Comments for Back 2 School Moms http://back2schoolmoms.com Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:59:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on If You Lose Financial Aid Can You Get It Back by just not that http://back2schoolmoms.com/if-you-lose-financial-aid-can-you-get-it-back/comment-page-1/#comment-24614 just not that Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:58:31 +0000 http://back2schoolmoms.com/if-you-lose-financial-aid-can-you-get-it-back/#comment-24614 I would contact the school you want to attend in CA and find out first in foremost if they are going to charge you out of state tuition also. If you have been away for awhile and/or turn in a transcript from an out of state school, or have a DL from another state, you might not get in-state and ANY school currently it kinda stinks, but it happens.... a lot more than you realize. "I also thought about taking a few classes while building my residency in NH" Be aware that there is much more to becoming a resident of a state than simply living there. One can live in a state for 3 or even 4 years and STILL not get in state tuition rates. I'm just warning you, be sure you know and UNDERSTAND ALL THE RULES regarding this before you try to get around it. Most folks who attempt this just wind up making sure they are residents of neither state and get slapped out of state rates regardless.... like I said, it happens a lot. Many schools have min age requirements to try to use your own residents for tuition purposes (rather than your parents)... and some of these are as high as 24 years old... like I said, just be aware. Knowing the answer to that question would help me with the decision... if it were me. I would contact the school you want to attend in CA and find out first in foremost if they are going to charge you out of state tuition also. If you have been away for awhile and/or turn in a transcript from an out of state school, or have a DL from another state, you might not get in-state and ANY school currently it kinda stinks, but it happens…. a lot more than you realize.

“I also thought about taking a few classes while building my residency in NH” Be aware that there is much more to becoming a resident of a state than simply living there. One can live in a state for 3 or even 4 years and STILL not get in state tuition rates. I’m just warning you, be sure you know and UNDERSTAND ALL THE RULES regarding this before you try to get around it. Most folks who attempt this just wind up making sure they are residents of neither state and get slapped out of state rates regardless…. like I said, it happens a lot. Many schools have min age requirements to try to use your own residents for tuition purposes (rather than your parents)… and some of these are as high as 24 years old… like I said, just be aware.

Knowing the answer to that question would help me with the decision… if it were me.

]]> Comment on Can I Get Financial Aid If I Lost It by sunybuni http://back2schoolmoms.com/can-i-get-financial-aid-if-i-lost-it/comment-page-1/#comment-22674 sunybuni Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:54:16 +0000 http://back2schoolmoms.com/can-i-get-financial-aid-if-i-lost-it/#comment-22674 If you fail to pass your classes in the semester, you will most likely be placed on a semester of probation, during which you will retain your financial aid. You will be asked to sign a contract of understanding, that should you fail to complete your probationary coursework satisfactorily (min 2.0 GPA normally, no drops or withdrawals from classes), you will no longer be eligible for aid at that university. However, once you are placed on probation, you just have to maintain the higher GPA and make sure to complete all of your classes and you should be taken off probation. Even if your aid is canceled due to the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), you should be able to appeal the decision if you can document extenuating circumstances that cause the failure. Good Luck If you fail to pass your classes in the semester, you will most likely be placed on a semester of probation, during which you will retain your financial aid. You will be asked to sign a contract of understanding, that should you fail to complete your probationary coursework satisfactorily (min 2.0 GPA normally, no drops or withdrawals from classes), you will no longer be eligible for aid at that university.

However, once you are placed on probation, you just have to maintain the higher GPA and make sure to complete all of your classes and you should be taken off probation. Even if your aid is canceled due to the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), you should be able to appeal the decision if you can document extenuating circumstances that cause the failure. Good Luck

