I am suspicious
SD22 has been in college for five years now. DH assured me she would be graduating this spring but he has not said ONE THING to me about when this happy event will happen. So now I'm suspicious that she is NOT going to graduate. Who among you (besides my absolutely nuts DH) would pay for a SIXTH year of college?
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I do not understand how a
I do not understand how a student who is supposedly attending school as a fulltime student can take so many years to graduate. I graduated in 3 years (while working 20-30 hours a week). And I only took 9 hours in summer school.
Funny how students who know they only get 4 years funding manage to graduate in 4 years.
Exactly! I graduated in four
Exactly! I graduated in four years with enough credits for five years of work. But SD22 is speshul, don't you know that? A million excuses, such as she didn't get into the nursing program the first time she applied (because of her crappy grades), which delayed her a semester. Then I think that semester turned into a year. I no longer ask because it just pisses me off.
But that includes graduate
But that includes graduate work, correct? She is still on undergrad.
That must have changed since
That must have changed since I was in school
but she's not going for that (that I know of).
Four-year nursing degree was
Four-year nursing degree was the last I heard. What requires a six-year degree?
Yes, I'm just talking
Yes, I'm just talking straight undergraduate degree, no grad school
Time to have a serious
Time to have a serious discussion with DH about how long he is willing to pay for this... What if she decides to be a student forever. Is he okay with that? He does realize that you guys will have 2 more girls to pay for and wouldn't it be nice to have a little break before that happens?
I told him that when the
I told him that when the money we had set aside was gone, we were out. No more money coming from this house. He agreed, and he said the money is almost gone. BUT, we are talking about speshul sparkly princess SD22 here, so I fully expect he will attempt to "renegotiate" that agreement.
Nursing school isn't even
Nursing school isn't even that hard. It can't be. I've worked with some nurses who were pretty speshul themselves.
My sons Biomedical
My sons Biomedical Engineering degree is 5 years. It can take awhile. But, honestly, he should have been more hands on with her schooling. I know exactly what my sons grades and class load is because I am paying...
I would ask to see her transcripts if she wants him to keep paying.
Exactly. There is no
Exactly. There is no repercussions for failing classes. She knows that they are still going to get paid for.
With the budget cuts in
With the budget cuts in California some classes are only offered every two years and not all classes are offered every quarter. If you mess up and miss a spring quarter class, you can very well be waiting another year or two years for that same class again. And it's all programs too, it happened to me in my music education degree and now in my anthropology/archaeology degree. Then don't get me started on even trying to get into the classes you need. This osteology lab I had to take only had 8 seats available in it. Do you have any idea how many other students I was with that needed that class, oh and yes that's a once every two years course. College is not the same anymore. I'm thrilled to be done in June!!!
I have a similar question
I have a similar question Elizabeth. My skid SD21 was in community college for three years and graduated. Then, she enrolled in an expensive nursing college for four years, starting at the first year. So, what happened to those three years of community college credit? Also, there were classes she could have taken at community college (like Anatomy) which are costing her at least five times more at the nursing college. Well, she's not getting any more support from my DH (except for phone and car) because she called be a c!z#$ and said she has hated me for my whole life. This happened about a month before I received my diagnosis of recurrent metastatic overian cancer. I know I shouldn't be thinking about her. But still, just like you, I wonder.
Unreal! Associates should be
Unreal! Associates should be 2 yrs, bachelors 4 yrs, period.dot
More dumbing down and lowered expectations.