return to school

someday, maybe.
i wish today. i wish i had a way to pay for this semester. i wish i could go full time.

Wow, I managed to get in! Can’t wait to get into the Political Science classes. It looks like they offer a path to a Masters in International Business through the Poli Sci program! Super! I emailed my advisor today to see about agreeing on my transferred credits and my class selections for this summer. Can’t wait!

Transcripts have been authorized and sent in…reviewprocess “usually takes about 5 weeks” so hopefully I’ll hear something back next month.

Check application at GSU and if it is declined, APPEAL

I signed up for two classes this semester but things came up and I had to drop the classes. I had a classes that was half semester and the other one a full semester. When I went to withdraw from my classes I could drop the full term class but couldn’t drop the half term classes. I was so frustrated because this was going to make my GPA go down more and I’m trying to bring it up. The half term class that I couldn’t drop professor emailed me and asked did I want to try to take the class the second term because he is teaching it again. I was like yes and nothing is going to stop me . I’m going to just take it one step at a time. It seems like every time a take a step forward I take three steps backs. This is what I really want to do. Nothing makes me happier then sitting in a class room listening to a lecture.

I dropped out two years ago for a great job opportunity.

Now I’d like to find the time to go back and finish those majors (and perhaps take them a bit more seriously this time around)

Back to books, exams, long classes – limited income. But it’s good to be back to something that I know will end well.

Ditched my consulting job at Arthur Andersen at 35 and went back to grad school.

Ahhhhhhhh.

It was wonderful to do it when I was really ready. And take it at my own pace. You know when a prof suggests other readings you might be intersted in, and you chuckle, because who the hell is doing all the required reading, much less tacking on extras just for the fun of it?

In grad school, I actually DID NON-REQUIRED reading. I’d go to the stacks and sift through authors and ideas that interested me, just sat and browsed for hours and came home with a bulging backpack. And I eventually read some of them. What I wanted to. Three and a half years of (more or less) uninhibited exploration. I knew enough about myself and my intersts and my goals to engage it fruitfully.

Never looked back. I’m 43 now, written for national magazines and have a book deal. It’s been a freaking struggle, but I’m getting there. Going back to school was the best move I’ve ever made.