College

Madeline410 · #1 March 3rd, 2010, 07:04 AM

Where did you go to college? How many places did you apply to? Did you enjoy it or do you wish you had gone somewhere else?

Bakerybrat · #2 March 3rd, 2010, 07:18 AM

I went to a community college when I was just out of high school....Isothermal Community College. I would go for a few semesters then stop. I never finished which is typical Carla. I would love to go to Collin Community College here and retake some of my office systems and accounting classes. I love my job and I make decent money without a degree at Whole Foods but I would love to do it for myself.

stephie1012 · #3 March 3rd, 2010, 07:34 AM

i went to Georgian Court University, its an all girls private school and then i went to the county college here. I applied to 2 schools and got excepted with scholarships to both of them. I didnt finish, i have 3 semesters left i think.

AmyT · #4 March 3rd, 2010, 07:41 AM

I only applied to one school and that is where I went. Arkansas State University. Actually I take that back, I did do one summer session at Phillips County Community College (which wasn't actually in Phillips county

) I went to ASU for 5 years. Still didn't graduate

I did everything except for my student teaching and at the time they wouldn't let you work while you were doing that. I had bills to pay, along with the fact that I was putting myself through college, so there was NO WAY I could have gotten by without working at that point

So I dropped out. I do regret it and wish I could finish my degree. BUT at this point unless I'm actually going to take a job as a teacher, I don't see the point in spending anouther 8K just to get a degree that I won't be using

Maybe when Allie starts school I might go back just to get some sort of degree (even if it isn't what I started out attempting to get).

And to answer you last question...I LOVED it!!! Seriously the best time of my life!!!! I wouldn't have chosen any other college even if given the chance.

glasscandie · #5 March 3rd, 2010, 08:07 AM

Right out of high school I went to the community college near my house (Union County College), and I HATED it. It was just like, 13th grade lol Everyone from my HS went there. I had been accepted to U of NC Chapel Hill, but I couldn't afford to go, so I had to go to community and work while I went. Ended up dropping out. Then, DH and I went to U of Alaska Anchorage on scholarship right after we got married, but he joined the military and I got pregnant, so I only went for a couple of semesters.

Finally got around to going back to school (in an entirely different field - I was a Russian major at my other two schools), and now I attend the U of Maryland where I'm getting a bachelor's of science in May in psych/bio. I just applied to Johns Hopkins for a master's program in gov't/intelligence studies. I'm also trying to find a stupid freaking job while I go to grad. school, but it's hard b/c a job in intelligence/gov't would be ideal, but since I don't have experience yet it's hard to get those jobs. I could easily get a job in a research lab., but that's not very helpful to my career goal lol

crystalclear · #6 March 3rd, 2010, 08:36 AM

Amy, they didn't allow us to work while student teaching either. Do they allow it now, do you know?

I went to University of Georgia. Loved it. I applied to one other school and was accepted with a full scholarship. It was an all-girls private school called Brenau University. I decided not to go because it was small, and I didn't think I could stomach being around only girls for 24/7. LOL

I really wanted to go to NYU at the time for dance, but there's no way I would have been able to afford it... assuming I could have even gotten in. It just wasn't feasible. It worked out though. I'm happy with where I did go.

stephie1012 · #7 March 3rd, 2010, 08:55 AM

i forgot to say i hated the all girls school, thats why i left. I thought i would love it bc it was so small like my high school was, but it was horrible. All of the girls had extremely different views than i did, there was like no one in the middle like me lol

Lisa N · #8 March 3rd, 2010, 12:36 PM

i only applied to and went to the university of texas at san antonio. i graduated in 1999 with a BBA (bachelors of business admin). it was okay. i lived at home the whole time and my parents paid for all of it. i made some great friends and stuff and i still keep in contact with some of them. i think if i'd gone away to school i wouldn't have done as well. it's gotten bigger since i left, i think they have like 25,000 students now.

AmyT · #9 March 3rd, 2010, 03:49 PM

Crystal...not sure if they "allow" you to work while student teaching now, but I've known a couple people that did work, and just didn't let the school know about it. If I hadn't worked somewhere so public (in a clothing store in the mall) at the time I might could have gotten away with it. Oh well.

Laney21 · #10 March 4th, 2010, 06:34 PM

I just went to the business college here to take the Travel and Tourism course. After the course I did some on-the-job training at an agency who just happened to be hiring a couple weeks later on so I got a shot and it worked out. Very lucky for me, because I'm HORRIBLE with interviews. I'm still with the same company, 7 years later.