Is college supposed to be this easy?

[Duff McCartney]

I vaguely remember you dropping/flunking classes and just barely staying eligible for financial aid. Do you REALLY think you are gonna get into a Division I masters program?

You must be remembering the wrong person, because I've never been barely eligible for financial aid or dropping any classes or flunking. In fact in my last four semesters of college I made the honor roll 3 out of 4 times, which I didn't even know they had in college.

[CosmicCowboy]

They changed the requirements to needing 150 credit hours to sit for the exam after I graduated (w/129) ... when I applied to take the last exam I could take to get grandfathered in with less than 150, I was denied because I was short 9 IT hours ... which they had also changed after I graduated. Bas s.

So, I need 21 hours to sit for the exam, and 33 for a Master's. I've got work experience many, many times over. But first I have to take the GMAT. Oh wait ... maybe at UTSA I wouldn't have to.

Well, since UTSA sucks so bad just pick up your 21 hours at Phoenix while you are waiting up for the kids to get home from their hot dates and then go kick ass on the CPA exam...I know you can do it.

[ashbeeigh]

Any suggestions on where I can get that, seeing that apparently UTSA is so bad? University of Phoenix online?

I don't know if it's possible to just take the one year CPA route there, but TLU does have a CPA program and they're supposed to have a great business program (Economics kicked my butt the one semester I took it).

[CosmicCowboy]

You must be remembering the wrong person, because I've never been barely eligible for financial aid or dropping any classes or flunking. In fact in my last four semesters of college I made the honor roll 3 out of 4 times, which I didn't even know they had in college.

Well, I vaguely remember you making a passionate post about how your education was about to be stopped because of a mix up on your financial aid and then borrowing several hundred dollars from JimCS to be repaid "as soon as you got your check" and then bragging on your myspace page about the cool new guitar you bought.

If that is not accurate please feel free to correct me.

[Hornets1]

Whenever you start college, then stop for a couple of years and wk 1-2 jobs, it really puts a lot in perspective, and makes college easier when you go back, b/c you HAVE to do certain stuff at wk, w/ school, it seems optional at first(you do it if you want good grades), but when you get in the real working world, it teaches you that responsibility and school becomes easy.

I went to college at LSU for 2 years, did decent and realized I needed a break.

Then I went to work as an office manager for a doctor's office during the day, and a soux chef at night. I did that for 2 years before I went back to LSU and finished in only 1 1/2 year (3 1/2 total for my bachelor's).

Now, I'm in grad school at Tulane and will get my masters in business management in June. Point being, time off from college can be a really good thing for some people.

[thispego]

Well, I vaguely remember you making a passionate post about how your education was about to be stopped because of a mix up on your financial aid and then borrowing several hundred dollars from JimCS to be repaid "as soon as you got your check" and then bragging on your myspace page about the cool new guitar you bought.

If that is not accurate please feel free to correct me.

That's how I remember it

That was the beginning and end of Spurstalk savings and loan.

[ploto]

I have a niece with all A's in her Master's Level program at UTSA who made B's and C's in a public high school. Go figure.

[Duff McCartney]

Well, I vaguely remember you making a passionate post about how your education was about to be stopped because of a mix up on your financial aid and then borrowing several hundred dollars from JimCS to be repaid "as soon as you got your check" and then bragging on your myspace page about the cool new guitar you bought.

If that is not accurate please feel free to correct me.

The mix up had nothing to do with my grades or eligibility.

[thispego]

but it was a mix up you were responsible for

[katyon6th]

That mix up was classic Spurstalk.

[thispego]

damn... i had nothing to do with it and it pissed me off. What if I ever needed to borrow money from someone on spurstalk? never gonna happen now.

[spursfan09]

A/P clerk = $8-10/hour. A fresh accounting graduate with minimal experience could expect around $24-$30K, depending on where you go and what you'd be doing.

This is defintely a career path that's going to require a Master's and/or CPA to make *good* money. I do very well on 15-20 years of experience, but have been considering going back for the Master's at least, because experience only gets you so far, too. Trust me on this one.

Any suggestions on where I can get that, seeing that apparently UTSA is so bad? University of Phoenix online?

I have not looked into it, but I heard the MBA program is very good at UTSA. It ranks up there.... Found this article:

http://www.utsa.edu/today/2009/11/businesswk09.html

By Wendy Frost
Director of Communications, College of Business

(Nov. 6, 2009)--The UTSA College of Business was ranked as one of the top part-time M.B.A. programs in the nation by BusinessWeek in its biennial business school rankings edition released today. Nationally, the UTSA College of Business part-time M.B.A. program is ranked 28th. This is the second consecutive year that the UTSA College of Business has been ranked by BusinessWeek.

