Question for those who are in/starting school

AJ3122

I have wanted to go back to school and get my MA since getting my BA. I just heard about a grant that might cover my entire tuition! I don't have enough time to start in the spring and it would be silly to do summer classes. Are any of you in school or starting back again? What is your plan to make it work? Also, I'd like to know what you did if you already have a LO and are in school.

TIA!

AmySharpe23

I am going to school now and plan to next fall as well. I'm not entirely sure how we're going to make it work, but my husband is a student as well so I think we're just going to try and plan our classes at different times so one of us is home with the baby. Maybe your husband's work/school schedule is flexible too??

Moosey13

I have been in school for a year now and just received the news I am pregnant.  My boyfriend and I were not planning to have kids - well not right now that is.  We aren't married and weren't planning on getting married any time soon.  We were just starting the whole get to know you - dating thins - and then this happened.  I had a plan to graduate in 2013 with my A.S. degree. Once I found out about being pregnant I completely thought my whole goal to graduate with my A.S. was finished.  

 The grant that you found is that to only one receipent or is there a CAP on the grant?  If you figure out anything please let me know... I am very up in the air and really don't want to give up my goals. 

 

 

Shaynnon

I'm (back) in school, and my husband and I actually planned our child based off how I wasn't going to be working but just attending school/being a mom! 

My DH is a teacher, so he gets home most days around 3 or 4 - I plan on taking mostly night classes so not only will husband get bonding time, but I'll get some "out of the house" time and when our LO is a tad older putting "her" in child play groups for a couple hours a few days a week - hopefully in order to secure the classes that I won't be able to take nights.   DH teaches SAT prep classes though so they'll be times when we'll have to seek some outside help (two or three days a month)..also, I'll be CRAMMING in the summer/winter when I can take condensed classes and he has off.

We don't have ANY family anywhere near us, so we don't get the "grandma babysitter" freebies ect.  We figure we're going to be exhausted, and it'll be hard...but in the end we'll have our family and our careers...win/win.  

JThomas221

I'm just finishing off a full-time semester, but for the winter/spring term I'm only taking 8 credits ( I also work full time). I'm not taking classes this summer and I may try to do part-time this fall depending on my work schedule. My hope is to SAH and go to school full time once I have the baby, but we'll see...

eesome

I have been in school since Quentin was 1, and have had no issues. I graduate next summer, but may take summer quarter off to prepare for the birth of baby #2. 
I just took night classes. I work all day, and go to school at night. Some of my basic or easy classes I took online, and the harder ones I did in school. I only take 2 classes a quarter so I won't overwhelm myself. 

GL! 

MAKohler1986

I go to school full time right now. I have a 2 year old and I'm pregnant with #2. I will graduate with my Bachelor's in May at 6 months pregnant so I only have to finish this session out and take classes in the spring!

It is exhausting, and your classmates who aren't in the same boat have no idea what it's like to balance everything - especially when it comes to group projects. BUT I wouldn't trade the way things are for anything. I'm excited to know that my children will grow up knowing that both their parents received their bachelor's degree. You just have to figure out how to manage your time. I actually get better grades now that I am a mom than when I started college. Even made the Dean's List this year. It's definitely possible!

AJ3122

Thank you ladies, that makes me feel much more confident! I'm gonna do it!

ETweet

I work full time and am in my junior year of a post-bach nursing program. Really, I don't have much of a life outside of these two things. DH and I discussed before getting KU that we weren't going to put our family on hold because of this. Things always work themselves out. I was praying to conceive so the timing would bring a due date in the summer. That way I would have a break from both work and school when the baby comes. Although June would have been ideal I am completely thrilled to be having a baby in August, and just to be having a baby in general. 

Our plan is to take 12 weeks maternity leave (unpaid ) so I have a slow transition back into chaos. I'll have August home with baby and then start school in September again. Baby will stay with family or DH while I am at school. In November when I go back to work AND school, DH is taking some FMLA time before enrolling in daycare. I'll graduate a year from then. Although the time away when baby is so little will kill me emotionally, I know that I am doing what is best for the future of our family. I have to remind myself of that.