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re: Anybody here go back to school with a full time job and a family?
Posted on 12/8/16 at 5:24 pm to ssgrice
Posted on 12/8/16 at 5:24 pm to ssgrice
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attend school full time online at Grand Canyon University. The online makes it nice because I don't have to commit to being in a brick and mortar building for certain hours on certain days of the week. It also helps to be able to bring a laptop to whatever practice the kids have and do schoolwork while they are practicing.
I'm also going back to school online with GCU. Since I live like 20-30 minutes from their actual physical campus (that has dorms and everything for students), I'll likely participate in a graduation. I'll be done in Feb so guess I would walk in the May ceremony.
I'm married and work full time. No kids, but was doing a few rounds of fertility treatments with meds that made me a crying mess at times so that was certainly a challenge with work and school. And recently trying to help my parents after the flood and deal with school and work stress showed me just how much I can bend but not break when life throws it's punches at me.
It is certainly more challenging to go back to school when you have so many other adult responsibilities. You have to learn to be really disciplined and schedule in when you will do your schoolwork. Having your SO and family be supportive and understanding also helps tremendously.
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Posted on 12/8/16 at 6:32 pm to lsunurse
In. Full-time job. Wife and child.
I started in fall 2008, finished in spring 2013. Limited to two courses per semester and had a few starts and stops with professional project. My chair was a bit off for three semesters.
Definitely worth it.
I started in fall 2008, finished in spring 2013. Limited to two courses per semester and had a few starts and stops with professional project. My chair was a bit off for three semesters.
Definitely worth it.
Posted on 12/8/16 at 6:54 pm to ssgrice
Slight digression. How do things like labs and group projects fit into full time online classes?
Posted on 12/8/16 at 7:39 pm to Jim Rockford
Group programs are a major pain in the arse online fwiw.
But you just text/email each other
But you just text/email each other
Posted on 12/8/16 at 7:47 pm to White Goodman
Wife did it in her late 30s and I did it in early 40s. It takes a lot of fortitude and sacrifice but there is an end date and lot more money at the end.
Posted on 12/8/16 at 7:51 pm to White Goodman
I didn't do it, but my Dad went to college and law school while working during the day on the GI Bill after WWII. He was married and had three kids by the time he graduated.
Good luck to you.
Good luck to you.
Posted on 12/8/16 at 7:56 pm to White Goodman
Did my Ph.D. program in my mid 40's with wife, two kids, and a full time job I could not walk away from because my then wife was too lazy to work away from home. The kids were older so she couldn't use that excuse. It was hell, but I got through it, lived to tell about it, and am profiting from it these days. Kids are out on their own, ex-wife is living with a fricking bum. She wanted to walk a different life path and she's doing it. I am walking a different one myself, but the going is a lot more comfortable, and I even have a sense of peace. If I had the degree to do over, I would have gone a different route and would have done it before kids, and perhaps even before marrying. That said, it can be done. You have to have a lot of internal discipline, one hell of a work ethic, and know how to pace yourself so as to parcel time for work, school, family, and yes, even yourself. You need to make time for rest in order to juggle all those balls well.
Posted on 12/8/16 at 8:02 pm to White Goodman
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MS in Psychology at ULL (FWIW I'd prefer LSU but I am too far away)
The only way you get a masters in psychology at LSU is that you are enrolled in their doctoral program and you get it on the way. Unless something has changed in the last couple of years, they do not have a free standing masters in psychology program.
Posted on 12/8/16 at 8:29 pm to damnedoldtigah
Good to know
Posted on 12/8/16 at 8:37 pm to White Goodman
I'm doing it right now, it's tough I would say no more than two classes. That's where I'm at now that is war I find manageable but use you better judgement. Another tough road is if you have a kid that plays sports be prepared for some late nights. All that said one of the best choices I've ever made. What are getting your masters in?
Posted on 12/8/16 at 9:05 pm to White Goodman
Kinda in the same boat as you, minus the family and grad school. Taking online classes through a local community college next month to get my feet wet (haven't seen the inside of a classroom in over 10 years) before I transfer to a 4 year university. I don't really have any advice, just wanted to wish you luck
Posted on 12/8/16 at 10:02 pm to White Goodman
I started school in 2012, Late summer session and graduated in the spring of 2016. I took a good mix of online and face to face classes depending on the course with a minimum of 12 hours per semester and going all summer. I have a wife, 2 kids at home one in college, and a full time job. It was the best decision I've ever made, I was stuck in a position I wasn't happy with and felt I had no path forward. Within a year of graduation the company I work for found out I was going to school and was getting ready to graduate. I was put on the fast track right away and have been promoted twice in the past 19 months. In addition, my income has almost doubled since then. It was a tremendous sacrifice, I spent a tremendous amount of time away from the family working on assignments and homework but I have a very supportive family and in the end it was worth every minute.
Posted on 12/8/16 at 10:05 pm to LNCHBOX
Yes, it's doable but just need to prioritize. My social life , gym life and spending all day Saturday and Sunday watching footballing took a major hit.
Posted on 12/8/16 at 10:17 pm to White Goodman
I graduated from ULM's online program. I can say it's 100% online and you can order most of your books on Amazon. 99% of my classes gave you the assignments at the beginning of the week and required them to be turned in by Sunday at midnight. Quizzes and exams were "opened" for usually 24 hours, which was great considering each student had different work/family schedules
This post was edited on 12/8/16 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 12/9/16 at 8:27 am to White Goodman
yes. I took 1 or 2 classes a semester for 8 years to finish my undergraduate degree. We had my son in year 6.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 8:48 am to bobaftt1212
working on my masters right now. It's a pain and you have to compartmentalize your time. I'm in education and my masters will be in administration so it'll definitely be worth it but the struggle has been epic. I have two semesters left and I'm beyond ready to be done.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 10:15 am to lsunurse
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I'm also going back to school online with GCU. Since I live like 20-30 minutes from their actual physical campus (that has dorms and everything for students), I'll likely participate in a graduation. I'll be done in Feb so guess I would walk in the May ceremony
My wife thinks that it is important for the kids to see me walk in graduation. I finish and graduate in May too.
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Having your SO and family be supportive and understanding also helps tremendously.
This has been key for me to complete my degree. She is also working on her Phd with GCU, so she understands what it means to have the support needed.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 10:17 am to ssgrice
Yes. That part of my life is kind of a blur. That being said, it was well worth it in the long run.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 10:18 am to ssgrice
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I finish and graduate in May too.
Then we will be walking together!
Some of the other nurses that I work with that already did this program at GCU didn't bother walking. I don't get that. I mean...if you have the opportunity to do it, why wouldn't you?
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