What to Do?
I had my academic counseling meeting this morning. I'm much farther along - but not as far as I had hoped.
To graduate/transfer/get an AA I still need to take 12 more classes.
Speech 101
Fulfills Section A Communication in the English Language and Critical Thinking - General Ed
Humanities 105
Fulfills Section A Communication in the English Language and Critical Thinking - General Ed and Cultural Diversity - Major
Mathematics 100
Fulfills Section B Physical Universe and Its Life Forms - General Ed and College Algebra - Transfer (Northridge)
English 103
Fulfills Section C Arts, Literature, Philosophy and Foreign Language - General Ed
Health 104
Fulfills Section E Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development - General Ed and Major
Social Science 132
Fulfills American Institutions/State & Local Government - Major
History 110
Fulfills U.S. History - Major
Health 101
Fulfills First Aid - Major
Intro to Business 101
Fulfills Business Administration - AA
Written Business Communications 106
Fulfills Business Communications - Transfer (Northridge)
Principles of MicroEconomics 101
Fulfills Same - Transfer (Northridge)
Statistics 136
Fulfills Introductory Statistics - Transfer (Northridge)
If I don't get a job - I can knock off 6 of the 12 during summer semester (3 first session, 3 second session) the downside to that is that I'll then only have a little under a month to find a job before the money runs out. The upside is that I'll be ready to graduate from GCC by summer of '08 and can transfer to Northridge starting Fall Semester of '08(I don't know how long I'll need to be at Northridge once I transfer).
When I was originally toying with the idea of taking summer semester, it was with the thought that I was close enough to my AA to graduate and that having an AA on my resume would give job hunting a boost. If I get a job, I can still maybe take 2 classes - but that pushes my transfer out to '09.
My quandary is this: if I don't start looking for a job until September, will the fact that I was out of work all summer and no degree hurt my prospects? Should I be looking now while I'm (relatively) fresh off the horse?
I do want to finish school as quickly as possible - I'm almost 40 and would like to be done with it already. But dealing with a new job will probably slow me down academically and where I might have taken two classes before - I might only feel I have the time/energy for one.
And I need to make this decision in the next 7 days as registration for summer starts next week. My counselor says that summer classes fill up fast.
To graduate/transfer/get an AA I still need to take 12 more classes.
Speech 101
Fulfills Section A Communication in the English Language and Critical Thinking - General Ed
Humanities 105
Fulfills Section A Communication in the English Language and Critical Thinking - General Ed and Cultural Diversity - Major
Mathematics 100
Fulfills Section B Physical Universe and Its Life Forms - General Ed and College Algebra - Transfer (Northridge)
English 103
Fulfills Section C Arts, Literature, Philosophy and Foreign Language - General Ed
Health 104
Fulfills Section E Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development - General Ed and Major
Social Science 132
Fulfills American Institutions/State & Local Government - Major
History 110
Fulfills U.S. History - Major
Health 101
Fulfills First Aid - Major
Intro to Business 101
Fulfills Business Administration - AA
Written Business Communications 106
Fulfills Business Communications - Transfer (Northridge)
Principles of MicroEconomics 101
Fulfills Same - Transfer (Northridge)
Statistics 136
Fulfills Introductory Statistics - Transfer (Northridge)
If I don't get a job - I can knock off 6 of the 12 during summer semester (3 first session, 3 second session) the downside to that is that I'll then only have a little under a month to find a job before the money runs out. The upside is that I'll be ready to graduate from GCC by summer of '08 and can transfer to Northridge starting Fall Semester of '08(I don't know how long I'll need to be at Northridge once I transfer).
When I was originally toying with the idea of taking summer semester, it was with the thought that I was close enough to my AA to graduate and that having an AA on my resume would give job hunting a boost. If I get a job, I can still maybe take 2 classes - but that pushes my transfer out to '09.
My quandary is this: if I don't start looking for a job until September, will the fact that I was out of work all summer and no degree hurt my prospects? Should I be looking now while I'm (relatively) fresh off the horse?
I do want to finish school as quickly as possible - I'm almost 40 and would like to be done with it already. But dealing with a new job will probably slow me down academically and where I might have taken two classes before - I might only feel I have the time/energy for one.
And I need to make this decision in the next 7 days as registration for summer starts next week. My counselor says that summer classes fill up fast.