05-01-2008, 03:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-01-2008, 03:22 PM by annetravels.)
I hope everything works out for you too! I totally understand about being a working mother. I also understand about getting caught up in student loan debt- it is so easy and very tempting! This my first and will probably be my final semester with Empire. They are flexible compared to B&M schools. However, when they compare to the Big 3 Empire is not very flexible at all. I would probably spend two more years or more at Empire to complete my B.A. However, at Excelsior, TESC or Chapter Oak I think I could be finished up in about 6 months to a year. I wish I had known about them, and testing out years ago as well.
As far as the "value" of the degrees from the Big 3, I would say it depends on your career field, where you are planning to go, and what you would like to do with your degree.
For me these degrees are a perfect fit.
1) A degree is better than spinning my wheels at a community college for years and trying to fit my class schedule around my chaotic life and never finishing being left with bills and no degree to show for it.
2) Every single graduate school (at least ten schools, some very prestigious) that I contacted in regards to their Education master's programs had no problem whatsoever with accepting a degree from any of the Big 3 (as long as my GPA was high enough).
I was checking before I decided to enroll for my B.A. I have been doing research like crazy! For me, I am planning on teaching at the elementary level. I contacted several elementary schools that I am interested in teaching at in the future. I told them my plans and they were very interested in getting together with me and discussing teaching positions when I completed my B.A. degree. So for me these degrees 'stand up' just as fine as any other degree from a B&M school. Obviously, several other people thought they were just fine as well- at least the ones I spoke to. Also, there are several posts and threads here on this board in regards to how well received degrees from the Big 3 are with potential employers. You could always look them up and see what others have to say about this issue. To each their own. What works for some people isn't practical for others. You are they only one that can answer the question as to if these degrees will work for you. I would also suggest contacting the HR department of the places of employment that you are interested in working at, and seeing what they have to say about it. We are not all 18 years old, with all the time in the world, and no responsibilities anymore. Many of us have rich full lives and vast responsibilities to fill. That would be the best place to get this answer. The rest of the working world seems to be catching on that online and distance education programs are just as good or in some case better than traditional degree programs. It seems like online and distance learning programs are becoming so much more common place, and just as accepted as traditional degrees. Back in February saw a documentary on Austin PBS about 5 women educators that are earning their doctorate degrees at Capella University and Maya Angelou personally congratulated them at a conference. I would imagine that would feel fabulous and spectacularly unreal to have someone as amazing as Maya Angelou to say she was proud of me for attending a distance learning program.
Oh and I am De Anna. Anne just means 'mom' in Turkish
As far as the "value" of the degrees from the Big 3, I would say it depends on your career field, where you are planning to go, and what you would like to do with your degree.
For me these degrees are a perfect fit.
1) A degree is better than spinning my wheels at a community college for years and trying to fit my class schedule around my chaotic life and never finishing being left with bills and no degree to show for it.
2) Every single graduate school (at least ten schools, some very prestigious) that I contacted in regards to their Education master's programs had no problem whatsoever with accepting a degree from any of the Big 3 (as long as my GPA was high enough).
I was checking before I decided to enroll for my B.A. I have been doing research like crazy! For me, I am planning on teaching at the elementary level. I contacted several elementary schools that I am interested in teaching at in the future. I told them my plans and they were very interested in getting together with me and discussing teaching positions when I completed my B.A. degree. So for me these degrees 'stand up' just as fine as any other degree from a B&M school. Obviously, several other people thought they were just fine as well- at least the ones I spoke to. Also, there are several posts and threads here on this board in regards to how well received degrees from the Big 3 are with potential employers. You could always look them up and see what others have to say about this issue. To each their own. What works for some people isn't practical for others. You are they only one that can answer the question as to if these degrees will work for you. I would also suggest contacting the HR department of the places of employment that you are interested in working at, and seeing what they have to say about it. We are not all 18 years old, with all the time in the world, and no responsibilities anymore. Many of us have rich full lives and vast responsibilities to fill. That would be the best place to get this answer. The rest of the working world seems to be catching on that online and distance education programs are just as good or in some case better than traditional degree programs. It seems like online and distance learning programs are becoming so much more common place, and just as accepted as traditional degrees. Back in February saw a documentary on Austin PBS about 5 women educators that are earning their doctorate degrees at Capella University and Maya Angelou personally congratulated them at a conference. I would imagine that would feel fabulous and spectacularly unreal to have someone as amazing as Maya Angelou to say she was proud of me for attending a distance learning program.
Oh and I am De Anna. Anne just means 'mom' in Turkish
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