I took Anthropology 101 back in college because I needed a social science credit and my roommate was an Anthropology major. I figured I could just use his Anthropology textbook, which he still had from freshman year. I show up to class and the professor tells us we have to by his ethnography of the people of the Faroe Islands, whom he had studied. It was $25 for book he would up using for a total of ten questions on the midterm (His tests averaged about 50 questions, and there were five per semester). Of course, the student store wouldn't buy it back at the end of the year either. F*&%ing scam! I'm still pissed over fifteen years later. |
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05-11-2013, 08:02 PM | #73 |
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Wow ,just finished my last paper for the semester. This one killed me. I'm going half-time and was taking a class on Research methods in teh Social Sciences, and then a music history class on the Classical-Era. Guess which one killed me?
This music teacher was the hardest I've had so far. Dude doesn't give As easily, and the papers were non-stop. I'm one of those guys who can't make myself halfass it, and this guy has high standards, so every week I was killing myself trying to outdo the last paper. I got good grades on the papers, but I felt like I was doing nothing else but writing. As soon as one was done it was right into prepping for the next one. I'm so glad for this semester to be over. I only have about a week until summer sessoin starts though. Damn. |
05-11-2013, 08:03 PM | #74 |
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And yeah I paid thorugh the nose for that research book. It was like $110 (and that was a cheap price I found somewhere). Then I realized that didn't include access to the electronic resources, which we needed for the class, so I ended up having to pay another $90 for that.
On the flipside, I was able to get books for a history class for literally seven dollars total. |
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Basically, the publishers control the market. College faculty aren't happy about it either, and many do what they can to alleviate the costs of materials for the course, but in many cases, their hands are tied by administration, especially for graduate assistants and adjunct instructors.
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05-11-2013, 08:45 PM | #76 | |
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Some of it is tied to the assessment racket. The accreditation bodies prefer classes with text books as that makes them easier to assess. I'd teach my Intro class without a book, as I cover things outside of any Intro book I have seen and include a lot of practical projects, but not having a book is almost assuring me of being called out by the Promotion and Tenure committee. That would be a fight I couldn't win. I do my best by using an online text, but that still costs the students 40$ a semester.
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That's the truth. I tried to do the buy the book via amazon but the price difference wasn't that great. And worse, it didn't seem to come with the required e-subscription to some anti-plagiarizing service.? |
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10-29-2013, 02:18 PM | #78 |
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Just seven more weeks until graduation. Just keep pushing through, Jeeber. It's almost over...
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10-29-2013, 03:44 PM | #79 |
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Missed this thread the first time around..
I partied too much my first time around in college. Worked a bit, ran my own business, and then after selling the business decided to go back to school. Graduated with my BA a couple years ago with a 3.73 GPA, it's amazing what a few years does in regards to maturation. I have recently contemplated becoming a Physician Assistant and thus this semester started taking some pre-reqs at a local community college. It's not quite as easy (haven't taken science classes in a long time, and medical terminology is just not fun period), but I'm continuing to move forward. Problem is PA schools from what I've gathered are incredibly difficult to get into and will not discount my previous struggles in college when I was 18. I have a big mountain to climb, and I'm my own worst enemy. Silly as it sounds, I get ideas that I'm too old to be changing careers. I turn 30 in December.
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10-29-2013, 05:38 PM | #80 |
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You're still a pup at almost 30, Neuq. My advice is to get it done while you're still young and don't have that many obligations. I'm pretty sure you're not married yet...it gets more difficult once you have that other person in your life. Then kiddos come into the picture, and it gets even more difficult. Don't put it off or talk yourself out of it if it's what you really want to do.
While I'm 36 and about to finally get my Bachelor's, my brother is 43 and will be getting his Master's in Occupational Therapy in May. It's never too late to do what you truly want to do, but it definitely gets more complicated. Good luck!
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10-30-2013, 10:22 AM | #81 |
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Appreciate it Jeebs.
I enjoy hearing stories like that. Been spending a lot of time on PA-based forums to continually remind myself that the non-traditional student has almost become the norm at this point. Much respect to you, your brother, and everyone else in this thread for trying to better themselves educationally.
