take two classes or the semester off??

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as the title ask. i have 30 hrs left to my degree, 10 classes. after getting straight D's this semester I was pondering this question. should i take 2 classes 6 hrs and a summer class or take none at all and try and relax this semester into the summer. i like the idea of not having to worry about school and be able to fish more but then again i want to finish. also i have 6 years into the degree and 19K.
 
DO NOT take the semester off.

I hear all the time how people say, oh I'll just take a semester off and then
all of a sudden it is 5 years later and no degree.

Finish the degree and then you will have plenty of time to fish after.
 
parishht said:
DO NOT take the semester off.

I hear all the time how people say, oh I'll just take a semester off and then
all of a sudden it is 5 years later and no degree.

Finish the degree and then you will have plenty of time to fish after.
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yeah thats what im thinking too. i might switch my major out of finance too. it was ok at the beginning but now i cant stand it.
 
STAY IN SCHOOL! I said to myself after high school I would take a break and start college later on. Never happened. I kick myself daily for it, espescially after I got hurt and could REALLY use a job that requires mental since my physical is almost gone.
 
I agree, STAY in and get your degree!!!!! Work harder, study more and cheat better....STAY and get it done you'll be proud of yourself. And save time for a few of these after each test:beer: :beer:
 
Git er done, good advise from some pretty smart guys, and Lumber I think there is a bunch of us on this site that have a degree in life sciences, doctorate's in common sense and I think you are one of them
 
parishht said:
DO NOT take the semester off.

I hear all the time how people say, oh I'll just take a semester off and then
all of a sudden it is 5 years later and no degree.

Finish the degree and then you will have plenty of time to fish after.
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Happened to me, but its been 20 years now.

DO NOT waste all that time and money!!!!!!!!

Take 5 classes this time and 5 next fall and be done.

Take the summer to fish.
 
i wish i could take the extra classes but having to work 40 hours to make ends meet is where i get into a problem. ya'll have good advice and i will try to squeeze another class in this semester to get it up to 4 classes and pick up another one during the summer.
 
STAY IN SCHOOL! Don't make the mistake i made..Went to work right out of H.S. Workin for a cheap *** auto dealership, lousy pay, long hours, no pension, crappy 401 K :fight:
 
Save your weakest subjects for summer courses, the summer classes are usually a little more relaxed and not as difficult. They are also usually cheaper, at least at Pennsylvania state schools they were. DO NOT TAKE A SEMESTER OFF. I planned to go to law school right after undergrad, needless to say I've been out of college 8 years and I never went back to law school. I don't regret not going to law school, but I often wonder how life would be different if I did.
 
I agree, more education is better, but if your chasin a degree you really aren't interested in and making D's, might be time to switch majors. If the D's are in your core classes for you degree, they might not count.
 
I'd don't gradyouat from college me neither. So you'd stay at that scol its beter than not no educate. I'd have find a good job soner if I going to some schole longer. It's a worked out someme later but it take a longest time.
 
Add me to the list that thought they'd finish later. Notice the trend, everyone who thought they'd go back later didn't, and everyone who didn't go back wishes they did. So if you want to be different and not do what we did, don't quit, finish now. If you take a break, you won't go back.
 
If you don't like what you're studying, DEFINITELY change your major. I got an MBA from a well known eastern business school, but like working with my hands and ended up as a hands-on building contractor for most of my career. I don't regret the time in college and it's been a big help, but you'll never get yourself out of bed to go to a job you hate.

I remember taking on a large expert witness project, where a builder was getting sued by more than 20 homeowners in one subdivision. Times were hard, and I was getting paid VERY well (I loved hearing the lawyers squawking about my bills), but I hated the picky detail and report writing and I'll never do it again. It was a fun hour, kicking their buts in court, but it was NOT worth it.

Don't kill yourself either - you can only do so much of it along with work and have any of it make sense. Hang in there bro'.
 
thanks all, i have 12 hrs booked for the spring with one of the classes i can take during my lunch break once a week. so hopefully i will pass them all this go round. finance really isnt right on the money with what i want to do, a professional selling degree is more like what i want to do (financial planning). i am in sales now and i really like it, yeah theres people who you wish you could tell off, but thats all offsetted by those customers who actually appreciate what you do for them that makes the job worth the while. who knows i might end up selling something no where near securities, annuities and/ or other inv vehicles. but hopefully it will pay more than selling boats.haha have to pass the classes 1st.
 
I know plenty of people that took a semester off and never came back. They're all doing fine now but it will probably hurt them in the long run as they try to move up in position. One actually went back to college after 3 years out.

Get an internship for the semester if you need to make some money. It will also give you some idea of what you'd be doing in a job your degree would qualify you for. I did what was called a co-op, basically an internship when you work one semester, go to school one semester, and repeat twice more. The benefit of an internship is that it is over at the end of the semester. You don't have to stop working and go back to college, the internship ends and you're still enrolled in college. That may also have something to do with why I received 13 offers before graduating.
 
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