07-07-2024, 03:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-07-2024, 03:46 PM by burbuja0512.)
(07-07-2024, 07:10 AM)Vle045 Wrote:He is actively interested in doing Sophia and testing to get his undergrad right now. It's his choice and I'll leave it up to him. He's seen his older siblings go through trad college so he's not naive.(07-07-2024, 01:14 AM)Duneranger Wrote:(07-06-2024, 07:32 PM)burbuja0512 Wrote:College for a young person is a lot more than just flying through classes IMO. It’s a very formative learning experience and absolutely not a waste of money.(07-06-2024, 07:26 PM)Duneranger Wrote: Just do UMPI for your husband
if your son is early 20s, go to a traditional college
My son is a senior in high school and watching hubby do Sophia and thought he'd join him and get a bachelor's in math at TESU if at all possible. We were thinking it would save a lot of money. We've wasted a lot of money on the other kids and traditional college. I've tried to convince the other kids to clep out like I did. (back in the day when it was truly "clepping out" of college) No one wanted to follow my path so now that I've got a kid interested in Sophia and TESU with hubby, I'm actually interested in supporting him in this one.....
NOt sure how feasible math and TESU works. I'm trying to build a spreadsheet as I'm typing this.....
But I am really convinced that TESU might be a good option if I can build him a good degree plan, especially since dad is studying hard for UMPI........
These programs were mostly made for adult learners. If my parents pushed this on me vs going off to college I’d be pissed. Of course if he has no desire to do college for real then I guess it doesn’t matter lol.
So true. College is a whole experience in life. My son still waffles between whether or not to go to college. If he wants to go to traditional college, I 100% support that. But if he doesn’t or wants to go a different route, I’m also encouraging him to chip away at credits or do one of the free degrees he can get from his employer. His best friends are a year behind him in school so he’s also mentioned delaying until he can go to college with his friends. It’s such a hard choice at his age because the future is wide open.
He also has an older brother who is a plumber and making really good money, so he's also weighing the trades. Right now I'm doing my best to let him weigh all of his options. But he did spend this morning on Sophia and enjoyed it, so I'll let him take the lead. What my job is now is to give him the best possible choices.
We have 5 kids so he has an ability to see a lot of options first-hand. He's also seen me get my bachelor's quickly and he has a good head on his shoulders.
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