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12-12-2013, 12:58 PM | #82 |
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I guess this will be my last post in this thread as a member of the club. I took my last final this morning (and likely did worse on it than any test I've taken since I've been back in school) and will be graduating tomorrow. It's been a challenge, but I'm so happy to accomplish this after having given up on it years ago.
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12-12-2013, 12:59 PM | #83 |
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Congrats!
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12-12-2013, 01:02 PM | #84 |
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Rock on!
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12-12-2013, 02:43 PM | #85 |
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Congrats!
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12-12-2013, 02:49 PM | #86 |
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I also missed this thread last year but I just received my Associate Degree in Business Administration and just finished my first semester as a Finance major. Would love to try and get my MBA after this, but my poor GPA when I was young will make that difficult.
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12-12-2013, 02:50 PM | #87 |
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Congrats JeeberD! It must have been rough commuting back and forth between DFW and El Paso for the classes!
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Bumping for old time's sake. I graduate in a week, finally. Took me six years going half-time spring, summer, and fall to get it done. I did my student teaching this semester, which is not something that's easy to do as a parent with a job and bills. But I'm done, will graduate with my BA in psychology and education, and a certificate in teaching secondary English. It sure was harder doing it this way, but then again I never would have studied this stuff back when I was the "right" age, so I'm getting more out of it. Glad, glad, glad it's over though. Going back to just having one job seems like a dream.
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05-05-2017, 06:04 PM | #89 |
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Congrats Autumn, that's exciting news!
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05-05-2017, 08:11 PM | #90 |
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Well Done
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Awesome stuff. Congrats Autumn!
I'm back in school for my MBA. I'm now 2/3 of the way done.
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I got a year left on my GI Bill, might as well try to work my ways to a Master's degree.
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I started courses this week in order to get a Master's degree in Information Technology. Wish me luck!
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First two courses are complete! Next Up: Object Oriented App Development Innovation in Info Technology Wish me luck! Again!
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Still trying to decide on my minor. I'm leaning towards web development or software application development. There's also data analytics and database design.
Any recommendations? Which one would be most likely to help me find a job?
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Just my opinion. Assuming in the US ... Web development is pretty commoditized. I suspect alot of these jobs are offshored or done by the gig economy (e.g. part-time). Application development is offshored also. Unless you are lucky enough to get into a start-up doing brand new things. And if it is a start-up, they will likely want experience. Don't know much about database design. There may be 2 levels here, working for Oracle/Microsoft on their DB products, or working for a company supporting their Oracle/Microsoft DB products. I don't see alot of growth here. Analytics is big in my world and its pretty wide open. I would take a bet on this for the future. |
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01-17-2018, 07:25 AM | #97 |
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Love this thread! I don't think people get enough encouragement to go back to school as they get older.
I got my bachelor's while I was in my mid 30's, and it changed my life. It was hard to get over the hump and make it happen, but I finally realized that even as a 40-year old, I still have something like 30+ years of work ahead of me. That's plenty of time to make use of a new degree. The funny thing is that I have a lot of engineers around age 26-28 that are depressed because they think they are too old to change careers. I try real hard not to giggle. |
01-17-2018, 09:40 AM | #98 |
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I finally had enough of my job (and that is what it is, a job most times) and with encouragement am back in school as of yesterday.
I work in Healthcare Info Tech as a Systems Analyst and for awhile now I have thought about changing careers. End goal is to be a Diabetic Educator with the Dietician path to get there. I have to take 5 science courses to enroll in the program though. I haven't taken science courses since high school and that was 1990-1993. So, good times ahead. Taking Chem and Anatomy and Physiology this semester. Did you know, you can take that shit online? Well, you can. They mail you the lab kit and sheep eyeballs to dissect at home. That isn't going to go over well with the lady. Also, I noticed the student roster. In the A&P class, I am the only male. Most the females (based on their intro post) are nursing majors or dental assistant majors. In the Chem class, I think I am 1 of 3 males. I do not think I am the oldest student though as some have a profile pic up and I can guestimate. It is never too late to learn something new and change careers. I want to do something more fulfilling to me and others...not stare at some monitors and deal with claim data. |
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When I was going through my undergrad work (Civil Engineering) we had a one student in his 30's and another in his late 40's. Both did quite well in the program and have been enjoying successful careers. It made a huge difference that they chose to be there instead of having their parents tell them they should go, or being half committed.
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