cough Ok, so most people would not be thrilled with this, but I’m waaaay so excited. XD I graduated high school in '02 and tried college the August after that. Big time burnout. I was going from 8 a.m. till 9:30 at night with a 30 minute drive to and from and a two hour break between a couple of the classes. So, I quit. Which did not thrill my family and they’ve been at me to go back ever since. Problem is, I’m a full-time supervisor at a clothing store and tend to work really weird hours. Like today, I worked 3-8, and tomorrow I work 8-5, while later in the week I’m pulling a couple of 1-9 shifts. So school really wasn’t feasible if I wanted to continue to be able to pay my bills and keep full time status (and thus, insurance) at work.
Anyways, due to a number of frustrations at work, I started looking into going to school online about a week ago. Spoke to an admissions advisor at a university that offers degrees completely online (and they’re accredited, which was the main thing I was worried about with an online school) and they also have campuses if I ever needed to go for some strange reason or other. Filled out my FAFSA forms and got a Pell grant and a Stafford loan that will cover the majority of my stuff. Then, I find out that in order to get in in the Summer B sessions, which start August 31, I’ll have to take three different tests if my transcripts don’t get there in time. Well, I told the lady my math grades were never that great in high school anyways, so I might as well take the tests. I took the Reading and Writing ones this past Tuesday and aced the reading test. That was no big deal, it was easy, and as much as I read, was really just a fun test for me to take. Then, Wednesday, I took the math test. Scary! I always hated math in high school and had not looked at algebra since before I graduated. I passed! So now, all I’m waiting on is the writing test scores, which I hopefully did well on. Either way, I’m so happy! dance I plan on getting my business degree. By the time I finish, hopefully stuff around here will have picked up enough that I can find me a better job. :D
I hope you get a pass on the writing and enjoy classes once they start.
Do you plan to use your degree to move up within the company, or pursue other career options altogether?
I plan on concentrating on small business management, cause I’d really like to have my own business. Now whether I’m able to do that or not, I don’t know, but I can dream, right? 