A bachelors degree is typically 4 years. Most students start their college educations at the age of 18 and, more or less, complete their degrees at age 22 or 23, but more often than not the age will vary.
Since youâre so burnt out, have you considered taking a break from school, and getting a job? Every place is hiring. Often when people go to work, it helps them to find a career interest. They then return to school with renewed focus. Perhaps you could get a job working in a dental office, or in a hospital, to help you to consider whether or not you might like that type of work, whether you would like to go back to a nursing program.
Even if you had gotten straight Aâs in community college, had transferred to the 4 year state college close to home, and had gotten straight Aâs there, getting admitted to med/dental school would still have been a long shot, plus you would have needed funding, which would have been very hard to come by.
Right now you are well on your way to having burned through all your Pell eligibility without having acquired a skill. Perhaps itâs time to consider going to work, while you figure out what your next move is, academically?
The reality is that you have spent half of your Pell eligibility, six semesters, on community college. The Pell program is very generous - it gives you funding for essentially 12 undergrad semesters, when the usual BA/BS program is only 8 semesters. The good news is that you have six semesters of funding that the taxpayers will still give you, so use them wisely! Think about taking a semester and the summer off to work, apply for a BSN program, work and save some money, and start the BSN (or whatever other 4 yr degree you decide on) in September. Youâll still have 6 semesters left of Pell to allow you to finish your BA/BS/BSN.
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Agree^. I listed âfearâ because I didnât know what was making you avoid moving on. Procrastination isnât going to help you when you are 60 and have never made the jump to an actual career, having multiple AA degrees to show for it and no income but lots of debt.
Donât use fear as an excuse or crutch because it was suggested.
It must be nice to go to school, take classes aimlessly, and have someone else pay the bill. Then, to suggest that one should live a good life and have someone else pay high rates for little to no work is ridiculous!
People who get into medical school /dental programs are âproactiveâ. They act immediately. They are competitive and strong in their grades and ECâs. They have already done their shadowing, volunteer medical experiences, received their letters of recommendation, studied for MCATs, etc. They have practiced their interviews and are aware that they need to convey a professional image. They donât take years to get an AA degree and then decide to procrastinate and do another AA. That doesnât make any sense.
If you legitimately have a fear, then go see the counselors.
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Good advice, I feel a lot better hearing this good information.
Sorry typo, this thread got too long and most of the words have to look them up in the dictionary cause English is not my native language.
A degree in BSN does seem my fit but have to re-think it cause only they will pay for one BS degree.
I know, where do I sign up??? Oh thatâs right, I have a job and a family to help support.
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What advice?
Did you understand what I have written? Or, what others have written?
You need to get a job.
Reality bites, but you keep saying you canât or donât want to work. Itâs part of being a realist and a student to have a job that supports your education.
You need to grow up and get out of that CC and find a manageable goal for your bachelorâs degree. (It might be too late to transfer to any school if you have too many credits.) Do you actually believe that a nursing, dental or medical program wants a student who is unwilling to work? BTW: those are competitive programs and reject thousands of students.
Stop taking your own advice because it isnât working. Why do you need 2 AAâs and 2 BSâs???
Why donât you start out by getting an Associateâs Degree in Nursing? Does your CC have that option? You could then work and do a BSN program, and some employers may pay for that. You should look into the employment options in your area thoughâ I know some places are harder to get a job in a hospital without a BSN, but there may be more flexibility on that during the pandemic. You could also become a CNA and see if you like working in the medical field and could do that per diem or part time while in school depending on your schedule.
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The whole reason why I left my old job was cause I grew tired of minimum wage.
If I get a job now I will get tired of it and leave it.
I never said I wanted two bs degrees only 1 BSN is enough.
Working and going to CC is not an option I will easily fail, trust me it will mess up my mindset easily, not built for that lifestyle, if I get a BSN and finish the dental pre-reqs and concurrently work that will be okay for me.
I always think about the past setbacks which mess me up.
Those of us, who were once students, all worked minimum wage jobs before getting our degrees. Do you actually believe that we liked working for minimum wage? You do have a fear: fear of hard work.
I worked three jobs during freshman and sophomore year. One job was cleaning dorm rooms. Youâve never lived until youâve had to clean drying vomit out of frat boysâ carpet.
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I donât need a third associate degree, my college does offer AAS but BSN is higher than an AAS in Nursing.
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Iâd be in a cemetery in the day from that hardcore workload.
Iâve done retail for 2 years, hardware store 6 months, and assistant manager 10 months and I had enough, went to college to get an AGS, and had an interest in Engineering but I wanna stay away from that once finish up my AES , the math I took, is very time-consuming spent 10 hours just so solve 8 differential equations hw problems, I had about 40 math problems broken down into sub-sections for the whole fall semester. 
I was suggesting your second associateâs degree be in nursing- you donât have a second associate degree yet, do you?
I got my AGS in Spring 2021
And AES is my second Associate will wrap up in Fall 2022 maybe or Summer 2022
What is an AES? Sorry, Iâm not familiar with that terminology. If you want to be a nurse, it seems like you should be trying to pursue a degree in that, especially if you have two or three more semesters on your current degree.
AGS - Associate General Studies
AES - Associate Engineering Science
Thank you for clarifying. Why are you getting a degree in engineering if you are no longer interested in that? Plenty of students change their majors. If you want to be a nurse, I would meet with an advisor and see what you need to do for that program.
I have to finish the AES since I started it in Summer 21, if I donât finish it, itâs going to cause a huge impact on my Pell.
I only have 8 CH left and will get that out of the way,