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Topic: Any other mid-life students here?
Nurseguy08 Joined Fri 04/18/08 Posts: 370	Sun 04/27/08 04:10 PM
Wow! There's a boatload more of us then I thought! Makes me feel like I really made a solid decision going back...that and the fact my ulcer has cleared up!

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Sun 04/27/08 04:13 PM
I went back to school in my 30's. I'm done now. I have no regrets.

Benzy940 Joined Mon 10/02/06 Posts: 416	Sun 04/27/08 04:49 PM
I am also working two jobs and have 2 more semesters and I will have my MSW. Congrats to everyone....I finish May 10,2008 with my MSW YAA-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!! Working full time and taking any kind of classes is very intense but well worth the effort. I finished my BA 10 yrs ago and just decided I needed to do the rest, am thinking about furthering with my Ph.D but need a moment to really BREATHE!! Good luck to all!

Cutiepieforyou Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 43085	Sun 04/27/08 05:08 PM
Benzy-Congrats on getting your MSW!!! It's a pretty intense program that I am in at UCONN. I graduate next May...but at least I finally see an endpoint. I started working on this degree in 2006.

Benzy940 Joined Mon 10/02/06 Posts: 416	Sun 04/27/08 05:12 PM
Thanks Cutie, I went back in 06' and at times it seemed as if the end was never near , I attended Adelphi University NYC, and you are so right the curriculum is very intense but well worth the time and effort , SWKer's are very underrepresented but society couldn't function with out us. If you need any pointers email and we can chat.

creationsfire Joined Wed 01/24/07 Posts: 4548	Sun 04/27/08 06:19 PM
<-----have AS in Information Technology and Automotive Technology. Going my 3 rd time around. Just started and have a long way to go. Now I'm an Art major. I want to teach.

cricket33 Joined Fri 04/25/08 Posts: 1	Mon 04/28/08 12:20 AM
Got 2 weeks left in this semester and then 1 more class in the fal--I'll graduate in Dec 2008 with a BS in chemical engineering. It's taken forever

Nurseguy08 Joined Fri 04/18/08 Posts: 370	Mon 04/28/08 05:47 AM
Wow! this is fantastic! New degrees and a new take on life! One thing though...seems I'm one of the few males posting on this thread??? Ah well, just means I get some great company on here! Keep it going folks, it's keeping me motivated through the up coming finals! Another quick question, how many of you all are setting the grade curves in your classes?

Benzy940 Joined Mon 10/02/06 Posts: 416	Mon 04/28/08 09:31 AM
Wow! this is fantastic! New degrees and a new take on life! One thing though...seems I'm one of the few males posting on this thread??? Ah well, just means I get some great company on here! Keep it going folks, it's keeping me motivated through the up coming finals! Another quick question, how many of you all are setting the grade curves in your classes? In Grad school u have to maintain a B average or they will place u on academic probation and then kick ya out, A GPA carries more weight in undergrad. So prepare urself when u go and understand it a lot of writing papers 15-30 pages long with alot of research and references.......WHEW !!! just thinking about it made me take a deep breath What ever you do, do it to ur best and enjoy it as much as possible ....Good Luck on ur finals.

scoobette Joined Mon 10/02/06 Posts: 16	Mon 04/28/08 04:38 PM
I am attending ITT-Tech studying drafting and thinking about construction management. I intend to work with low income agencies to help low income people in Clark Co. WA. Housing is in big demand in this area.

scoobette Joined Mon 10/02/06 Posts: 16	Mon 04/28/08 04:39 PM
lol I like your pic

Cutiepieforyou Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 43085	Thu 05/01/08 02:51 PM
Thanks Cutie, I went back in 06' and at times it seemed as if the end was never near , I attended Adelphi University NYC, and you are so right the curriculum is very intense but well worth the time and effort , SWKer's are very underrepresented but society couldn't function with out us. If you need any pointers email and we can chat. I tried to email you but it won't let me. Thanks for offering to help me out. I also started in 2006. I will graduate in 2009.

jrallen76 Joined Mon 10/08/07 Posts: 121	Fri 05/02/08 09:49 AM
I got my B.A. in social science last year and just started going for a M.Ed. in Proffesional Counseling and Human Development. Hoping to become a LPC in the next 5 years. Alot more reading now than ever before. All this and trying to raise 3 girls on my own. Its a miracle i still have hair lol, but i love every momnet of it! It's all worth it if i can give my kids a better life and have a better paying job so i can spoil my kids more!!

Unknow Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4036	Fri 05/02/08 09:15 PM
Getting to the end of nursing school and it's been great! While getting my first degree I figured I could retake a class I failed but could not retake a party I missed ...now I don't do the party stuff quite like I used to and the grades are showing it. Made the change after 20yrs in aviation...Howz about it? Any more students? The smart ones are always students of something. I started with self-taught computer programming, added electronics, and later, taught myself machining and drafting. Now I build automated equipment from raw materials and an idea. Work like this is not really a job. It's too much fun to be called one.

shaung64 Joined Sat 05/03/08 Posts: 2	Sat 05/03/08 05:17 PM
I was a CNA from 1995 to 2000. This fall I'll be taking online classes to get my LPN, and then onto RN. I'm a senior at UND, Grand Forks in business administration but don't plan to complete that program. Glad to see other mid-lifers out there changing professions. Shaun

shaung64 Joined Sat 05/03/08 Posts: 2	Sat 05/03/08 05:19 PM
Question: Does anyone know what an LVN is? Not LPN!

Unknow Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4036	Sun 05/04/08 02:46 AM
Question: Does anyone know what an LVN is? Not LPN! Licensed vocational nurse, I think.

gammalight6000 Joined Sun 12/23/07 Posts: 5403	Tue 05/06/08 08:17 PM
<~~~ current student thinking about switching careers from accounting into medicine do it fran, you'll love it

highoctane042000 Joined Sun 08/13/06 Posts: 1	Mon 05/12/08 02:15 PM
After an automobile accident I enrolled to get an As. Degree for Animation Technology. The first time I went to trade school I didn't need to take English, Pych, etc. I did well last semester and I'm proud of myself for that! (especially after not being in a classroom for 25 years!) Next fall my classes start for my major, I can't wait! And yes it is a major life change after being an autobody repairman and production welder for 20 years.