]]> Comment on How Much Does A Computer Science Major With A Associates Make by Sidge http://back2schoolmoms.com/how-much-does-a-computer-science-major-with-a-associates-make/comment-page-1/#comment-24713 Sidge Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:40:18 +0000 http://back2schoolmoms.com/how-much-does-a-computer-science-major-with-a-associates-make/#comment-24713 I feel your pain. I left uni with a degree in media, but no experience whatsoever. I wanted to be a writer or journalist, but its a tough industry to crack. I had to get a sh!tty, soul-destroying desk job for three years until I finally had a break and found a job with a magazine in the middle east. Now, I have a few years of experience, and my career is on track, but you just have to have that initial break. You've picked a bloody hard career in film making, but it just means you're going to have to work all the more to make it. And I mean you are going to have to work like hell to make it, and even then it's not guaranteed. You are probably going to have to find a desk job after you finish college, just to pay the bills until you find something you want to do. If you really can't face that, then be a wedding cameraman, or events etc. Get your own equipment, put an ad in the local paper, and start your own website. Anything to scratch a living. However, to make it properly, then you're just gonna have to make your own stuff, and get it out there until someone gives you a break. If you look at the best amateur videos on the internet, these people all got a break because they were so popular. Look at Jon Lajoie, or Barats and Beretta, or Lisa Nova. They made short movie after movie after movie, putting them on YouTube and their own websites until people began to take notice. Also, you need to enter each and every film making competition there is. All this stuff is going to have to be done in your spare time, so you can wave goodbye to a life for the next couple of years. That's the price of doing what you love. In life, the things that most people love to do are by default the things that are hardest to get into, because everyone wants to do it! So keep the f**k at it, always go the extra mile to up your game, never give up, and good luck! I feel your pain. I left uni with a degree in media, but no experience whatsoever. I wanted to be a writer or journalist, but its a tough industry to crack. I had to get a sh!tty, soul-destroying desk job for three years until I finally had a break and found a job with a magazine in the middle east. Now, I have a few years of experience, and my career is on track, but you just have to have that initial break.
You’ve picked a bloody hard career in film making, but it just means you’re going to have to work all the more to make it. And I mean you are going to have to work like hell to make it, and even then it’s not guaranteed. You are probably going to have to find a desk job after you finish college, just to pay the bills until you find something you want to do. If you really can’t face that, then be a wedding cameraman, or events etc. Get your own equipment, put an ad in the local paper, and start your own website. Anything to scratch a living.
However, to make it properly, then you’re just gonna have to make your own stuff, and get it out there until someone gives you a break. If you look at the best amateur videos on the internet, these people all got a break because they were so popular. Look at Jon Lajoie, or Barats and Beretta, or Lisa Nova. They made short movie after movie after movie, putting them on YouTube and their own websites until people began to take notice. Also, you need to enter each and every film making competition there is. All this stuff is going to have to be done in your spare time, so you can wave goodbye to a life for the next couple of years. That’s the price of doing what you love. In life, the things that most people love to do are by default the things that are hardest to get into, because everyone wants to do it! So keep the f**k at it, always go the extra mile to up your game, never give up, and good luck!

]]> Comment on Average Book Costs For College Freshmen by jwong71091 http://back2schoolmoms.com/average-book-costs-for-college-freshmen/comment-page-1/#comment-23042 jwong71091 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:34:13 +0000 http://back2schoolmoms.com/average-book-costs-for-college-freshmen/#comment-23042 Here are some resources that may help... Did you speak with your teacher or school's admin. office to see if they have any tutoring support or resources? You can look in your local telephone book under a section like "tutoring" to see if you can hire a good tutor. You can use Google.com to find many free tutorials, ebooks, forums and other information Tutoring http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Calculus+tutoring&aq=f&aqi=g5g-m4g-ms1&oq= There are many online forums for many subjects…you can ask them for any advice and information http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Calculus+forum&aq=f&aqi=g2&oq= There are also many Math expression evaluators or calculators such as www.wolframalpha.com that will solve almost any mathematical equation or expression http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Solve+Calculus HippoCampus.org has many good tutorials for Physics, Algebra, Calculus and etc...they also show which textbooks to get for certain subjects: http://www.hippocampus.org/Introductory%20Calculus%20I HomeSchoolMath.net has many tutorials for Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry and other math subjects: http://www.homeschoolmath.net/online/calculus.php You can go to your local library or store or an online store like Amazon.com to find many good books, DVDs, science kits and etc. for learning many things Forgotten Calculus is a good introductory book used in many Calculus classes http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Calculus-Barbara-Ph-D-Bleau/dp/0764119982 http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_i_0?rh=i%3Advd%2Ck%3Amathtutordvd&keywords=mathtutordvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1253999798 http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Power-Math-High-School/dp/B00006AAJ5/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1256026876&sr=1-6 YouTube has videos for learning almost any subject or topic Calculus http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Calculus&search_type=&aq=f Khanacademy has many free tutorials for Calculus and other subjects on YouTube http://www.khanacademy.org/ I hope this helps! Here are some resources that may help…

Did you speak with your teacher or school’s admin. office to see if they have any tutoring support or resources?

