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Similar to @Lex DeVille's thread on a journey to earning a PhD, EXECUTION - Lex DeVille's - Journey To Doctor
I too, for the longest time haven been contemplating going back to school. Actually, spending some time out of school for a few years to think about whether or not I actually wanted to attend college was in fact helpful. Personally, after reflecting I know that somewhere in my lifetime I would strive to have a bachelor's, one way or another.
I've been thinking, going through Jordan Peterson's self authorship program, working on making my 1-5-10 more clear, and I'm back in America during C0VlD-19. This is the perfect time for me to finish what I started.
Note: I am not getting this bachelor's to get a job.
I genuinely am interested in learning and wanted to learn. Being able to get a job is an added benefit, but I'm going for my own personal life goals.
Additionally, the only reason why I couldn't start a business in South Korea, was because I didn't have a bachelor's degree. Yes, you can make it in America without a bachelor's degree. But if you're trying to do so in other countries in Asia (in my experience, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan)... you're required to have a Bachelor's. The government will not give you a entrepreneurship visa otherwise. I can't even get a working holiday for South Korea without a bachelor's.
So for me, the benefits of getting a bachelor's are the following:
- Completing a personal life goal.
- Added benefit of having it for job searching (during my time in the slowlane).
- Networking in school.
- Being able to have more options in Asia, specifically South Korea and Japan.
Some peeps may disagree, they dislike the idea of university completely. I for the most part agree. Usually I'm for the position of not getting a degree unless you're degree will give you an actual return or you're going to go for something like lawyer or doctor.
One of the biggest reasons why I never continued my Associates degree. Math.
I'm terrible at it, specifically Calculus. Failed twice. And looking at it, it's because I was half-assing it. I didn't put in the time actually studying after class. All I did was my homework and considered that studying. can you believe it? I let a subject stop me from obtaining this? If I didn't quit, I could've had the degree a year or two ago. Now I'm seeing my fellow highschool mates graduating from university now.
Now it's my turn to kick some a$$.
I currently have an Associates of Arts degree and would like to major in computer science.
Something that'll help me earn my degree more quickly:
I've been working as a software engineer for the past three years. As a result, my local college offers credits to my degree for my work experience. (Up to 25%). I only need about 95 more credits to earn the degree. If I can get the full 25%, that'd leave me with 71 credits left.
But OCEAN MAN, what about math?
Yeah.. My Math skills are terrible and I even more so now that I've been out of college for about three years. But that won't stop me.
Before I enroll back into college (maybe I can even enroll right now and complete the classes that aren't math related).
I just purchased a year subscription to kristakingmath.com which covers math from Pre-Algebra all the way up to Linear Algebra. I will work on my Algebra and Trig foundations before I start learning Calculus. Once I have a good foundation, I'll learn Calculus, see if I can push it all the way into Calculus 2 and once I'm at the point where I feel confident in my Calculus 1 skills... I'll take a math placement exam at the college to see if I can simply jump into Calculus 2.
So my plan now is to self study Math, get my foundations solid, and get passed Calculus 1. Meanwhile, maybe I'll start college again and take up the other classes (Issue is I'm at the point where I need to declare a major (computer science), but I can't declare computer science yet since I don't have calculus finished or physics 1-3. Any programming classes at this point require that I'm admitted into the Computer Science degree, otherwise I can't take them.
I'll continue to post updates to this thread but it won't be every day or every week.
@Ravens_Shadow, If I remember correctly, you taught yourself Math for Janga. If you can do it... I can too. I'll actually be studying, doing work sheets to study what I learned, and using other resources like Khan Academy.
I think the time for filling out any scholarships/fafsa is over at the moment though which blows.
I too, for the longest time haven been contemplating going back to school. Actually, spending some time out of school for a few years to think about whether or not I actually wanted to attend college was in fact helpful. Personally, after reflecting I know that somewhere in my lifetime I would strive to have a bachelor's, one way or another.
I've been thinking, going through Jordan Peterson's self authorship program, working on making my 1-5-10 more clear, and I'm back in America during C0VlD-19. This is the perfect time for me to finish what I started.
Note: I am not getting this bachelor's to get a job.
I genuinely am interested in learning and wanted to learn. Being able to get a job is an added benefit, but I'm going for my own personal life goals.
Additionally, the only reason why I couldn't start a business in South Korea, was because I didn't have a bachelor's degree. Yes, you can make it in America without a bachelor's degree. But if you're trying to do so in other countries in Asia (in my experience, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan)... you're required to have a Bachelor's. The government will not give you a entrepreneurship visa otherwise. I can't even get a working holiday for South Korea without a bachelor's.
So for me, the benefits of getting a bachelor's are the following:
- Completing a personal life goal.
- Added benefit of having it for job searching (during my time in the slowlane).
- Networking in school.
- Being able to have more options in Asia, specifically South Korea and Japan.
Some peeps may disagree, they dislike the idea of university completely. I for the most part agree. Usually I'm for the position of not getting a degree unless you're degree will give you an actual return or you're going to go for something like lawyer or doctor.
One of the biggest reasons why I never continued my Associates degree. Math.
I'm terrible at it, specifically Calculus. Failed twice. And looking at it, it's because I was half-assing it. I didn't put in the time actually studying after class. All I did was my homework and considered that studying. can you believe it? I let a subject stop me from obtaining this? If I didn't quit, I could've had the degree a year or two ago. Now I'm seeing my fellow highschool mates graduating from university now.
Now it's my turn to kick some a$$.
I currently have an Associates of Arts degree and would like to major in computer science.
Something that'll help me earn my degree more quickly:
I've been working as a software engineer for the past three years. As a result, my local college offers credits to my degree for my work experience. (Up to 25%). I only need about 95 more credits to earn the degree. If I can get the full 25%, that'd leave me with 71 credits left.
But OCEAN MAN, what about math?
Yeah.. My Math skills are terrible and I even more so now that I've been out of college for about three years. But that won't stop me.
Before I enroll back into college (maybe I can even enroll right now and complete the classes that aren't math related).
I just purchased a year subscription to kristakingmath.com which covers math from Pre-Algebra all the way up to Linear Algebra. I will work on my Algebra and Trig foundations before I start learning Calculus. Once I have a good foundation, I'll learn Calculus, see if I can push it all the way into Calculus 2 and once I'm at the point where I feel confident in my Calculus 1 skills... I'll take a math placement exam at the college to see if I can simply jump into Calculus 2.
So my plan now is to self study Math, get my foundations solid, and get passed Calculus 1. Meanwhile, maybe I'll start college again and take up the other classes (Issue is I'm at the point where I need to declare a major (computer science), but I can't declare computer science yet since I don't have calculus finished or physics 1-3. Any programming classes at this point require that I'm admitted into the Computer Science degree, otherwise I can't take them.
I'll continue to post updates to this thread but it won't be every day or every week.
@Ravens_Shadow, If I remember correctly, you taught yourself Math for Janga. If you can do it... I can too. I'll actually be studying, doing work sheets to study what I learned, and using other resources like Khan Academy.
I think the time for filling out any scholarships/fafsa is over at the moment though which blows.
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