Posted by Christ_empowered on December 17, 2010, at 10:20:19
I'm considering an online degree. The field is right up my alley, everything's online (the tests are proctored via webcam, which is awesome), price is right (non-profit school), and the place is fully accredited and gets all kinds of money from various organizations, including the Gates Foundation.
I'm 26 now and it'd be awesome to have a degree at or before 30 (definitely before 31). I know age is just a number, but I'm looking to get into a respectable gig soon so then I can maybe get a master's later and be a little higher up on the totem pole and also be reasonably well-paid by the time I'm 40-45. This place offers a master's in my field, too.
Two of my friends are all for it. Online schooling is becoming a big deal (even state schools are offering online programs now), and they think it'd be great for me, especially since I can probably do it in 3 years, maybe a bit less.
One of my friends, who's really into the academic world (parents are academics, he's taking graduate classes, considering a law degree) thinks I need to go to a "real school." I have a couple problems with that. First, it would take longer, because I need to work and because its hard to accelerate programs at traditional institutions. Secondly, for this program, I'd have to move. I can get an associates in the field locally, but for the full 4 year degree I'd need to move. His suggestion was to go with it, and move for school.
I don't want to be anti-social or end up with a useless degree, but I do find the online learning appealing. I also think that at my age (not that 26 is OLD, but it is older than say, 18-22), I need to find a program that I can fit into my life, instead of trying to schedule my life around a more traditional program.
What do you all think?
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