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damn this whole thread was inspirtational. i hate my job and thinking of doing it.!!
Anyone Start School In Their Late 20's? Vol. Starting Over
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There will always be that one student who is 35 and up in class. You are very young at your age to start school.
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bro i got kicked out of a community college two semesters after high school. i didn't appreciate **** when i was young. then when i was 22, i became an entrepreneur and developed an interest for how businesses worked over the years. went back to cc at 28, killed it because i actually cared this time around, and am graduating this fall from a university i thought i'd never even get into. all while working 50-60 hour weeks running my own business. part of what helped was that i could have conversations with professors in cc that my classmates couldn't, and i got good recommendations from them because i was mature.
if you really want it, you're going to make time for it. if you don't want it, you're going to say that you don't have time for it. school isn't for everyone and it definitely wasn't for me at 18, but it was for me at 28. good luck OP. hope it works out for you
if you really want it, you're going to make time for it. if you don't want it, you're going to say that you don't have time for it. school isn't for everyone and it definitely wasn't for me at 18, but it was for me at 28. good luck OP. hope it works out for you
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Real talk, but that joke in How High about how Red took six years to finish Community College was funny as hell but I started Community College in the Spring of 2001 and I only finished and just got my associates degree last Fall
Granted I took a few years off here and there and would just pop up to do a class or two but still, if I could take 12 years to finish CC, you guys have NOTHING to worry about 
On that note, I'm on schedule to get my Bachelor's degree next spring which would mean that it will only have taken me one year which is cool, especially since I'm not stressing out over a job/money like mostly everyone else in my class. So that's a plus.
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CC have those Xray programs? How long did you take to finished? Any additional info would be greatly appreciated, bruh.
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Happy to see this thread not only inspire me, but others.
Crazy to think I was the only one lol.
I'll try to keep this thread updated through my journey.
I have to take a Compass test soon.
Crazy to think I was the only one lol.
I'll try to keep this thread updated through my journey.
I have to take a Compass test soon.
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damn near half the population at commuter universities are old. I go to ucf and i would say you would not be an outcast
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Yeah, CC's have the program. I took mine at a community college. I'm in the Bay Area and there are a bunch of CC's that have the program so i'm sure you'll have some in your area too. The great thing about the CC programs is that it's pretty cheap and affordable.
It's a two year program once you get in but i'm telling you, it goes by SUPER quick. One of the things I liked most about the program was it's "hands on." That is the best way for me to learn so once you get in, the first week, you already go to your hospital rotation and get to start observing and doing things that you'll be doing in this career.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
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I'm in the BayArea too, East Bay to be exact. Hows the job market for that type of work? Was it easy for you to get in?
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What area of concentration?
fontaine
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#schwagTHIS.
I took some time off after I got my BA and life happened. Worked a few cool jobs, had a kid, and most importantly figured out what I'd really enjoy doing for the rest of my life (something feasible
Top tier program?
electrical engineering
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Turn 27 on Thursday and I've finally made the decision to go back to school next year. I'm really looking forward to it but also very scared
Me too. I haven't seen a classroom or a textbook in damn near 7 years. Not to mention the costs and such
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Best of luck to you. Don't have too much information on E.Eelectrical engineering
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Oh DOPE!
I know there's a program at Samuel Merrit out in Oakland. I went to Foothill College for my program but I applied to a bunch since it's lottery based for most and hard to get into. I got lucky and got in my first year but I applied to Foothill, Canada College, CCSF, Kaiser in Richmond and Mills Peninsula. Kaiser and Mills peninsula is not lottery and actually does interviews for the program. I suck at interviews so i pretty much bombed them.
Anyway, I got pretty lucky because Foothill was great in that we got to rotate to four different sites so we got to network a bit instead of being stuck at a Mills Peninsula or just Kaiser. I think the job market is pretty good because I graduated with about 28 others and more than half of us got something from one of our four rotations like a few months after we graduated. I got really lucky and got hired right after I graduated because my last rotation really liked me and my other two classmates. For us, one of the key things, besides being actually able to do a good job in shooting xrays, is how likeable and easy to work with you are. That was a HUGE thing because there were a bunch of classmates smarter than me but they had that "better than everyone" type attitude and were the LAST to get jobs. So DON'T be one of those guys.
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that's what I took when I went to school for 1 year when I was 19, how I wish I was as mature as I am now back then.Being young with money, whip, apartment, and yambs :x not a good mix with school for me.
I just made my appointment to talk to a counselor at my school to go over my career options to choose my major next Monday.
Take a placement test Thursday.
