<p>I’ll still be taking the Ole Miss campus tour in May to check it out. But I think that’s as far as it’s going to go for a long time. It was a bad mistake doing what my dad wanted for college. At least I’m near the end of my undergrad.</p>
<p>I think, sorry, that you are still complaining. You didn’t get the nursing degree Dad insisted on; you said history. There’s some good advice here and the next post should tell us a step you’ve taken. Not a reiteration of the family issue or we’ll think you’re stuck ni square one… We wish you luck. </p>
<p>Zonie, there may be a solution, but it’s radical and fraught with risks. Others here will chime in to say whether it’s an alternative or shouldn’t be considered. In addition, it presupposes that you are an independent student (over 24) or that your parents will complete FAFSA for you while you being all self-supporting.
The idea: do NOT graduate this May. That is, don’t complete one of your requirements - just one is enough. If you graduate you won’t be eligible for Pell grants and Federal loans anymore. Apply now as a transfer to Ole Miss. Or plan to move there, find a job, work for 12 months, then apply to transfer - because I think you’d be considered in-state and would pay the much lower-tuition after working for 12 months without working full-time. Since it’s likely to cause problems, don’t mention the plan to your father (he’s unlikely to go see you walk the stage, right?) Plan to work almost full time while keeping 12 credits a semester, all in upper-level history classes that will provide you with a great grad school transcript. Yes it’ll be extremely hard because you won’t have any time for yourself and it’ll be expensive, but it may allow you to experience undergraduate “the way it’s meant to be” (vs. what sounds like a lackluster just-opened branch of a directional), keep yourself independent from your parents, and prepare you for grad school if that’s still what you want to do. You may even be able to add a minor that your father approves of, like economics, which incidentally is useful for grad school in history too.
What do you guys think, is it a possibility or is it too risky? What about you, Zonie, would you do that, move to MS and work for 12 months then spend 2 years in college at Ole Miss?</p>
<p>Zonie: no matter what you do in the future–you really need to stop feeling sorry for yourself. Yes, life didn’t turn out the way you wanted. There is nothing you can do to change the past. As long as you wallow in your misfortunes you aren’t moving forward. There are lots of suggestions here to consider.</p>
<p>Yeah. Just short of two months to go, and it’s done.</p>
<p>And I’ll have to put grad school on hold for a couple years, but at least I’ll visit the campus I wanted to see. And a big move does seem imminent. So we’ll see.</p>
<p>Two months to go. My gal friend decided to flake out on me and not want to be with me anymore, so no more commitment to that.</p>
<p>I’ll take the GRE at the end of the year, if possible. My internship right now is paramount.</p>
<p>Zonie, if you’re serious about going to grad school in history, no matter where you move after graduation, you’ll need to take classes in history (300/400 level classes) while working full-time in order to buff up your “history resume”. Grad schools will want to see as many advanced history classes as possible and based on what you said about your branch college, it didn’t offer many of them. So move and make yourself competitive for grad school. </p>
<p>If you are planning on teaching history in public schools you will also need teaching certification.
Id recommend getting certificated first, as the state may have scholarships & or loan forgiveness as well as assistance for graduate school.
History isnt a shortage area, so to improve your chances at finding work, you might consider special education, math, science and foreign language also.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/teacher-center/scholarships-and-loan-forgiveness”>http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/teacher-center/scholarships-and-loan-forgiveness</a></p>
<p>^great advice - bilingual education/Social studies or special education/social studies are shortage areas so that’s definitely something to look into. :)</p>
<p>Social Studies ain’t bad, used to love it in school.</p>
<p>I was also told of an online GRE exam, could someone explain that?</p>
<p>Or do I have to take an in-person GRE at the colleges?</p>