Hello everyone!
I found this forum two nights ago and have read about 4,000,000 (estimated but not far off) post since then. I have been researching college options online for about 3 weeks and as you all know there is A LOT of information. This forum is just awesome and invaluable for people who are looking to get an education.
My background is pretty lame. I have 0 college credits since I never went. I began working right out of high school, got married and starting having children right away (at 19!) We now live overseas because we wanted our children to experience a different culture and have lived in Latin America for close to 4 years. So now 11 years into my adult life I am ready to get a degree to do something I really enjoy. I currently do sales :puke: (not that anything is wrong with sales, but it's not for me) and I do not want to waste another 10 years of my life. My first goal is to get bachelor's degree and then I would love to move onto a Master's in TESOL or some other program that will give me an advantage in teaching English. Living in a Latin country (with no plans to go home) gives me a lot of chances to help people with their English and it is something I enjoy especially since so many people have helped me with my Spanish.
I gave up a much higher paying job to move here so some of my biggest concerns are financial. I was all pumped and ready to enroll at my local (still a NJ resident technically) community college until I realized that the FAFSA payment is for the entire year and not per semester. What are my options for financial aid in going the route of testing plus SL and other online options. Is this all out-of-pocket only? Also, being a NJ resident does it make sense for me to focus on TESU over the others since that is a NJ school? The finances aren't a deal breaker for me, it will just take me much longer to pay for all of this myself.
I have plans of a US visit this fall and also in March of next year so I'd like to take as many CLEPs and DSST as possible while I'm home. A local CC offers testing every day of the week and has 3 times per day for tests - 9:00, 10:30 and 12:00. Is it possible to take 3 tests in one day or should I should I only expect to take 2 per day? My plan is to begin binge-studying now on and take as many tests as I feel comfortable with while at home.
I have looked at many degree plans but haven't really seen any focused on TESOL so would anyone be able to point me towards a link or help me setup the best plan of action to take? I signed up for ALEKS last night and did an assessment for Intermediate Algebra and score 77 out of 459. A bit embarrassing! My plans are to do ALEKS for any math classes and then SL for a bunch of others.
Any help is very appreciated!!
I found this forum two nights ago and have read about 4,000,000 (estimated but not far off) post since then. I have been researching college options online for about 3 weeks and as you all know there is A LOT of information. This forum is just awesome and invaluable for people who are looking to get an education.
My background is pretty lame. I have 0 college credits since I never went. I began working right out of high school, got married and starting having children right away (at 19!) We now live overseas because we wanted our children to experience a different culture and have lived in Latin America for close to 4 years. So now 11 years into my adult life I am ready to get a degree to do something I really enjoy. I currently do sales :puke: (not that anything is wrong with sales, but it's not for me) and I do not want to waste another 10 years of my life. My first goal is to get bachelor's degree and then I would love to move onto a Master's in TESOL or some other program that will give me an advantage in teaching English. Living in a Latin country (with no plans to go home) gives me a lot of chances to help people with their English and it is something I enjoy especially since so many people have helped me with my Spanish.
I gave up a much higher paying job to move here so some of my biggest concerns are financial. I was all pumped and ready to enroll at my local (still a NJ resident technically) community college until I realized that the FAFSA payment is for the entire year and not per semester. What are my options for financial aid in going the route of testing plus SL and other online options. Is this all out-of-pocket only? Also, being a NJ resident does it make sense for me to focus on TESU over the others since that is a NJ school? The finances aren't a deal breaker for me, it will just take me much longer to pay for all of this myself.
I have plans of a US visit this fall and also in March of next year so I'd like to take as many CLEPs and DSST as possible while I'm home. A local CC offers testing every day of the week and has 3 times per day for tests - 9:00, 10:30 and 12:00. Is it possible to take 3 tests in one day or should I should I only expect to take 2 per day? My plan is to begin binge-studying now on and take as many tests as I feel comfortable with while at home.
I have looked at many degree plans but haven't really seen any focused on TESOL so would anyone be able to point me towards a link or help me setup the best plan of action to take? I signed up for ALEKS last night and did an assessment for Intermediate Algebra and score 77 out of 459. A bit embarrassing! My plans are to do ALEKS for any math classes and then SL for a bunch of others.
Any help is very appreciated!!
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