Feb 12 2010
More Thoughts on School
Feeling better and being able to write once again has me thinking about getting, or rather finishing my online degree. In 2005 I had to stop working on my masters degree online because there was just too much going on: work, wedding, moving twice in a few months. Even though I wasn’t enjoying that program much at all I still wonder about completing, or rather doing something else.
I know I would not want to go back to FSU, however I only have two years to make up my mind before I have to re-take the GRE which is several hundred dollars. I’d rather not do that again, considering I had to pay for it twice in the first place.
Someone pointed me in the direction of Western Governors University, which was founded in 1997 by 19 U.S. governors that impresses me right there. Their main focus was to expand access to education for working adults. The other thing that impresses me is that WGU is a non-profit university and they’re entirely online which would mean unlike Kore, my room mate, I wouldn’t have to take a portion on a campus somewhere, which, with a three year old at home, a shoddy car and horrendous health issues would be a plus.
The other thing that impresses me is that their tuition is set at a flat rate per term, so you get out what you make of it given you pay for the six months of schooling rather than per credit, so you pay $3000 for two or six courses, however much you can do which means that as well as being able to get scholarships if you work quickly, as I often do, and get ahead you can save even more money than just for the fact that the tuition is so low. I know at FSU I paid about $5000 for two courses in one semester, and that was five years ago. I dread to think what it would be now.
This is one of those that I’m considering a lot more seriously. I just have to see how I would manage it. My husband and I have had several disagreements about me going back to school. I know part of it is that he’s afraid of me biting off more than I can chew. I really need to get to a better point in my health before I add another thing on to my stress level which I understand.
