I think I just might stay in school for the rest of my life....

[amielm]

Hello All,

I'm driving myself crazy and feel I just need to vent! I am, of course, open for suggestions and feedback though. I have posted a few times asking degree plan questions and transcript questions, but I am still mostly silent, soaking up wisdom and knowledge on a daily basis. Anyway, here's my story:

I am 30 years old, married, and a mother of four children. I live in Northern KY. I currently attend Gateway Community & and Technical College which is part of KCTCS. I am getting ready to start my third semester there and I absolutely love being in school! I think I would be content on going to school and earning degree upon degree for the rest of my life. My problem is I don't know which way I want to go first. Right now, I am just working on my AS in Natural and Life Science. I was originally pre-nursing and was going to earn my ADN and then do my BSN and MSN online with the hopes of becoming a Midwife or Acute care NP. I was happy with this path, but I also had the desire to become a doctor so I decided to become pre-med instead. I started at NKU this past fall for Biochemistry/premed and I hated it! I left in October. I was already still attending Gateway so I decided that I would just stay there and figure it out. I think I liked the CC size and online options better than a bigger university. This had me questioning if becoming a doctor is what I really wanted to do. I felt really discouraged until I found this site. You guys are awesome, but I am still struggling with my decisions though. I'm worried about completely my BA or BS and then not be able to get into a graduate program that interests me and then not be able to get financial aid for another undergrad degree. Maybe I am just not educated enough on the process, I'm not sure.

Here is what I am currently throwing around; I am working on FEMA and ALEKS right now and studying for CLEP & DSST tesst while I am on winter break, but I'm pretty sure I want to complete my BA in Natural Science/Mathematics from TESC and maybe even my BA in Psychology or Social Science for good measure. After completing this, I thought about applying to a PA program with either the University of the Cumberlands (they are suppose to be offering this program local to me starting fall 2013) or even University of KY's PA program. I also, toyed around with the idea of just doing an ABSN at NKU, where I have almost all of the nursing pre-reqs done already. I also thought about University of Florida's online masters in either Drug Chemistry or Clinical Toxicology. Heck, even teaching science sounds awesome. Science (especially chemistry) is my passion, as well as anything medical. I could be happy doing so many things that it is making my decision so hard....I wish I had a magic ball to be able to tell which programs I would likely get into, that would sure help right about now! I do plan on taking all of my sciences classes at my CC or online just to be sure and test out of everything else.

Sorry, this is such a long ramble, but I would be happy for anyone's take on my dilemma or would love to know if anyone else has had similar issues. If anyone has looked into any online graduate programs in any of these areas or others like them as well, please share. Thanks again, guys! You really are lifesavers!