"The M.B.A. is our signature program in the college, and we are honored to once again be included in the BusinessWeek rankings," said Lynda de la Vina, dean of the UTSA College of Business. "This ranking further validates the strength and quality of our M.B.A. program. What is most impressive is that we were ranked highest in the categories based on student satisfaction and academic quality."

The UTSA College of Business ranked 10th in the student satisfaction category and received top marks for its teaching quality, caliber of classmates and curriculum. More than 99 schools participated in this year's ranking.

BusinessWeek ranked the top five part-time M.B.A. programs in six geographic regions. Three measures were used to compile the rankings. First, a student survey was sent to part-time M.B.A. students to measure general student satisfaction. Then, academic quality was assessed based on six equally weighted measures: average GMAT score, average work experience, percentage of tenured faculty teaching in the program, average class size, number of business electives available to part-time M.B.A. students and the program's completion rate. Finally, post-M.B.A. outcomes such as advancement in current position, new job and attainment of career goals were determined based on survey responses.

Schools included in the southwest regional ranking were Rice University, Southern Methodist University, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at San Antonio and University of Texas at Austin.

The UTSA College of Business offers a portfolio of 26 graduate business programs that are known for their high quality and affordability including the M.B.A., M.B.A. International, Noon M.B.A., Online M.B.A. and Executive M.B.A. Enrolling more than 550 graduate students, the UTSA College of Business student body is diverse with 46 percent of students attending part time, 38 percent women, and 25 percent Hispanics.

Nationally ranked and recognized the College of Business has also been named the No. 1 M.B.A. program in the nation for Hispanics by Hispanic Business and one of the top 10 M.B.A. programs for minorities by the Princeton Review for the past five years.

[MsMcGillyCutty]

So from what I can gather I may as well prepare for 6-8 yrs of college for each of my daughters!?!? A 4yr degree just won't cut it these days? My oldest also mentioned she is seriously thinking about the military, Air Force, but I'm still pushing college big time. While my recent hospital stays have opened my eyes to the many opportunities in the medical field. I was asking every nurse and tech questions all the time.

The medical field pays very well and there are many fields to chose from. I made well over 40K when I received my nursing degree.

[jag]

I never had to work hard in college. Only time I went to class was when it was deemed mandatory.

For some people, it just comes naturally.

A big part of college is learning how to socialize and interact with other people.

Well what was your major??

[Jekka]

A big part of college is learning how to socialize and interact with other people.

My dad said, "The real reason that I'm helping you out some with your college loans is that you have to learn how to bull . You can learn all of the other stuff on your own from books, but you need college to really learn how to bull ." A lesson well-learned indeed.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Well what was your major??

Business, Marketing and Logistics Management

[lebomb]

I have a niece with all A's in her Master's Level program at UTSA who made B's and C's in a public high school. Go figure.

Its called getting focused My best friend made C's in a public high school and graduated with A's (honors) ............Bachelors from St. Marys and the same ...........Masters from OLLU. So your point being????

[Lebowski Brickowski]

What do they call the guy that graduates at the bottom of his class at medical school?

[CosmicCowboy]

What do they call the guy that graduates at the bottom of his class at medical school?

Professor

[katyon6th]

What do they call the guy that graduates at the bottom of his class at medical school?

Doctor

[Das Texan]

Well, I vaguely remember you making a passionate post about how your education was about to be stopped because of a mix up on your financial aid and then borrowing several hundred dollars from JimCS to be repaid "as soon as you got your check" and then bragging on your myspace page about the cool new guitar you bought.

If that is not accurate please feel free to correct me.

That was absolutely epic.

[rjv]

I never had to work hard in college. Only time I went to class was when it was deemed mandatory.

For some people, it just comes naturally.

A big part of college is learning how to socialize and interact with other people.

i sure wish diff eq, quantum physics and vector calculus had come natural to me !

[katyon6th]

i sure wish diff eq, quantum physics and vector calculus had come natural to me !

You should've majored in Business and Marketing.

[rjv]

You should've majored in Business and Marketing.

i would suck in the business world. the closest i ever got to considering that as a possibility was when i briefly entertained the notion of actuarial studies.

[katyon6th]

i would suck in the business world. the closest i ever got to considering that as a possibility was when i briefly entertained the notion of actuarial studies.

Well, it was sarcasm. But actuarial studies? Still so many numbers. You wouldn't have gotten away from the quantum and vector .