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Excelsior Success Story
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11-18-2009, 07:50 AM (This post was last modified: 11-18-2009, 07:53 AM by CLEP101.)
So there I was at the doctor's office here in Korea complaining about my broken back. (messed up my back jumping from planes for 7 years)
The Doctor and I started talking (shooting the breeze) while he prescribed me my pain killers and I told him how I was getting my BS Degree from Excelsior.
He smiled and said, "you know I got my first degree in BS Liberal Arts from Excelsior" which he said motivated him to keep on going. He eventually went to medical school, graduated, joined the Army afterwards and is now giving me pain meds.
Thank you Excelsior for putting him and many, many others on the path to success.

Anyways, just thought I'd share that.
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11-18-2009, 08:43 AM
That's really motivational. See...You can do anything you want if you are willing to strive for it. (I keep telling myself this)
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11-18-2009, 10:25 AM
Thanks for sharing.

These are the stories that help keep all of us going foward when we might think of giving up.
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11-18-2009, 11:08 AM
Thank you for sharing. It is nice to hear about success stories.
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11-20-2009, 09:59 AM
Since my son is planning on a Master's after EC, it is good to know that people actually accomplish similar goals. Thanks for posting! Smile
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11-20-2009, 02:43 PM
Thank you for sharing this! It is wonderful to read this kind of success story!
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11-20-2009, 04:36 PM
Since y'all are enjoying the success stories, here are a few more that I shared in a short thread from a few years ago:

http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...et+service
My Excelsior Journey
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