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was the same for me man. money and yambs effed up my focus when i was younger, but i'm sure you're gonna kill it now that you have something to work towards
if you don't have your GE's done, don't even stress about having a major yet. just narrow it down to a few majors and enroll in the classes that satisfy GE requirements across the board. that's the one thing i wish i did because i picked a major when i went back, but switched it after some thought. ended up taking 2 classes that were useless for transferring
if you don't have your GE's done, don't even stress about having a major yet. just narrow it down to a few majors and enroll in the classes that satisfy GE requirements across the board. that's the one thing i wish i did because i picked a major when i went back, but switched it after some thought. ended up taking 2 classes that were useless for transferring
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Make sure that you're going back to do something that you like or to earn more money. Having a degree does not guarantee you a cushy 40 hour a week job. I'm not even sure if that exists in today's society
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As long as you can attend and still support the fam, go do it. Perhaps not quit entirely but go back half time?
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Money is the least of my worries. I have a good paying job now.
I'm all about the quality of life.
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he's not lying OP.
Theres a cat in one of my classes that's 30 years old, I think.
You're fine.
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I'm replying from mobile so please excuse if there are any typos or wacky sentence structure.
OP: absolutely not too late! Please go back. I encourage you to look at a field you have some interest in and that will pay dividends back, ie don't major in History for the sake of it. You want to be able to get a decent career from it.
When I was in undergrad, there were always older cats in class, be it military guys returning or guys who maxed out on the ladder climb without a degree. There was a really smart gent in my physics class. He was around mid 40s at the time. He said he can't break into the real money without he degree and was stuck at $95k a year.
I'm also 28 yrs old. I got my BS and went on for further schooling. It allowed me to be in a position that a lot of folks my age aren't in. Point is that a lot or my colleagues can be my parents due to their age. A lot of them are heading back to school to cross the 6 figure mark. The old concept of "working your way up from the mail room to becoming a CEO" is long gone.
Here's another scary thought: my company had folks who did that approach. They started with the company 3-4 decades ago fresh out of high school and climbed their way up to good paying jobs. However, the company is restructuring and cut a lot of those high paying jobs.
You now have folks in their late 40s to 50s trying to get $140k+ jobs without a bachelors. This is going to be extremely difficult to do nowadays.
There are also positions we have in the same dept. One position requires a bachelors. The other requires a high school diploma. Work loads are almost identical except the former position pays almost double.
I encourage you to grind through it. It may seem long now but when you look back, the time will fly by. Let's assume you got your bachelors in a timely matter at age 21 or 22. At this point you'll have less than a decade of experience which means you're going to be working for decades to come. Do it, my friend.
Best of luck.
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Re: quality of life. It depend on what you want. My counterpart who can easily find another job that pays double opted not to so she can come home from work at 5pm to see her kids. My manager who can be my counterpart's kid works tons of hours to be able to afford the finer things in life and this is why she doesn't want children.
My first job out of college, I worked weird hours, swing and graveyard shifts. I never got used to graveyard. I now enjoy the mundane 9-5 schedule so I can sleep normally
OP: absolutely not too late! Please go back. I encourage you to look at a field you have some interest in and that will pay dividends back, ie don't major in History for the sake of it. You want to be able to get a decent career from it.
When I was in undergrad, there were always older cats in class, be it military guys returning or guys who maxed out on the ladder climb without a degree. There was a really smart gent in my physics class. He was around mid 40s at the time. He said he can't break into the real money without he degree and was stuck at $95k a year.
I'm also 28 yrs old. I got my BS and went on for further schooling. It allowed me to be in a position that a lot of folks my age aren't in. Point is that a lot or my colleagues can be my parents due to their age. A lot of them are heading back to school to cross the 6 figure mark. The old concept of "working your way up from the mail room to becoming a CEO" is long gone.
Here's another scary thought: my company had folks who did that approach. They started with the company 3-4 decades ago fresh out of high school and climbed their way up to good paying jobs. However, the company is restructuring and cut a lot of those high paying jobs.
You now have folks in their late 40s to 50s trying to get $140k+ jobs without a bachelors. This is going to be extremely difficult to do nowadays.
There are also positions we have in the same dept. One position requires a bachelors. The other requires a high school diploma. Work loads are almost identical except the former position pays almost double.
I encourage you to grind through it. It may seem long now but when you look back, the time will fly by. Let's assume you got your bachelors in a timely matter at age 21 or 22. At this point you'll have less than a decade of experience which means you're going to be working for decades to come. Do it, my friend.
Best of luck.
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Re: quality of life. It depend on what you want. My counterpart who can easily find another job that pays double opted not to so she can come home from work at 5pm to see her kids. My manager who can be my counterpart's kid works tons of hours to be able to afford the finer things in life and this is why she doesn't want children.
My first job out of college, I worked weird hours, swing and graveyard shifts. I never got used to graveyard. I now enjoy the mundane 9-5 schedule so I can sleep normally
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