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Old 09-07-2015, 04:40 PM
 
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Life is a race to nowhere. It matters little how 'late' you are, really.
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Old 09-07-2015, 11:26 PM
 
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right now, I am planning to go somewhere out there but not near in Asia, because I want to try the education abroad. For now I'm looking for specific programs that can meet my goals in life. learning is great, especially if its a daily basis. but one of my problem is being homesick since I've been living with my family. Studying again lets say in your late 30's gives us the edge of experiencing and learning stuffs with better people, and more experienced one.
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Old 09-14-2015, 05:10 PM
 
Location: Centro Tejas
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My father was finishing his BA when I was in high school. There's nothing wrong with getting a degree past the age of 30 (he was 37 then).
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Old 09-14-2015, 05:15 PM
 
Location: Prescott
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Anybody here gotten a degree in there 30's? If I continue to go to college I will be in my 30's. It's sometimes hard to stick with it because I see so many people I went to high school with already getting there masters and I'm still suck on an associates in progress.

I know I'll be better off than not having one at all but I always wish I could have been that guy that got his degree at 22-23 and ended up being some big shot by the time I'm 28 at some big company. I know that's a far fetched dream and I'm not mad I am not in that position. But knowing I'll be 33 or 34 just before I get my bachelors is sometimes hard to deal with.

The one thing that has helped me realize it's okay is that for my generation I'll probably be working till I'm almost 70. So one way to think about it is that if I get my degree at 35, I would have graduated college over 35 years ago when I retire.
I didn't get my Bachelor's degree until I was 37. Actually, it was only about five weeks before my 38th b-day.

I did attend college briefly on a baseball scholarship when I was 19. For two years, or actually, two seasons! Baseball was my priority and I rarely cracked a book. just enough to stay off of academic probation! LOL.

Then I played minor league ball for seven years. When I retired, I got a job coaching at the JuCo level, and that's when I decided to get a degree in Sports & Exercise Science. Basically, a glorified P.E degree.

I minored in Psych while I was doing all that, and now am taking some grad school classes and aim to take my MA in Psych in a couple years. I'll be 45 by then.
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Old 09-14-2015, 05:59 PM
 
Location: Clinton Township, MI
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In terms of getting a degree after a particular AGE, well, it depends on what you plan on doing with said degree to determine if there's still an available ROI to be acquired.

For example, does it make sense to be age 65 and go after a degree of any sort? Even a PhD? How are you going to have enough time to recoup the ROI on it especially if you are paying out of pocket? A PhD from a decent program will run at least $50,000 - $60,000.

So it depends on what the degree is for, how it fits into career planning, what field the person is in, etc. College degrees matter MOST for people my age because we usually have less than 15 - 20 years of professional work experience within a particular field. When you have a WEALTH of experience like that and have done significant things within the industry, people usually can give a damn about what degree you have at that point. But when you have less than 10 years of professional experience, the degree (I prefer a master's degree) does wonders to get you in doors.
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Old 09-14-2015, 07:43 PM
 
Location: Warren, OH
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If you want any type of degree you have to have math. It is part of the basics. I had to take intermediate Algebra last semester and I am on online College Algebra now. It is tough. I sucked in Math too in HS. But I just sit there until I get it. I use tools from the internet to help me.
Untrue. I never took one math course as an undergraduate. I took statistics as a grad student.
My wife took one math class as an undergrad.

What any student, returning or not need to focus on is writing.

I hate when people perpetuate lies that may well keep some people from returning to college.

There are still many colleges that do not require mathematics in order to graduate. My children attend two of them. In general, the better the college, the more likely they are to permit latitude in class selection.
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Old 09-14-2015, 07:53 PM
 
Location: Clinton Township, MI
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Untrue. I never took one math course as an undergraduate. I took statistics as a grad student.
My wife took one math class as an undergrad.

What any student, returning or not need to focus on is writing.

I hate when people perpetuate lies that may well keep some people from returning to college.

There are still many colleges that do not require mathematics in order to graduate. My children attend two of them. In general, the better the college, the more likely they are to permit latitude in class selection.
But why would you WANT a degree with no Math involved? Talk about worthless.......
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Old 09-15-2015, 01:37 AM
 
Location: The New England part of Ohio
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But why would you WANT a degree with no Math involved? Talk about worthless.......
Harvard doesn't agree.
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Old 09-15-2015, 05:05 AM
 
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For example, does it make sense to be age 65 and go after a degree of any sort? Even a PhD? How are you going to have enough time to recoup the ROI on it especially if you are paying out of pocket? A PhD from a decent program will run at least $50,000 - $60,000.
Many public schools offer free tuition to seniors, actually.
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Old 09-15-2015, 06:08 AM
 
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Untrue. I never took one math course as an undergraduate. I took statistics as a grad student.
My wife took one math class as an undergrad.

What any student, returning or not need to focus on is writing.

I hate when people perpetuate lies that may well keep some people from returning to college.

There are still many colleges that do not require mathematics in order to graduate. My children attend two of them. In general, the better the college, the more likely they are to permit latitude in class selection.
I have to point out that statistics is math and it's probably the best math for someone involved in any of the social science type majors. My daughter had to take two stats classes in grad school and found them extremely helpful in her career. IMHO, that's the class that most non-stem people should be taking. Her grad school, btw, has been rated the #1 school in the country for her major, so they must be doing something right.
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