Dear Hobokencafe Community:
I need some resourceful advice regarding a return to school for a career change.
I found out this week that my first choice program has a 2 year waiting list. Since the programs I'm looking to attend are only 2 years long anyway, I really don't want to wait until 2006 to start school.
Another area university has 2 really good programs for my field of study. Here's the caveat: they require 4 courses in pre-req coursework that should be finished by the end of 2004 so I can apply and start in 2005. Completely this coursework is not the challenge. I can start this summer and finish in the fall. What is challenging is how to juggle this with my full time job. The course work is in the hard sciences, with labs, and summer sessions require 4+ hours a day 4 days per week to meet this requirement.
Here are my options:
1. have a serious talk about this with my supervisor (I've been at the same job 11 years) and see if I can work part-time for the summer and fall. Then I can resume full-time work 1/05-8/05
2. simply leave my job to work part-time elsewhere while taking my classes. But then how do I earn a substantial income 1/05-8/05 until school starts.
3. ????? here's where y'all and your brilliant ideas come in. I'd love to hear all suggestions, especially from someone a) who's been thru this before b) can give me a part time job 5/04-12/04 and then full time 1/05-9/05. Hee!
Thanks.
