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Would you consider attending higher education in parallel to your job, studying 15-20 hours a week for 10 years?

I applied to the theological faculty and they accepted and said I can do a 6 years bachelor's program followed by a 4 years masters program in theology tailored to people who are working full time, where it's estimated you need to study 15-20 hours a week to make it.

I've been wanting to do this, but it seems kinda insane. I'll be 49 years old by the time I get it.

But then again if I'm lucky then I'll be in time for the rapture

Should I go for it or no way ?
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Check into speed degrees - you can literally do a bachelor's at least in your own time in under two years online. The Master's degree is really what matters at that point. Some people have done an entire Bachelor's in under a year.

It's also a lot cheaper to do all of the fluff courses with places like sophia.com or study.com and then you can apply those for credit at a real school for the initial Bachelor's. Go at your own pace but you can do courses in weeks instead of months. Ten years is insane, but I'd estimate you can cut it to under 5. Plus it costs a LOT less.

Also, if you're at all intelligent I find that they drastically overestimate the time involved. I did a two year course that they said would be 15 hours a week and I literally did about 3-5 and got straight A's.
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Originally Posted By WoofieNugget⏩
Check into speed degrees - you can literally do a bachelor's at least in your own time in under two years online. The Master's degree is really what matters at that point. Some people have done an entire Bachelor's in under a year.

It's also a lot cheaper to do all of the fluff courses with places like sophia.com or study.com and then you can apply those for credit at a real school for the initial Bachelor's. Go at your own pace but you can do courses in weeks instead of months. Ten years is insane, but I'd estimate you can cut it to under 5. Plus it costs a LOT less.

Also, if you're at all intelligent I find that they drastically overestimate the time involved. I did a two year course that they said would be 15 hours a week and I literally did about 3-5 and got straight A's.
Big if true. I too felt that 10 years seems "insane"
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I have done it multiple times in my life.

I really don’t think I will be in a position to feel the need to make that kind of “sacrifice” in the future. It would depend on the intended end state.

I am trying to get into law school but I wouldn’t need to work through it. It would just be school and gym.


I love college and want to spend as much time in it as possible lol. It was an amazing experience.
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Originally Posted By Ironmanlet⏩
I have done it multiple times in my life.

I really don’t think I will be in a position to feel the need to make that kind of “sacrifice” in the future. It would depend on the intended end state.

I am trying to get into law school but I wouldn’t need to work through it. It would just be school and gym.


I love college and want to spend as much time in it as possible lol. It was an amazing experience.
If I won the lottery bigly, I would 1000% for sure go for it. I have about 2 months until I need to decide. I'm 50/50 on it at this point
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Nah. You could do that bachelor's in 2 years if you go full time, and the masters in 1 year. 10 years is too long.
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Originally Posted By Godfrd824⏩
Nah. You could do that bachelor's in 2 years if you go full time, and the masters in 1 year. 10 years is too long.
I'm still exploring alternatives, but it needs to be a reputable institution, there is zero point in buying a degree from a diploma mill

Going full time meaning stopping work right before the ai apocalypse wouldn't be wise. Need to make as much money as possible until the doors close. By the way the full time program is a 3 years bachelor's and a 2 years masters in theology
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Originally Posted By hairislife⏩
I'm still exploring alternatives, but it needs to be a reputable institution, there is zero point in buying a degree from a diploma mill
A standard bachelor's is 120 credits. If you take 20 credits per semester and 10 credits for the summer, that's 120 in 2 years. In the US that seems like a lot, but in my home country that's the norm. It can be done.

Of course you'll have to sacrifice, but 2 years is short enough that you should be able to do it.
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Originally Posted By Godfrd824⏩
A standard bachelor's is 120 credits. If you take 20 credits per semester and 10 credits for the summer, that's 120 in 2 years. In the US that seems like a lot, but in my home country that's the norm. It can be done.

Of course you'll have to sacrifice, but 2 years is short enough that you should be able to do it.
This is a pretty interesting point. As an extremist I don't like drawn out shit.
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Originally Posted By Godfrd824⏩
A standard bachelor's is 120 credits. If you take 20 credits per semester and 10 credits for the summer, that's 120 in 2 years. In the US that seems like a lot, but in my home country that's the norm. It can be done.

Of course you'll have to sacrifice, but 2 years is short enough that you should be able to do it.
It has been a while since I was a full time student, but I don’t even think my college would have let a student take more than 18 credit hours at a time. IIRC

I wouldn’t want to, but I do be lazy.
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If I can't find a faster alternative from an equally reputable school, I'll probably go for it. If I blow the first year I'll burry the dream, and if I pass it, there won't be a reason to stop
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