Online Masters

I just saw that this is a thread from 2023. But I'll still offer what I've learned so far, to anyone going to school. Or back to school.

I start my BSW in the fall. It will be 100% online. Ultimately all the universities both here in AZ. and out of state, all market online higher ed as either synchronous and asynchronous learning. Meaning structured learning or on your own time/schedule. I'll be doing asynchronous learning, because, I need to work, but also because it's been ten years since I was last in college. So I'm not jumping back in FT for my first semester with both feet.

All the online schools I've looked at all bill themselves as having affordable tuition. Zero text books. Lots of assistance from faculty and schedules and classes that fit your busy lives. Looking ahead to my eventual MSW, it looks like the same type of options, that are also available for the BSW online style of learning are also available for the online Master's program. Granted I'm getting a liberal arts degree. A degree in something more technical, like mechanical engineering. If its even available online, would probably be a lot different.

BTW, congrats to you, @Kingairer for completing for Masters degree.
 
jtrain609 said:
I cannot recommend against enough. It is easily the dumbest thing I've done in my life.

Also, there's no specialization in law school, everyone gets a JD. You'll need to get an LLM for further specialization.
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I think if you go to Tulane Law, you have to choose the Common Law or Civil Law track.
 
Maximilian_Jenius said:
I just saw that this is a thread from 2023. But I'll still offer what I've learned so far, to anyone going to school. Or back to school.

I start my BSW in the fall. It will be 100% online. Ultimately all the universities both here in AZ. and out of state, all market online higher ed as either synchronous and asynchronous learning. Meaning structured learning or on your own time/schedule. I'll be doing asynchronous learning, because, I need to work, but also because it's been ten years since I was last in college. So I'm not jumping back in FT for my first semester with both feet.

All the online schools I've looked at all bill themselves as having affordable tuition. Zero text books. Lots of assistance from faculty and schedules and classes that fit your busy lives. Looking ahead to my eventual MSW, it looks like the same type of options, that are also available for the BSW online style of learning are also available for the online Master's program. Granted I'm getting a liberal arts degree. A degree in something more technical, like mechanical engineering. If its even available online, would probably be a lot different.

BTW, congrats to you, @Kingairer for completing for Masters degree.
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I've done both in person and online degrees (well, I guess kind of hybrid because I was on campus sometimes but most classes could be attended over zoom if I wanted?).

There's not really any difference except for when you've got like 6 classes that you attend in person you're around a lot of the people a bit more and can maybe participate in extra-curricular activities more readily. Like, you're not going to help with the robotics team if you are 700 miles away. It's not going to practically happen. There's a different mindset "on campus" as opposed to async that is easier to cultivate sense you actually have to go there - that can be an advantage or disadvantage. If you are doing things on your laptop in your den it's different than when you go to a physically different place in space-time to listen even though the the content is the same so make sure you have the ability to turn your brain to "college mode" when you're doing college stuff, then turn that off when needed as well. In more technical disciplines, there is equipment and software that you just aren't going to have access to at home? So that's a bit different too? I had access to a robotics lab and some computing resources that were just not possible for me to possess. That said, I could remote into most of the computers from wherever I wanted, so... yeah that is changing too.

Honestly, I think you probably could do mech e, or EE from home? In fact I think you can? But you're going to have some constraints with labs. In the end, I have found that even in the classes with excellent instructors, 95% of the time I ended up teaching myself most of the material.
 
Roger Roger said:
• man. If that happens I guess I’ll go back to working on planes, if that’s in the •ter too maybe I can roll the A&P experience into working on power generation or something? • maybe I’d see if I’m too old to do an electrician’s apprenticeship.
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You'd figure something out.
 
jtrain609 said:
Louisiana should be removed from the union if only for their frolic and detour into civil law.
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As opposed to a few other reasons.

www.propublica.org

A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him.

Months after a judge tossed out his 1998 murder conviction, Jimmie Duncan is free on bail. But prosecutors have asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Duncan, even as the victim’s mother has come to support his release.
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