You can look in your local telephone book under a section like “tutoring” to see if you can hire a good tutor.

You can use Google.com to find many free tutorials, ebooks, forums and other information

Tutoring
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Calculus+tutoring&aq=f&aqi=g5g-m4g-ms1&oq=

There are many online forums for many subjects…you can ask them for any advice and information
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Calculus+forum&aq=f&aqi=g2&oq=

There are also many Math expression evaluators or calculators such as http://www.wolframalpha.com that will solve almost any mathematical equation or expression
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Solve+Calculus

HippoCampus.org has many good tutorials for Physics, Algebra, Calculus and etc…they also show which textbooks to get for certain subjects:
http://www.hippocampus.org/Introductory%20Calculus%20I

HomeSchoolMath.net has many tutorials for Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry and other math subjects:
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/online/calculus.php

You can go to your local library or store or an online store like Amazon.com to find many good books, DVDs, science kits and etc. for learning many things

Forgotten Calculus is a good introductory book used in many Calculus classes
http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Calculus-Barbara-Ph-D-Bleau/dp/0764119982

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_i_0?rh=i%3Advd%2Ck%3Amathtutordvd&keywords=mathtutordvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1253999798

http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Power-Math-High-School/dp/B00006AAJ5/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1256026876&sr=1-6

YouTube has videos for learning almost any subject or topic

Calculus
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Calculus&search_type=&aq=f

Khanacademy has many free tutorials for Calculus and other subjects on YouTube
http://www.khanacademy.org/

I hope this helps!

]]> Comment on Can I Get Financial Aid If I Lost It by Found-1 http://back2schoolmoms.com/can-i-get-financial-aid-if-i-lost-it/comment-page-1/#comment-22656 Found-1 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:33:32 +0000 http://back2schoolmoms.com/can-i-get-financial-aid-if-i-lost-it/#comment-22656 if you still don't understand then go back and ask again. Yes, dropping classes can effect your Pell , but not always. if you still don’t understand then go back and ask again. Yes, dropping classes can effect your Pell , but not always.

]]> Comment on Writing Skeleton Outline by Khandi http://back2schoolmoms.com/writing-skeleton-outline/comment-page-1/#comment-23306 Khandi Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:32:51 +0000 http://back2schoolmoms.com/writing-skeleton-outline/#comment-23306 try looking at it in your mind like a movie...i do. try looking at it in your mind like a movie…i do.

]]> Comment on What Program Pays For College Books For Mothers by kemperk http://back2schoolmoms.com/what-program-pays-for-college-books-for-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-22713 kemperk Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:30:41 +0000 http://back2schoolmoms.com/what-program-pays-for-college-books-for-mothers/#comment-22713 u can be both a paralegal and a prop mgr. Esp if you focus on real estate law. If I can guide further, let me know! u can be both a paralegal and a prop mgr. Esp if you focus on real estate law.

If I can guide further, let me know!

