Worth it getting associates degree in accounting?
Sure it is. A) if you end up liking it, you can always transfer to a 4 year program, and 2 year schools teach exactly the same material as you will learn as a freshman or sophomore at a university at a much smaller cost. b)While you may not get hired as an accountant at a huge firm, it looks fine when applying at a smaller business. c) you never know where your life will take you, but accounting will be present in ANY business, so it will always be an extra when employers look at your resume. d) you may get through the first semester and decide it is the most boring profession ever. It is far cheaper and easier to make this realization now than if you spend a bunch of $ and time first. Good Luck!
Is getting an associates degree in another subject worth it if I already have a bachelor's degree?
No, an associate’s degree isn’t really worth anything. If it’s the best someone can do, then so be it. You are going to go for a Master’s. Having the associates on your resume just takes up precise room that you could instead use for experience. Take whatever classes you feel you need. Instead of extra classes you don’t really need, do more volunteer work, part-time work, internships, self-study etc. That’s going to help you land a job much better than a collection of degrees.
Is it bad to have two associate degrees?
So basically college takes money I do not have. I have perviously graduated from college with an associate's degress in English. Now, I have more time, still no more money though and I was thinking about going back because if I go to one of my area's community colleges the tuition is cheaper and I can get a scholarship only of I go to a community college. (Yes I tried scholarships for other universities but I never won one) Everyone already knows that community colleges only go to associate's degrees which brings me to the point, will it look bad to a possible employeer to have two associate's degrees obviously in different things but still, how do you think that will look. Thank you for your advice! Please, let us keep everything nice and polite. Thanks eveyone!
Associates degree not a "real" college degree?
I work with someone who on occasion will talk about going to college. If I try to join in on the conversation I get told that they are talking about "real" college degrees - not something from a two year school. Can't you also get an Associates degree from some four year colleges? I am very offended as I paid almost $20,000 in student loans for my Associates degree. This two year "school" I graduated from is now starting to offer 4 year degrees. And yes, I'm going back! But my question is - is this person right in their thinking?
Will graduating high school with my associate’s degree through a community college program look really good on my college applications?
Dual enrollment courses taken prior to the high school diploma will not preclude your applying to a University as a first time in college student. Community Colleges’ curriculum are based on public in state institutions, and the best advantage is if one intends to apply there. The Associate's degree is nice, but is actually counter productive to those planning to enroll directly into a bachelor's degree program at a University. You will take some classes that are required to fulfill the Associate degree that will not articulate into your bachelor's degree program. There is also fewer courses that will be articulated for out of state or private institutions, so please take a year of a subject(English, math, history, Government, etc…) to ease credit acceptance to your intended Universities.Dual enrollment programs are a great way to lower the cost of a postsecondary education and to feed public state universities upper divisions as students matriculate to degree. It is a prudent use of state educational resources and viewed by many as a transition to removing tuition for state institutions like some states have adopted(see New York).Most states that offer this program have no charge for tuition prior to the high school diploma; and some will cover the cost of books of one meets certain need based requirements. This program also puts better high school students in the Community College classroom and gives them the opportunity to be taught college level courses from instructors that are closer to teaching University level courses than the most popular AP high school teacher. While the teaching credentials may be similar, the high school teacher will have less experience teaching at a college level.Bottom line if you plan on attending State U, then yes. If you plan strategically, any college courses are always better than taking an AP or IB and taking an exam to try and get credit. I hope this helps.Good luck!
Help! How hard is it to get an associate's degree?
Well, to get an associate degree in a community college, it only takes about 2 years. But then if you want to transfer to uni, it'll take another 2 years which overall can take you 4 years or depends if you'd take others classes earlier for you to be able to finish and graduate as much as possible. During your senior year, u should take AP classes as to what they call it. When you take those classes, you dont have to take it when ur in college. At least, it can reduce the requirements you need for ur major in able to graduate.Im a math major and im just in my freshmen year in a community. I'll be graduating this Dec. 2010 and will be transfering to a uni. Overall, it'll only take me to a maximum of 4-5 yrs. to finish, but thats ok coz the classes that im supposed to take in a uni, ill just take it in a community so at least i dont have to pay more when I transfer, and also it'll be less classes when Im already in a uni.
Can I get an AA degree from Hillsborough community college if I start dual enrollment as a senior?
Why not get your AA degree while you’re in high school? Why wait? Both my kids did and they saved tens of thousands of dollars since they entered the university as a junior! They started going to community college when they were in 8th grade and actually enjoyed it. One is headed to vet school while our youngest just graduated high school in May, owner of 3 arcades in large shopping malls and has more than 250,000 YouTube subscribers. Taking community college classes also counted for high school so they were able to skip high school altogether…along with all the high school drama…in their own words. First 2 years is all general education requirements at a university so why not just take those classes at community college for a fraction of the cost as well as having them count as high school credit which means a lot less school and a lot more credits! If you live in OH, the state will pay for your community college classes!