02-03-2011, 09:04 PM
Hi All,
I have a friend that is going to start testing though her degree soon, but has a difficult situation with her job. It's looking like she might get laid off due to financial issues at the company. She's actively seeking a new job, but anything that meets her interests hasn't considered her because she doesn't have a degree. (background - she's a dental assistant and wants to make the switch to business.)
She's considering getting a student loan and then taking the next 6 months to a year off to concentrate on testing out of her degree before she gets another job.
I know nothing about financial aid and testing, other than you can't get a scholarship to pay for CLEP/DSST's. Would the student loan plan work? Does anyone have experience with loans or other ways to pay for expenses during school at one of the Big 3?
Any advice would be appreciated as she could be laid off anytime soon and would like to get loans in place before then if at all possible.
Thanks!
I have a friend that is going to start testing though her degree soon, but has a difficult situation with her job. It's looking like she might get laid off due to financial issues at the company. She's actively seeking a new job, but anything that meets her interests hasn't considered her because she doesn't have a degree. (background - she's a dental assistant and wants to make the switch to business.)
She's considering getting a student loan and then taking the next 6 months to a year off to concentrate on testing out of her degree before she gets another job.
I know nothing about financial aid and testing, other than you can't get a scholarship to pay for CLEP/DSST's. Would the student loan plan work? Does anyone have experience with loans or other ways to pay for expenses during school at one of the Big 3?
Any advice would be appreciated as she could be laid off anytime soon and would like to get loans in place before then if at all possible.
Thanks!
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ISSA Certified Nutritionist
COSC BS, Business Admin
My BS Credits:
Spanish 80 | Humanities 67 | A & I Lit 72 | Sub Abuse 452 | Bus Ethics 445 | Tech Writ 62 | Math 53 | HTYH 454 | Am. Govt 65 | Env & Humanity 64 | Marketing 65 | Micro 61| Mgmt 63| Org Behavior 65| MIS 446|Computing 432 | BL II 61 | M&B 50 | Finance 411 | Supervision 437| Intro Bus. 439| Law Enforcement 63| SL: Accounting I B | Accounting II C+| Macro A | ECE: Labor Relations A | Capstone: A| FEMA PDS Cert
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