I'm thinking about going to University, but kind of hesitating since I'm the only person in a very large family that's even managed to not flunk out of highschool. I'd be in massive debt if I failed the education.

I think I'd like to take a Major in English, with minor in Philosophy, to become an English or English lit teacher (highschool or professor level), and write books on the side.

So my question, I guess, if anyone's been in that kind of program and how demanding is it? What I should be preparing for, time alottance, and so on? I can't start this year, probably not till next winter.

Thanks!

That seems a lot like what I want to do and.. am studying right now.

It really depends on your teachers and the school. I pretty much have to take every lit class there is and while my classes aren't very hard I do have to go every day and do have to study and I have to read the material before tests and so on. So you would have to put a good bit of effort into it, but I'm sure you already know that. For my english lit class I have maybe.. 5 tests, 2 essays, and a poetry review journal thingy that I have no idea wtf it is. I'm not sure how easy that sounds to you though.

Though all colleges require you to take a few science, math, arts, and foreign language classes.. so you should keep that in mind too. I'm currently struggling with basic college biology..


Edit: My school claims that you have to study 2 hours for every hour you are in class, but I think that's bs.. because you'd be studying 30 hours a week and there's no way in hell anyone could do that.. but maybe.. 15-20 hours a week of studying would be maybe average.

I'm not very good at maths and sciences I guess I would have to devote a lot of my time to those then How many texts do you need to get, and how much do you spend for them? I heard a friend say that he easily spent 2000$ on texts for class in the first semester...

Double post X(

Just because I have the numbers handy, here's what you need for MIT:

Tuition: $33,600
Room and board: $9,950
Books and personal: $2,800

Total: $46,350



BUT!

Percent of undergrads who receive financial aid: 92%
Average grant and scholarship (per year): $26,013
Average total financial aid award (per year): $29,831


Credit to this little info sheet I happened to have on MIT.

Financial aid rocks.

$2000 is alot, even for textbooks. My books each year probably cost about $400-$500. BUT, you can go to places like Amazon.com or Half.com and find books much cheaper than the prices in the University bookstore.

If you expect to be able to take 2 or 3 classes every other day, you will be surprised. University for me is much like high school, I'm in class everyday, and MWF I'm in from 8:00 am until basically 5:00 pm. It's a lot of work, but the difference is you've chosen your major, you know you like it, so oftentimes the work doesn't seem so bad.

If you're nervous, I'd suggest maybe trying a community college first. If things work out, then move to a bigger University.

oh my god. My books for this semester only cost around $250. I bought mine from half.com though. I only have to buy one from the school bookstore and it was $133. >_<

I did do community college. It's why I'm anxious for University. It was an Animation course, but because I'm not very good at sciences, I couldn't get the timing right. If it was based on drawing alone, I could probably have succeeded eventually, I'm not too shabby at drawing. I was forced to take English and Computer courses, both I aced without even showing up for classes. I've always liked writting and english, but I'm still anxious about failing school again.

Surprisingly, the Animation course would have me start at 7am and end at 6pm, so I know about long schedules. Luckily both the Universities I'd like to go to is only a 10 minute bus ride away.

EDIT: 36k for Tuition seems kind of nuts @_@. Is that for all the years, or just ONE year? Geeze, my loan will give me 12k a year, maybe 15k for university, with maybe a 1.5k government grant (for the poor).

My school is only 8-9k a year.. so yeah.. that's pretty high.

Ooooh, we ought to have IRE scholarships! Since I don't think colleges will accept leadership in an online game on my resume...

Must be american tutelage. I think learning is 3k for each semester for university here in Ottawa, I know that going to college was 2k a semester.

IRE hosting scholarships would be awesome, but it'd never get done . If it did, I'd never qualify

I would.



oh wait.. maybe not...

State universities are much cheaper. Less than $10,000 if you're from the state. Private colleges like mine have much higher tuition. If you go to a state school it's much cheaper.