I want to go back to school...

[mousme]

I'm at a point now where I really want to go back to university. I'm over the panicky Oh-my-God-I-suck-and-I'll-never-amount-to-anything-as-a-scholar phase I went through after I left McGill in 2002.

Not entirely over, because, really, who would I be without all my neuroses? ^_-

But over it enough that, looking back now, I realize that there was a lot of good stuff happening there. Dammit, I'm good at academic stuff, and I feel hopelessly out of place in a work environment that doesn't involve thinking at some level.

I may not end up being an academic at the end of it all. Very likely not, in fact. But I want more than what I have now in terms of education.

Getting rid of the car is a first step in that direction. It hasn't happened yet, but I'm hoping that'll all settle itself soon.

My *only* obstacle to go back to school is money. I've learned the hard way that I, personally, can't work and study at the same time. Did that for a while at university, and it was too much.

So I'd need to save up enough money for a bachelor's (I don't want to continue in literature, although I'd probably take those classes as electives just to keep myself sane and entertained), and once I get to the Master's level I can worry about grants.

Trouble is, that's a lot of money, and I just don't know where I'd get it. My parents can't afford to send me to university. Hell, my scholarships paid for three-quarters of my entire university career the first time around. The only thing that my father had to shell out for was my books, and even then I dipped considerably into my own savings to round things out.

Something to think about as time goes by. I don't want to wake up in five years and realize that I still haven't gone anywhere.

Comments

[luvenditti.livejournal.com]

been there, am there, working it out myself

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you ever find out how this all works. :)

[ai731.livejournal.com]

If you've ever made RRSP contributions, I believe you're allowed to use that money for going back to school.

[sorceror.livejournal.com]

I believe this is correct. Uses up your RRSP, though...

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Supposing you have an RRSP to begin with...

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Sadly, no. Never been in a job long enough to start down that road. Feh.

[forthright.livejournal.com]

What sorts of fields are you thinking about? Depending on the field, you may be able to move directly into a master's program without the matching BA.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Yeah, except I was thinking theology, which has very little to do with what I was studying before. I'll probably be able to get away with a 60-credit BA, mind.

[forthright.livejournal.com]

Ah, true enough. If you do do the 60-credit BA, though, keep in mind that you may not *have* many electives with which to take further lit courses.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

I know. It'll be a trade-off for not spending an extra year taking classes.