Going back to school

I knew a guy who went to Uga and got a degree in forestry and hated all his options after a couple years and went to gt and got his electrical engineering degree and is getting PAID.

I get engineering isn't for everyone and he had a favorable situation but you can do it and I recommend going to a decent school so it's not just money and time down the drain.

You can get a specialized Master (30 credit hours) to change your career. I know someone who did his bachelors in history and did masters in accounting (many M.S. Accounting programs require no prerequisites... look at UNC's MAcc program) and now works at a big 4 accounting firm. Same thing could be said about M.S. Information Systems, M.S. Finance, etc. Another option you have is to do another BBA but I would rather do masters since it will look better.


University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill's MAcc
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"No prerequisites or prior work experience required"

University of Arizona Masters in Management Information Systems
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"The Master’s program does not require students to have undergraduate degrees in MIS or Computer Science specifically."

Placement stats:
Dec. 2012
job at graduation: 62%
job at 3 months after graduation 86%
job at 6 months after graduation 100%

Just look around and you might find a program that interests you. Keep your head up high and don't give up.

If you are instate in Georgia then look at Kennesaw State or Georgia State M.S. Information System programs.

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I am going back to obtain my teaching certification so I can teach high school.

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My wife is doing this at the moment. She was an accountant and a partner in a firm then took off when we had our baby boy 2 1/2 years ago. She wanted to go back to work but not accounting anymore. So now she will be teaching this fall.

LRCE, she's student teaching right now. Best of luck to you as well.

I feel you on the sports administration. Its one of the most popular majors at the university where I work, and the market is really, really bad.

The ones coming back are doing two things:

1. Getting certified to teach so they can coach at a high school.
2. Taking a couple of prerequisites and getting an MBA.

My girlfriend graduated in sociology. Money is tight for her so graduate school is a no go, at least for the moment. Our local school district is begging for teachers, so she is taking the Praxis exams and doing the iteach program (I think that's what its called.) She already has been hired to teach 3rd grade at the school of her choice in our parish. People talk about how underpaid teachers are, but its still a great step above what she was looking at if she pursued sociology with only a BA.

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teachers

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opportunity to advance

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Unless you get a masters and want to go into administration... not so much advancement available. And administration is a whole different beast than teaching.

You do get a decent retirement pension. And, while my wife does work outside of the school day (meaning it's not just 7-3 or whatever) any additional trainings, meetings, etc she does during the summer, she gets paid extra for.

Thanks for all of your input, it definitely helps knowing that others have dealt with similar circumstances,

To the person who asked if I liked business classes, the answer is yes. I actually got a minor in business,. At that point I wished I had majored in a business field, but I was just ready to be done at that point. Some things you learn the hard way.

My wife majored in Psychology and worked in a CDC as a prevention specialist making $20k/yr for a couple years.

Then she decided to go through the alternate teaching route to become a teacher. She taught Biology for 3 years (just finished this year) working 60+ hours/week and making $31-33k or whatever the minimum is. Very stressful job but rewarding at the same time.

We just had twins so she's taking this next year off. Now she's thinking about going through an accelerated Master's program for Nursing or Accounting. We've spent the last 5 weeks in a NICU so she's really considering doing Nursing. I'm excited because she'll likely be making double her current salary with just a few years of experience :).