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> Retention staff, student life staff, counseling staff, new innovative (read: Expensive) programs, the 'experience'. These all cost money. Looking at going ba

> Retention staff, student life staff, counseling staff, new innovative (read: Expensive) programs, the 'experience'. These all cost money. Looking at going back sometime within the next few years. I don’t need any of this shit. I want to learn, do research and make new connections, but I’ll certainly half to help fund it for it, at least for a couple years. For example: > Do you have co-curricular and curricular experiences ensuring that s/he learns about life skills that s/he doesn't have? I’m a grown adult with experience working in many different types of environments, while school would be a new challenge, I’m confident in my ability to adapt to it without paying 1000s on end for courses designed for people who are barely 18.

Spivak 4y ago
> I don’t need any of this shit. I want to learn, do research and make new connections You're running into the fact that universities aren't set up for adults, and what you're buying isn't really what they're selling. The activities that actually fund the learning is the undergrad college experience and grant money. If you want to join a PhD program and do research you'll find lots of resources, connections, and access to people in the field, and if you want to party, go to football games, and learn some stuff along the way there's plenty of resources for that too.
- the_only_law 4y ago
  > If you want to join a PhD program and do research you'll find lots of resources, connections, and access to people in the field, and if you want to party, go to football games, and learn some stuff along the way there's plenty of resources for that too. Yes, unfortunately before I even think much about that, I have to completely and undergrad degree.