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Questions about College degrees
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SoundTheSurrender
Diamond Member
He should already have one if he has 1 year left.
Yes, he is a idoit. He should have finished school instead of moving south with his grandmother and sister(long and pointless story there). Needless to say he's working at a department store making 8 bucks a hour and is hurting for money(not hard figuring out why). Another thing is, the college he went to is 800 miles from where he lives now so it's not like he can just re-enroll and finish.
Actually from what I understand he went 4 years but needed to go another to get a few more credits to have enough to graduate. I do not know how many credits he has or why it was going to take him 5 years. (It only took me 15 months get get my AAS instead of 2 years. )
I know there are a lot of unknown factors but for conversation's sake, if he had over 65 credits but not enough for the Bachelor's is it possible to get the Assoicates with little to no "work" from a college close to him? Assuming his credits were to transfer.
OK, here's the problem with him getting an associates(depending on what his major was)
Associates degrees usually don't require as much core. For example, depending on what he wants to major in, it may only require one math and two englishes, a social science and a history class. The rest will be directed toward his major.
IOW, it's not about raw credits, it's about having the right credits.
edit: an associates is not worthless, but experience is probably more valuable.
Associates degrees usually don't require as much core. For example, depending on what he wants to major in, it may only require one math and two englishes, a social science and a history class. The rest will be directed toward his major.
IOW, it's not about raw credits, it's about having the right credits.
edit: an associates is not worthless, but experience is probably more valuable.
SludgeFactory
Platinum Member
You would have to look up the transfer policy for the new school. It would probably be easier to call admissions and explain the situation. Typically a university requires that at least half the credits toward your degree were earned at that university, or within their system. I would think the same would go for a local community college, if he's considering that option. I can't see many schools being very keen on somebody showing up with a ton of credits, taking 2 classes or whatever, and then thinking they can get a diploma with the school's name on it. But maybe the standards for Associate's degrees are different.
Are there any distance learning options from his original school that could get him where he needs to be?
montanafan
Diamond Member
There are a lot of colleges out there, particularly small ones, that would be willing to work with him on this. The main problem is the one that nonameo stated. If he wants an associate degree then unless a lot of those hours he took are in his major, they're not going to help him much except to fulfill the few core classes he would have needed toward the Associate Degree. He would probably do better by finding a college that would transfer all of his hours and just finishing his B.A.
Well here's some food for thought:
I have a AAS in Computer Information Science. I'm literary making twice what my dropout friend makes.
A lot of companies want college degrees. Before you know it you'll need one to work at McDonalds.
$8/hr vs $16/hr yeah a college degree is soooo worthless.
Well, guess what, I'm 'literally' making twice as much as you per hour, at minimum, and I didn't even have the pleasure to drop out of college because I never wasted my time attending. The same goes for all three of my regular work colleagues, one didn't even finish high school. Coincidence?
Surprise surprise, it's what you know, not how you know it. That goes for many professions. If I took the advice of friends, at this point in time I'd probably still be stuck at some dipshit part time job when not in 'class' just trying to cover my debt. Granted, one of them did make it out alive thus far making more or less what you do, it was still a very ****** dead end investment.
yhelothar
Lifer
Him making $8/hr has little to do with his degree(or the lack of thereof). It's so fcking easy to find a job that pays better than $10/hr if he had half a brain. He's just stupid that he can't find a better job than wallyworld.
I scored an $11/hr job right out of high school that consisted mostly of surfing the web and sitting around doing nothing.
I'm in my 3rd year of college doing a tutoring job for $15/hr with 30 hours a week.
Born2bwire
Diamond Member
Heh, no you see when the night is lit up by the moon dragging through our atmosphere the diploma will give you something to read to pass the time.
Ohh come on. Get your head out of your ass. You may be well off, and your friends may be well off too without college, but that is out of the norm.
Businesses starting off just want to see that you have a college degree, if not for what you know, but to show that you can manage your time, money and complete something.
I know I sure as hell wouldn't want bridges and buildings designed by people who didn't go to college. I also know that we would be no where science wise if it wasn't for the Universities that do research.
BarneyFife
Diamond Member
I think most schools only allow you to transfer up to half of the credits required for a bachelors. So say the typical bachelor is around 120 credits, he can only transfer up to 60. I'm not sure if he can transfer all his credits to a community college and get an associates out of it.
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