]]> Comment on What Program Pays For College Books For Mothers by Anonymous http://back2schoolmoms.com/what-program-pays-for-college-books-for-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-22712 Anonymous Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:28:36 +0000 http://back2schoolmoms.com/what-program-pays-for-college-books-for-mothers/#comment-22712 Property Management VS. Paralegal VS Cosmetology Training?" See Below.. >>? Hi Everyone... I am in my forties.. and self supporting. Lost my job ..and was approved for a training program to acquire necessary skills. However..the program I chose was Property Management. I did not at the time know.. or was even told all it entails.. which means to be on call.. break ins.. and a desk one said filled with paperwork.. responsible it all. I am not .. computer savvy.. only my home PC. I have attended a computer class that was like latin to me. Its not my nitch. But.. goes with the job. The instructor said she has more jobs/connections then students to fill them. But..there is no computer classes in this program that will take me a year to complete then I would have to take additional non credit computer classes.. and I have to pay for my books. This will all take me about 1.5 to complete. She got me with.. the fact she pretty much guaranteed me a job. There is also an internship. She said I would get only salary . She is the instructor and an Attorney. She would know. She said I would start out at 30 a year.. which has been my goal that I have never yet reached and to me that is a reasonable goal. The problem is.. although I am self supporting.. I am caring for my mom whom has cancer. I am more concerned with finding work right now. I am juggling a lot alone. I am not sure.. if this is the right path for me to be honest.. I know they are paying... and she guaranteed me work. I will also be able to sit for my Real Estate and Broker License. I am not sure if I am being intimidated by all my fears.. Or.. if they are very real.. and it will hit me like a ton of bricks crashing on me. Especially the computer learning for the job. I understand I can be a broker from home.. I am to be honest more interested in traveling to sell vacation rentals.. but.. that can also get old fast and be hectic. I am a home body. So.. I thought of two alternatives..Or back up choices.. Paralegal.. which law is to me interesting especially environmental.. Patent and Immigration Law. I could also be a Real Estate Paralegal. Attorney's I do know Pay you a lot and it is also Salary. I know a legal secretary making well over 60 a year. But Attorneys aren't cheap but can be jerks I hear to work with. I would I am sure.. learn computers and West Law in that program.. but I would have to go to Globe or one of those real expensive schools .. Or. to the County College for an associate.. but that would take me 2-4 years longer.. So.. you pay double or triple for a faster program to get out and working. I think they call it legal assistant. Or... the other choice which was my first one.. originally was to get my cosmetology license. I can go at night.. and get some kind of part time job days.. whilst taking my mother for her treatments. Days would require full days and I have to be available for my mother. The Property Management Program was two nights a week .. then when they are done .. its two days.. a week.. and one on line.. Then back to two night .. two classes only at a time. But.. its doable around my schedule for my mother.. BUT .. just because I was approved and they are paying .. I don't want to have to feel I should or am meant to do this. I am not sure if I can go get a brokers license here separate somewhere else or not. I just wanted to achieve a salary of 30 or so a year. But the Cosmetology unless I go at night does not seem that doable days. But I can go at night if I had to. It may take over a year to complete. Its more creative. They probably make 30 a year with tips.. and I seen many jobs advertised including where I live.. and manager jobs for salons and spas and you can do nails etc. There are many avenues that can bring in money. I like moving around .. more then sitting all day. I am just afraid to mess someones hair up lol.. But.. I suppose that is what they teach you. It seems like the most fun job out of them all. Please Help.. I am creative and artistic.. love make up.. but my age is a factor for employment .. although I must be well preserved because this young girl told me to go for it.. and convinced me to do that originally.. before everyone told me I can't count on commission and tips. My head is spinning. If ... I had a second income .. it wouldn't be such a major decision .. but I don't. I also don't want to go through .. all the other training to hate being a Property Manager. I just think a man would be better at this.. because if there are fights.. or plumbing issues or break ins.. * 1 second ago * - 4 days left to answer. * 1 second ago * - 4 days left to answer. Property Management VS. Paralegal VS Cosmetology Training?” See Below.. >>?
Hi Everyone… I am in my forties.. and self supporting. Lost my job ..and was approved for a training program to acquire necessary skills. However..the program I chose was Property Management. I did not at the time know.. or was even told all it entails.. which means to be on call.. break ins.. and a desk one said filled with paperwork.. responsible it all. I am not .. computer savvy.. only my home PC. I have attended a computer class that was like latin to me. Its not my nitch. But.. goes with the job. The instructor said she has more jobs/connections then students to fill them. But..there is no computer classes in this program that will take me a year to complete then I would have to take additional non credit computer classes.. and I have to pay for my books. This will all take me about 1.5 to complete. She got me with.. the fact she pretty much guaranteed me a job. There is also an internship. She said I would get only salary . She is the instructor and an Attorney. She would know. She said I would start out at 30 a year.. which has been my goal that I have never yet reached and to me that is a reasonable goal. The problem is.. although I am self supporting.. I am caring for my mom whom has cancer. I am more concerned with finding work right now. I am juggling a lot alone. I am not sure.. if this is the right path for me to be honest.. I know they are paying… and she guaranteed me work. I will also be able to sit for my Real Estate and Broker License. I am not sure if I am being intimidated by all my fears.. Or.. if they are very real.. and it will hit me like a ton of bricks crashing on me. Especially the computer learning for the job. I understand I can be a broker from home.. I am to be honest more interested in traveling to sell vacation rentals.. but.. that can also get old fast and be hectic. I am a home body.
So.. I thought of two alternatives..Or back up choices.. Paralegal.. which law is to me interesting especially environmental.. Patent and Immigration Law. I could also be a Real Estate Paralegal. Attorney’s I do know Pay you a lot and it is also Salary. I know a legal secretary making well over 60 a year. But Attorneys aren’t cheap but can be jerks I hear to work with. I would I am sure.. learn computers and West Law in that program.. but I would have to go to Globe or one of those real expensive schools .. Or. to the County College for an associate.. but that would take me 2-4 years longer.. So.. you pay double or triple for a faster program to get out and working. I think they call it legal assistant. Or… the other choice which was my first one.. originally was to get my cosmetology license. I can go at night.. and get some kind of part time job days.. whilst taking my mother for her treatments. Days would require full days and I have to be available for my mother. The Property Management Program was two nights a week .. then when they are done .. its two days.. a week.. and one on line.. Then back to two night .. two classes only at a time. But.. its doable around my schedule for my mother.. BUT .. just because I was approved and they are paying .. I don’t want to have to feel I should or am meant to do this. I am not sure if I can go get a brokers license here separate somewhere else or not. I just wanted to achieve a salary of 30 or so a year. But the Cosmetology unless I go at night does not seem that doable days. But I can go at night if I had to. It may take over a year to complete. Its more creative. They probably make 30 a year with tips.. and I seen many jobs advertised including where I live.. and manager jobs for salons and spas and you can do nails etc. There are many avenues that can bring in money. I like moving around .. more then sitting all day. I am just afraid to mess someones hair up lol.. But.. I suppose that is what they teach you. It seems like the most fun job out of them all. Please Help.. I am creative and artistic.. love make up.. but my age is a factor for employment .. although I must be well preserved because this young girl told me to go for it.. and convinced me to do that originally.. before everyone told me I can’t count on commission and tips. My head is spinning. If … I had a second income .. it wouldn’t be such a major decision .. but I don’t. I also don’t want to go through .. all the other training to hate being a Property Manager. I just think a man would be better at this.. because if there are fights.. or plumbing issues or break ins..

