Why I'm Choosing College

I believe you must be the one to choose college in order to make it a success. I believe you must be ready to go to school in order to succeed.  I’m returning to college because I’m currently looking for a new job and was turned down for my dream job based on the fact I don’t have a four year degree.  I really want there to be more doors to open and I believe this is the only way.  Money is a huge motivator for me, and I want to make millions… HEHE  Ok not millions but I want to feel like a success and with a four year degree I believe I will be more successful.  This is my second go round with college and my mom really wanted me to go to school and both my parents have 2 year degrees and she really saw the value in a four year degree, but she couldn’t afford to pay for it either. I did qualify for financial aid and that was great, because it was like free school or so I thought. Never the less I skipped a lot of school and my grade point average went way down. So here I am 13 years later working my butt off and it's twice as hard as I have a full time job and a family now. I’m doing well in life and make a good living but I just want more, and in order to make more money I’m returning to school. My biggest dilemma when returning to school was the cost. I looked at attending a 30 month program to get my bachelor’s degree and it was going to cost me like $53,000. I was like there is no way I’m going to make that much more money a year to make paying it back in a timely manner and that was important to me. I decided to go the longer but much cheaper route and return to RCTC. So here I am. I wish I would have finished 13 years ago, but I’m truly enjoying school this time around so it totally makes the whole college experience more enjoyable.