The next 2 years

BioAnthroPsych
Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:13:54 +0000

If you learn best on your own, by all means try online education. Perhaps BYU Independent Study where you can take college courses at the same time and show University of Washington that you know how to be a good student for them.

Although I would suggest the following as well if you choose the online route:

(1) Hire a math tutor, or take a community college class where you can get a tutor provided for you for free – you cannot learn math on your own based on your self described abilities – so find someone to teach you 1-to-1 which would be a tutor.

(2) Participate in some sort of community organization, or club with individuals your age. If you have a sport or interest you like, still pursue it. Online education frees up a lot of time and eliminates a lot of the useless things that happen in a normal HS setting.

(3) Do volunteer work and seek employment as you described.

(4) Make sure you are happy and motivated throughout your studies. If you are not both of these things, online will NOT work out for you. And, if it does, it means you have sacrificed another part of your life.

I’d be happy to discuss this further with you.

I went to a traditional high school, did a traditional associate’s degree in HS, an online bachelor’s, an online master’s, and am now starting a traditional Ph.D. – so unlike most people I know the experience of both modalities of learning, and can speak well about them. I’ve also found that many people that have not tried online, are almost always against it for a multiplicty of reasons.