So far made an appointment with an advisor last week and they told me.
Before I began only reason why I use “they” is don’t want the gender of the advisor revealed cause users on this forum are too blunt and cause too much flare.
They told me that my coordination of planning is 70% correct. Most of the courses will transfer to a BS degree. Some courses will not such as extra electives I’ve taken.
I was told, “having two associates degree’s and going towards my bachelor’s is a great combo”. “It’s better than a person having one associate and one bachelors”.
“These are workforce degrees intended to show you the business of a particular field, and you are naturally more qualified to have double degrees.” “Plus it shows you’re a hard-working student” Now I know my true calling I want to be involved in multiple fields not just be a sitting duck in one, good thing I spoke to an advisor I am happy now
I told the advisor otherwise “I’ve been asking questions in forums and all I got was blunt and wake-up calls feedback.”
They told me “don’t reply back” “Users on forums are pessimistic and have nothing better to do” I was laughing so hard when they said that.
I have nothing against this forum, but the way they said it was hilarious.
But anyway I will be back to post my update once I complete this degree. Things have to stay confidential at the moment.
You can’t get multiple degrees if you can’t pay for them. Does your advisor understand you have limited financial aid? Academic advisors don’t often think about finances. Unless they’re going to pay for your education when your aid runs out they shouldn’t be advising you to use up all your aid at their community college.
Education is a wonderful thing. I enjoy it quite a lot. Your advisor should probably learn the difference between pessimism and realism. Contributors on this site are very good at offering the latter. We know it can be difficult for students to accept things they really don’t want to hear, but we volunteer our time here because we truly want to help others.
I was told, “having two associates degree’s and going towards my bachelor’s is a great combo”. “It’s better than a person having one associate and one bachelors”.
You’re an adult, so it’s time for you to process information like one. Your advisor is in the sales business. The more classes students take, the more money the college makes. I would go back and ask them for links to legitimate studies that show having 2 associates degrees is better than having 1 associates and 1 bachelor’s. If they can’t provide them then their comment is just an opinion and is therefore worth only the paper it’s written on.
A couple of years ago a student in CA who also loved the idea of multiple degrees posted this:
I may have made a huge mistake taking so many credits at Fullerton College. In my enjoyment to pursue and knock out multiple degrees that had overlapping courses, I may have made myself ineligible for the financial aid that I would need to attend CSUF. My vanity and ego may essentially be my downfall. If there is anything that I could pass on to any students falling into the same traps, it would be to focus on their degree of choice and get to their dream university as soon as possible.
It’s good advice from someone who struggled with the same challenges you’re facing.
If what you say is true – that academic advisors don’t often think about finances – to me, that borders on negligence. I would think they should be required to talk about finances – or at the very least, insist that their advisee make an appointment with a financial aid counselor (unless of course the advisor ascertains that the advisee has no cost concerns).
OP, I wish you well. I agree with the above posters that the plan you have put forth appears to ignore important financial considerations, but I know that you have posted in the past that you have friends who you think will help you financially in the future.
Go for it! Use up your Pell without a Bachelor’s degree! Get multiple AA’s and certificates in fields that won’t allow you to become a financially independent adult! Reinforce your own beliefs that a dozen “anonymous” posters- with experience in every conceivable profession-- don’t know what it takes to become a dentist (or whatever your current career goal is) or that these same dozens of posters don’t understand the difference between a job which pays $16/hour vs. a high paying career.
Now I know my true calling I want to be involved in multiple fields not just be a sitting duck in one, good thing I spoke to an advisor I am happy now
I know lots of adults like this. They excel in ONE area first- let’s say they actually get a BS, go to Dental school, join a practice, work for a decade. Then they have an idea for a new type of implant- and they go off and study that- and excel in that particular type of procedure, work to invent and commercialize it- sell it to a big medical device company. And then they learn that they love entrepreneurship so they join a venture capital firm which specializes in health care and excel at that, based on their hands on experience first as a dentist, then an inventor/entrepreneur, and now as a financier. Three well paying areas which is all possible because FIRST they picked one area and focused on it for a decade, becoming proficient and putting in the hours required to be an expert.
I could give you a dozen other examples. But none of them started professional life with a couple of AA’s in random areas and a vague ambition to make a lot of money without ever having to buckle down and focus.
“Users on forums are pessimistic and have nothing better to do”
Couldn’t agree more!
“Et tu Brutus?” Pot, kettle, black.
“U” are also a “user”, and, I guess, .” . . are pessimistic and have nothing better to do” since, on more than one occasion, you have asked and have made incorrect assumptions about the educational system and financial aid.
The posters, who help students (families) on this site, come from a variety of different backgrounds, schools, and careers, and have something that can’t be bought: experience.
They contribute by sharing do’s and don’t’s for completion of a career-producing education. In your ten years of study, at a CC, most of us have completed multiple advanced degrees and have advanced our careers.
I hope the advisor was at the local university, and not at your CC.
That FA will be running out quickly. Good luck! You definitely need it.
If only you’d listened to this advice when given by multiple “pessimistic users” a full year ago. And given with nothing but best intentions. You would have been happy much sooner.
College academic advisors don’t have access to student financial records. They can recommend that students visit the financial aid office, but their job is to answer questions about degree requirements. They aren’t qualified to field financial aid questions.
It sounds like you already have a 2nd associate’s degree and you already applied to transfer to a 4-year university near your home this fall, is that right? If that’s the case, what was the point of this thread? To say that a university advisor told you 2 associate’s degrees are better than just one? They’re welcome to think whatever they want.
I’m concerned that you seem to think that if you run through your Pell paying out of pocket will be no big deal. It’s going to be difficult to fund a bachelor’s degree with a General Studies associate’s degree. Use your aid wisely.
This is good that you’re moving forward! Are you currently enrolled in the 4-year university? I thought you were trying to finish your AES this semester- did you already finish that?
I am happy now