<p>Janelle, you’re an inspiration =]</p>
<p>Janelle,</p>
<p>That situation is quite common for those lucky enough to have employer reimbursement. Once you confirm the requirements, calculate that into the financial aid equation so you can reduce the amount of loans you must rely on to cover your tuition and use as much of the reimbursement as possible to repay the student loan so you can graduate as close to debt free as possible.</p>
<p>I have to say thanks for the praise. But to be honest I’m a pretty standard community college student. I don’t know anyone at my school that works less than 30hrs per week in addition to a full-time course load. But thanks anyways, I appreciate it! And just to finish up, my employer will only cover 2 courses per semester. That’s not bad, but that’s not that much either.</p>
<p>It isn’t much but, as you clearly know, it is better than nothing :)</p>
<p>getting tuition paid for by employer - PRICELESS.</p>
<p>So what if it takes you 6 years to finish college. In the scheme of things, it’s nothing. And graduating with less debt is worth putting in the time.</p>
<p>haha nikiil you are completely correct. I will take what I can get! I have to go talk to human resources though. I’m a biology major but currently work in customer service…so I’m not sure if they’re going to want to pay for me to study something that has nothing to do with my position. I might be able to convince them I’ll just jump to tech services when I graduate but…they might not believe me when they see my teacher prep courses scattered all over the place lol.</p>
<p>janelle, I was an HR mgr and the criteria should be spelled out in your benefits book. At one company, we did only pay for related coursework but did not ask for the intended major. My practice was “don’t ask, don’t tell” and I found very few jobs that could not be improved by math, english, or psych education! Go in with a positive attitude and express your desire to become eligible for promotion but be aware that your supervisor may be asked to sign off on the coursework as well. All you can do is try…</p>
<p>do you need a psychology course, surely you could use that in customer service !</p>