Wife wants to go to school.... Questions??

[Ruffdaddy]

A lot of places do bonus points. Depending on your prior college credits or degrees, you can get up to a full point over the other applicants. So basically, of you have a 4.0 on your pre-reqs and have a bachelor's degree, you start out with 5 points. I have all of my pre reqs, but got a job in the medical software field making as much as nurses around here.

Where do you work?

[slow99]

A lot of places do bonus points. Depending on your prior college credits or degrees, you can get up to a full point over the other applicants. So basically, of you have a 4.0 on your pre-reqs and have a bachelor's degree, you start out with 5 points. I have all of my pre reqs, but got a job in the medical software field making as much as nurses around here.

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[mustangguy289]

So you allow her to discuss her future while you are eating the sandwhich she made you?

[onemeangixxer7502]

Unfortunately theres no quick and easy path to a good paying jobs. Even people with 4 year degrees have to slave it out in their chosen field before they land a decent job.... Even then I'd shoot for more than 50-60k... best of luck!

[SS Junk]

1up.
Wife just completed masters at SMU and just got accepted to PhD program. Ill be retiring soon.....

LOL... no you won't. It's going to take years before you can do that, but regardless, congrats to her and eventually you.
Wife is starting her Masters after summer.

[Treasure Chest]

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Well, when the going rate for entry level nursing in this area starts at $19....
I made more than that in retail management.

[mustangguy289]

Unfortunately theres no quick and easy path to a good paying jobs. Even people with 4 year degrees have to slave it out in their chosen field before they land a decent job.... Even then I'd shoot for more than 50-60k... best of luck!

Not always true. The engineering field doesn't usually follow that path. I landed a great job the day before I received my diploma while another company that I was interning with for pay was trying to keep me. In the 2 years since I have graduated I was offered another job much higher pay and my company fought it and gave me a better offer to keep me. Most of the friends I graduated with had very similar success landing a good job very quickly after graduation if not before.

[kingjason]

You are going about this the wrong way. Your wife needs to figure out what she wants to do instead of it being money based. She not be happy if she went to school, got a job in her profession and ended up not liking it. BTW Dental Hygienists are a dime a dozen. Hugely competitive.

So you mean Certified Public Accountant CPA???

This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

About 5 or so years ago I asked my wife why she was in a dead end job and asked her what her dream job was. She said she had always wanted to be an athletic trainer. I let her go part time and she finished her criminal justice degree and took some of the other core courses. She got accepted into UTA'a athletic training program four years ago and graduated in may of this year. She got a job two weeks ago and told me it was awsome because she will never WORK another day in her life. It makes a huge difference in your quality of life to do what you really want to do. Hell ten years ago I got my dream job after working in retail and sales 13 or so years. Now I am even re evaluating my career path and may go back to school to do something else. Work to live, not live to work. Hell four years over a period of a lifetime is not really that long.

[8mpg]

Well, when the going rate for entry level nursing in this area starts at $19....
I made more than that in retail management.

Nursing with no experience starts on the low end at $22.50-23/hr. Some of the better paying hospital chains will pay $25/hr no experience. I just passed my 1 year and got a $4/hr raise, but luckily I was an ER tech for 3 years while I did nursing and it counts as 1.5 of nursing experience.

If you want to go to nursing school...do it

[Treasure Chest]

Nursing with no experience starts on the low end at $22.50-23/hr. Some of the better paying hospital chains will pay $25/hr no experience. I just passed my 1 year and got a $4/hr raise, but luckily I was an ER tech for 3 years while I did nursing and it counts as 1.5 of nursing experience.

If you want to go to nursing school...do it

In my area: ADN with one year of experience and overnights. Starts at $19.75/hr.
I have far less liability in my current job, and the industry growth since I've been here is phenomenal.

http://www.gsmc.org/careers/available-career-opportunities/careers-at-longview/

Department: E.R.
Schedule: Full Time
Shift: Nights
Hours: 8p-8a, every other weekend
Salary Range: 19.75 - 30.61
Job Details: Associate's Degree
RN Required
1 year of experience required
Licensed RN in the state of Texas. Requires ACLS, CPR, TNCC, ENPC or PALS. Must have 1 year of direct Emergency Room experience with excellent assessment skills.

Good Shepherd Medical Center is a Level II Trauma Center. The Emergency Department provides an in-house surgical team comprised of anesthesia, neurosurgery, orthopedics, general surgery and oral surgery 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our Emergency department is staffed by only board certified Emergency physicians and is projected to care for 88,000 patients per year, making it the busiest ER in the region and one of the busiest in the state.

[onemeangixxer7502]

Not always true. The engineering field doesn't usually follow that path. I landed a great job the day before I received my diploma while another company that I was interning with for pay was trying to keep me. In the 2 years since I have graduated I was offered another job much higher pay and my company fought it and gave me a better offer to keep me. Most of the friends I graduated with had very similar success landing a good job very quickly after graduation if not before.

its also one of the top jobs out of the gate. Its also not a two year degree...

[Leah]

Jared, how many hours is she sitting at now? What's y'alls plan for the college when you move to Co? Kind of personal, you can PM me if you want. Just curious.

Just don't call him!! That fucker hates to actually talk to someone!


Oh and solid self brag-I just graduated with my Masters in Special Education with a Diagnostician certification. BOOYAAAHH!

[slow99]

Just don't call him!! That fucker hates to actually talk to someone!


Oh and solid self brag-I just graduated with my Masters in Special Education with a Diagnostician certification. BOOYAAAHH!

Yeah, but I saw your GRE score.

[Leah]

Yeah, but I saw your GRE score.

I have test anxiety!! I went to UNT, not Harvard. Lol

[8mpg]

In my area: ADN with one year of experience and overnights. Starts at $19.75/hr.
I have far less liability in my current job, and the industry growth since I've been here is phenomenal.

http://www.gsmc.org/careers/available-career-opportunities/careers-at-longview/

Department: E.R.
Schedule: Full Time
Shift: Nights
Hours: 8p-8a, every other weekend
Salary Range: 19.75 - 30.61
Job Details: Associate's Degree
RN Required
1 year of experience required
Licensed RN in the state of Texas. Requires ACLS, CPR, TNCC, ENPC or PALS. Must have 1 year of direct Emergency Room experience with excellent assessment skills.

Good Shepherd Medical Center is a Level II Trauma Center. The Emergency Department provides an in-house surgical team comprised of anesthesia, neurosurgery, orthopedics, general surgery and oral surgery 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our Emergency department is staffed by only board certified Emergency physicians and is projected to care for 88,000 patients per year, making it the busiest ER in the region and one of the busiest in the state.

That sucks. That's low. Hell I thought my company paid low. Well they do for the Dfw metroplex, but that is way low.