I have been in college for about 4 years now. I started out at a local community college for 3 years and then transferred to an online school (a better choice for my frequent traveling). Now, typically, it is only 2 years spent at a community college and you get your Associate's degree. Well, what I didn't know at the time is that you have to take a placement test with your goal being to place out of your "Prep" classes. Now, if you don't, then you are an unlucky person who then has to take classes in order to take classes that actually count toward your degree. Get it? Your "prep" classes do not count toward your degree but instead are your prerequisites of the classes you actually need.
Now, there's all of that on top of deciding what exactly you would like to major in. Here's what held me back and added to the amount of time I will be spending in college before getting my Bachelor's. I changed my major about 3 or 4 times before actually deciding what I wanted to major in. I officially decided on majoring in Social Sciences with a minor in Psychology. Which brings me to my online school. Everything was great as far as it being flexible with my travel schedule. However, my problems were, and still are, with their financial aid department. One of the very little benefits of having a single parent is that you typically get a lot of grants. Add that to my awesome high school grades which got me a pretty nice academic grant and you get the first 3 years of college (at my community college) for free. For some reason, however, my online school didn't get that memo. So, I have literally been paying out of pocket for school for the past year and a half. Now, I am someone who values things more when I have to work for them. With that being said, working my way through college just adds more time to the years I'll be taking classes.
Finally, this leaves me at this semester. I will not be taking classes this semester because of financial situations. It bothered me a little at first but then I realized that I can take this time to think about what I really want to do, save up money, and put a plan together. I need a break from it anyway, although my mother and husband weren't too happy with my decision. Oh well. We'll see how this goes...
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