Sep 22 2008
Upgrading
For some wanna-be back to schoolers, the first step to consider is likely to be doing some upgrading.
If you don’t have a high school diploma - or if you do, but are missing some specific courses that you need for the course you want to pursue - or if it’s just been a very long time and you are lacking confidence in your academic ability - upgrading might well be a very good first step towards restarting your academic career.
I could have should have done a math/algebra course before I jumped into my computer programming courses. Because I didn’t, I ended up having to do a college level algebra course that counted toward my overall average. DUH! If only I had had a clue, I would have gone and done it through upgrading prior to starting… it would have been a lot easier. Even if it wasn’t, really, in content - it most certainly would have been easier to just do that one and get it out of the way rather than having to do it at the same time as I was taking 6 other courses.
Most (all?) community colleges that I know of offer upgrading programs for those who need them, at least in Math and English.
If any of those issues is among your reasons for not starting school, a little bit of research to see what might be available to you might be well worth your time. Get to it!
