I am 65 years old and I just began college I have 26 credit atMiami Dade college(major music education)DID i make a good decision or bad.Do you think i will be able to find a job  after I graduate. (male)
209867
Good for you! You will probably be able to find a job when you graduate. We desperately need teachers in Miami!
446128
I graduated HS at 16, started college at 17 and do not regret it one bit. By the age of 21 I had my Masters Degree and was ready for the world. I will tell you though when I started college as a "young" 17 yr old not many of my peers wanted to hang around with me due to my age. Why I will never understand as if a yr really made a huge difference. I also had a very good friend graduate early with me and she didn't go onto college for 2 years after wards because she was not as ready as she thought she would be to get out into the real world. If you think you are ready to face the world I say do it but do not feel bad if you feel left out by your friends who stay in school and graduate when they are supposed to.
417996
You may not have to graduate at 26. Have you looked at all the options of transferring credits? Most univerisities also have the option of allowing students to test out of certain classes if they talk to the heads of the department. If it does take you longer, that's not a problem either. I have classmates who are 5th year seniors, some who are supposed to graduate in the spring and are still undecided of a major. I wouldn't worry too much. Just take it as it comes, if you graduate at 26 or 24 I don't think employers will make that big of a fuss. Hope that helps, and good luck!
84577
Take it from someone who has been there and who is now about 15 years older, slow down and enjoy being young. Concentrate hard on school, getting good grades, and definately try to go to college. You definately need your education to suceed in life. Employers will pass you up for the good jobs and promotions without it, no matter how hard you work and dedicate yourself to your job. I am now trying to go back and further my education. Please don't skip school! I wish I would not have. When it is to late you can't turn back the clock. People told me this and I ignored them, Please take my advice!!
145295
I can safely say that my MBA did help me a great deal with my career. My boss likes me because I am able to construct very comprehensive but easy to read reports. So, I use my grad degree. My college degree was a B.A. in History and it hasn't done anything. Only 40% of college grads end up working in their field. That is partly the fault of the students, and partly the fault of the colleges. If you graduate with a business degree and you don't have well developed Excel and quantitative business skills.... then you're going to be pretty worthless in most entry level positions. And that's the fault of the colleges. But if you go to college and you don't want to be "number cruncher", then guess what... 90% of the jobs are just that. Certain degrees like education, engineering, some of the applied sciences are very specific and will give you the foundation for doing the job in those fields. But, if you get a B.A. and go into business, then... of course your college degree won't mean anything, but that's probably because you didn't know what you wanted to be until after you graduated. If I had to do it over again, I would have been a mechanic, tile installer, or a plumber. They make more money than I do, and I have an MBA.
132949
If you feel secure that your teenagers will be receiving the attention and help with growing up (a very hard time for kids) then go for it with gusto.  Your most important job is raising your children and giving them a good start in life.  It will be your most rewarding...worth more than gold or position in someone else's quest.  That covered, get all the education you can for your own future.  Your children will have enough to do getting their own careers going.  I admire your wanting to get on with schooling.  I did.  At age 47 I decided to finish Jr. college. Then went on to persue a ba in computer science.  Even mastered my nemasis, math...got a B in Calculus.  Would have gotten an A had I read the whole question!  Good luck.
405557
You're never to old to start or finish your education.  Learning keeps the mind sharp!  My father is 55, now in his 2nd year of law school - and already holds 2 masters and a couple of bachelors degrees. If you want the education, go for it!!!
204617
No, it was not a waste.  In order to acquire most jobs these days, you need to have that degree on your resume. (even for ones you wouldn't think) So in that sense, it was a good thing.  Will it make you happy?  Gee, for all that money you'd think you should get some happiness out of it! You will eventually--when you get that job you want, or that bit more money to live on that the non grad didn't get.  I agree with the whole money thing in principle--soul sucking jobs are evil- but you do need it to live.  Have fun at the Cup and good luck!
18590
Not me -- I have a BS in Accounting and an MBA with a concentration in Mgmt Information Systems and this has been a GREAT combination for me for nearly 25 years.  It was a slow go in the beginning but as I got experience and momentum in my career I've been doing quite well for myself to the point where I've enough cash to have my own business.  [note -- i did very well in NY which according to your account ID you may be from there as well.]
