| When I think back to my college days, I remember it | | | | But many people are unable to attend a University |
| as an experience rich in learning, and not only in | | | | program because they already have a full-time job. |
| academic sense. Much of fit what's educational in the | | | | They can take time off work to fulfill their |
| terms of life experience, learned from living at a | | | | educational needs. If that is the problem that you |
| dorm, participating in various campus extracurricular | | | | have, then one possible solution would be to enroll in |
| activities, and simply spending time with the many | | | | an online college degree program. Such a program will |
| gifted and fascinating people I met in my university | | | | allow you to learn a university course at a distance. |
| days. A lot of people have had the same experience | | | | You will receive readings and assignments from an |
| as me and colleges all over the United States. The | | | | online lecturer through e-mail or website postings. You |
| college experience is not one that I would | | | | can attend to your class work on your own schedule, |
| recommend anyone to miss. So why would anyone | | | | at a time when you are not busy with your full-time |
| choose to take an online college course instead? | | | | job. Furthermore, earning a college degree in this way |
| The fact is, an online college degree may be a good | | | | will not require you to alter your lifestyle greatly, such |
| option for someone who is not a college graduate. | | | | as forcing you to move far away in order to attend |
| Don't mistake me, I am not saying that there is | | | | a university. |
| anything wrong with not graduating from college. It is | | | | It is true that taking an online college degree program |
| very possible for someone with only a high school | | | | is a very different experience from going to college |
| degree to achieve great success and happiness in life. | | | | in the traditional way. But it is certainly better than |
| And some college dropouts have even gone on to | | | | not going to college at all. Although with an online |
| become rich and famous men and women. Just think | | | | program you would miss out on much of the social |
| of story of Bill Gates, for one. However, such | | | | experience of college, you will still get the education |
| success stories are rare. The majority of people | | | | that you require. And for many people, that is their |
| without a college degree find it more difficult to get | | | | priority. They may study for an online college degree |
| into high-paying jobs, and are less likely to advance | | | | so that they can attain the educational credentials |
| their careers. Most companies are more willing to hire | | | | they need to advance their careers. |
| people with higher educational credentials. | | | | |