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Going back to college in a year. What should I study between now and then?


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I'm seriously thinking about going back to college. Some 30 years ago I only completed about 30 credit hours... 1 full year of college. A friend of mine is in the same boat, finished 1 year of college 30 years ago. We are talking about going back to college together, starting in Jan 2010 to get our bachelor's degree.

 

I feel like I should make use of my time between now and then with some reading or studying but what??? What can I systematically study in one year's time? What would you do in my shoes?

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I only have 1 year between now and then so doing 4 years worth of TWTM would not fit in that time frame. I'm not sure about TWEM. Anyone cover that material in a year's time? Doing CLEPs could be useful.

 

As for the old credit hours-- Another friend of mine recently submitted about 30 old credit hours and they were accepted by her school. So I'm thinking good thoughts about that.

 

I haven't exactly settled on a major but so far I'm considering 1 of these 3:

 

Art History, B.A.

Classics, B.A.

English Language & Literature, B.A.

 

I'm thinking about getting a B.A. and then following that up with a Master's in Library Science. If I work later on after college I'd prefer to work around adults, as opposed to teaching elementary or high school. I think I might enjoy working in a library. I'm also looking for other ideas for ways to use any of these 3 degree programs where I could mainly be around adults.

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My husband reviewed his old math skills before going back to college to get an engineering degree. The review helped him to be able to go straight into Calculus despite not taking any math for 10 years.

 

I also reviewed 1st semester Spanish at home so I could go straight into the 102 level class, 5 years after taking 101.

 

First of all, I'd look at the graduating requirements of the school. What credits have you already completed? What credits do they still require?

 

Of those credits, what could you study at home and maybe test out of (or at least skip to a higher level class)? What do you need more work on? What have you forgotten?

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Ooh, for classics, english lang & lit maybe read the ancient & medieval great books. Do you already have a good elements of literature background from homeschooling? If not, Windows to the World by IEW is excellent, along with the Forster's book I mentioned.

 

Maybe start Latin (if you haven't already), if you choose classics.

 

How exciting!

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I would take CLEP or AP tests for subjects that I wasn't very interested in and didn't want to take once I got back in college. For instance, for your majors, you may want to place out of math and science and it's likely that with self-study, you could do that and not have to sit through classes and perhaps a difficult professor.

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I would take CLEP or AP tests for subjects that I wasn't very interested in and didn't want to take once I got back in college. For instance, for your majors, you may want to place out of math and science and it's likely that with self-study, you could do that and not have to sit through classes and perhaps a difficult professor.

Not to mention the money you'll save on tuition if you CLEP the max amount that you can. You essentially get 4 or 6 credit hours for the price of the test, plus the price of any test prep books you buy.

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