290135
I started college right out of high school.  I found out that, in the field I was interested in, it was easy to get a job and experience...and the experience was what most employers were looking for.  I have since finished my degree, but I saw a big bump in salary and responsibility when I put experience on my resume and NO bump in either when I put my new degree on my resume.
352269
Yeah they offer all these great programs but don't offer degrees.  They only offer diplomas.  I guarantee that a future employer will be searching for a diploma graduate and not a diploma no matter what course it is in.  I researched them and decided to go to a college instead and I am 33.  Never too late, wish I would have went years ago.  If you want to raise your education level might as well go for the gold and go back to college.  Good luck!
71431
Chances are, they did it for your own good.  I was in the same situation when I was your age.  I finished going to school and got my degree.  They didn't want you to screw up your future.  You'll have more power to do what you want once you've got school squared away.  Hope this helps. :)
277700
My senior year. I had the most fun because I joined a few clubs and was more active in chorus. I was in a trio that won first in state and a triple trio that won second in state. I also had lots of friends and fun. Unfortunately, I had a little too much fun and my grades fell so badly that I almost didn't graduate. I barely made it, but at the last exam, I gave it my all and passed. If I would have only done that throughout all of high school, I would have been an honor student, along with winning lots of scholarships and going on to college. But, alas, I didn't. Don't mean to bum you out, but it's true. I had more freedom as a senior, turning 18 in the middle of the year. I didn't handle 18 too well. I hope you do better than I did. Study hard. Get the best grades you can. Join a couple of clubs. Have fun. You'll only do this once, then it's gone. Learn from one who's been there, done that. Be careful. Be safe. <*)))><
35366
Well, I am only 26 and I wish I had taken college more seriously.... I graduated, but not with a super high GPA and it made it very hard to find a job.
502863
I am ever so slowly working on repairing mine. I went from having bad credit to no credit and now I have recieved offers from about 4 different places (two of which are department stores, the other two are regular credit cards), so I am just at the bottom, but I am going the right way! (My bad credit was caused by my getting married too young and having an ex who got me to sign checks that we knew would bounce...I'm just damn lucky I didn't end up in jail!) But I don't know how good your credit score has to be to get one of those home loans. I'm not to that point yet. My personal near future worry is paying off student loans since I will be finishing up a masters degree, so I won't be able to think about a house for a while yet. But it sounds like you (and me) are going the right direction! Good Luck!
448239
I didn't go to college until my mid 30's.  Haven't finished yet, as I was going very part-time for several semesters.  It is "weird" some days, being old enough to be their mom; but it's also fun!  Profs seem to appreciate the maturity and experiences we bring to the class.
526376
One of my college roommates graduated from high school a year early and then college in 3 yrs. Later she said that graduating from high school early was a good idea but that she should have stayed in college for 4 yrs. \n\nI don't think that, unless there are courses that would help get scholarships or get out of college courses, that a student needs to do that last year of high school if they don't have to.\n\nHowever, college and grad school are different. Doing college that quickly leaves no time to experience it and may be too heavy a load to allow her to do well. Sounds like she's assuming that college (and grad school) are no harder than high school, and that's not true. Also, teaching is more than understanding the material you're teaching and how to present it. She needs to make friends, gain maturity, and generally have more contact with life in order to be a good teacher. If she never learns how to relate to people, she will not be a good teacher. \n\nOn the grad school front... I don't know how M. Ed. programs are set up, but I just finished by MA in History. It would not have been possible for me to complete my MA in one year. Even if I had taken the maximum number of courses allowed, I could only have knocked off a semester. Outside of that, grad school is also an opportunity to gain life experience that, among other things, makes people more employable. I joined all of my department's student organizations and was a officer of two of them. Though my track didn't require a thesis, I wrote one. In practical terms, everybody in my program worked at least 20 hrs a week and many worked more. It wouldn't have been possible for me to take a heavier courseload and work. My job and my thesis helped me get a job after graduation that I wouldn't have been qualified for with just my degree. Having been a leader in my program makes me a more valuable employee, in several different ways.