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 Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:20 am
At age 28 I have decided to go back to school to obtain a Bachelor in Science degree for Business/Accounting. I have looked into local community colleges and also some of the more reputed Online University's. I have attended community college before and was horrified at the lack of effort made by my peers. The work was very easy but the other students couldn't be bothered with it - making me the only one who had their books, completed assignments, etc.. It was very frustrating.
Now I am looking into the University of Phoenix. I am not sure if Online learning is for me. I think that I would do incredibly well to begin with, but fear that I will lack motivation after some time and not be able to have enough self-motivation to excel.
What are other peoples experiences and what do you think the pro's and cons are?
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:46 am
I went to a community college for a few years before going to my current college. I think that Community Colleges are good to get a feel for the work load and then transfer out. I love my college. At a real 4 year college people are actually there because they want to be so, it is no shock that they take it way more seriously. I think the general attitude changes from community college to 4 year college.
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:13 am
Most of the people I know who have done online schooling through an exclusively online college have not faired very well. They either lost the motivation or dreadfully realized they could not compete with others who had a degree from a more traditional university.
What you must realize is dealing with those type of people (that slack off and drive all of us motivated folk insane) is a test in itself. Being able to interact with human beings, especially when its frustrating, is essential to many jobs.
Finally, you want to go to a community college where you have the most options to transfer or succeed afterwards. Many universities are very particular about what credits may transfer, and jobs want to know you'll show up in the morning.
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:05 pm
I spent 2 years at a JC getting my general ed requirements out of the way (and playing sports) then transfered to a 4 year to finish my BA (and finish playing sports). JC's are great in that you can get all the GE's done and over with PLUS if you do certain programs you are pretty much guaranteed an in at one of the state school.
For Grad school I went to class AND did the online classes as well. I liked the online classes better cause I can do them at my own pace during the week and was not rushed. University of Phoenix's Online program is awesome from what I heard.
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Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 11:17 am
....I'm in a community college as we speak (someone should of told me that it was going to be 23047892304982304 years to obtain a 2-yr AS in criminal justice! -Lack of classes for the degree-) i like actually going to the school because I like the hands on experience..so when I'm in the field I know what I'm doing..than just reading it out of a book and taking a test. My last year of high school was a drag.. i home-schooled but i got to graduate a couple of months earlier than my actual class. I didn't really care for it because it wasn't a 'hands on' sorta thing and it was hard to teach myself. I didn't even read half the books i recieved... I just took the tests and guessed. I guess it really all depends how your learning style is. There are a couple of websites that will tell you what your learning style is. Google it. I don't know what to really say (seeing that i don't even know you...) but it really depends on your environment and what helps you learn. A lot of schools have online classes too if you don't want to drive to or sit in a classroom.
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