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]]> Comment on What Are Some History On Dropping Out Of College That Will Be Good For An Essay by A Yankee Lady http://back2schoolmoms.com/what-are-some-history-on-dropping-out-of-college-that-will-be-good-for-an-essay/comment-page-1/#comment-22876 A Yankee Lady Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:15:37 +0000 http://back2schoolmoms.com/what-are-some-history-on-dropping-out-of-college-that-will-be-good-for-an-essay/#comment-22876 If you are on financial aid and you are only enroll in 6 credit hours and if you withdraw from one of your classes than your college will more than likely place you on probation. If you are on financial aid and you are only enroll in 6 credit hours and if you withdraw from one of your classes than your college will more than likely place you on probation.

]]> Comment on Need Money To Finish College by Anonymous http://back2schoolmoms.com/need-money-to-finish-college/comment-page-1/#comment-24969 Anonymous Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:07:36 +0000 http://back2schoolmoms.com/need-money-to-finish-college/#comment-24969 Well in the Navy, you can get college credit hours without stepping into a college at all! Also, joining the military means that you will get numerous benefits, because the military is big on education. I know a Chief in the Navy that has something like 100 credit hours and he had never been in a college before. And there's this other Master Chief that I know. He has at least 4 college degrees and he attained them with his military benefits. Or even better, try to get into one of the Military colleges such as West Point or the Naval Academy. From there, you will attain a degree and get all the training you need to become a top quality officer in the military. Well in the Navy, you can get college credit hours without stepping into a college at all! Also, joining the military means that you will get numerous benefits, because the military is big on education. I know a Chief in the Navy that has something like 100 credit hours and he had never been in a college before. And there’s this other Master Chief that I know. He has at least 4 college degrees and he attained them with his military benefits.

Or even better, try to get into one of the Military colleges such as West Point or the Naval Academy. From there, you will attain a degree and get all the training you need to become a top quality officer in the military.

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