August 2016 Moms

GTKY What is your degree or highest level of education?

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Re: GTKY What is your degree or highest level of education?

  • Dang - all these smarty pants! 

    BA in journalism, minor in sociology and extra emphasis on non-profit fundraising ... School is hard yall and I'm soooo happy to be done with all that!! 

    DH has a JD so I joke that I emotionally have one too - that ish was stressful 
  • BA in Communications Studies/Public Relations
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  • Bachelors degree..going back for my masters after baby is born 
  • JD and BA in English (Minor in Poli Sci). 

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  • master of science in biotechnology
  • BA in English and Secondary Education, working on my MA in Gifted and Talented Education
  • Alright...I feel really dumb now lol. I graduated high school with a top scholar award but didn't receive any scholarships or anything. My mom was a single mom since I was 6 and she worked really hard to provide for my sister and me. We didn't have extra money to go to college so right out of school I went to work full time. I had my first dd at 23 and have never really found the extra time to go back to school. I don't regret anything but if I had to go back and do it over again I would have found a way to help mom and get a higher education.
  • misspuppychowmisspuppychow member
    edited January 2016
    BS Nutrition
    BS Nursing
    MS Nursing
    Working on my PhD in Nursing Education
    Married 09/2014
    BFP #1 11/19/15 | DS 07/16/2016
    BFP #2 09/03/17 | EDD 05/17/2018
  • Car0liiineCar0liiine member
    edited January 2016
    @jamiesc58  Don't feel too bad. I worked really hard to finish my BA in Psychology (Anthropology minor), but the best, highest paying job I've been asked to find is a receptionist. Same job I had while I was in school. The market sucks and unfortunately you can't really work in the field of psychology without a masters. It's been very discouraging for me. We will not be pressing our kids to go to college. Over $40,000 in debt and I make about $27,000 a yr and work with people who can't spell or even use words correctly or understand simple concepts . . . depressing. I'm trying to find a way to be a SAHM because it's just not worth being away from my child to stay at an unfulfilling job.
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  • Dang we have some super smart and successful women on this board!!
  • PhD in management (graduating in May, so I don't technically have it yet!)

    Married May 2014
    DD born August 2016
    Baby #2 due December 2017
  • BS in English Education
  • Bachelors in Nursing...I am currently finishing up my last semester of my masters program. In May, I will graduate from a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program and be eligible to take my board exam!
  • @cait5413 curious what you do or plan to do once you have your PhD in Mgt. I have an MBA and have thought about going the Doctorate route so I could eventually be a professor. Just can't work up the courage to go back to school. Again. Congrats on approaching graduation... That's awesome!
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  • @jamiesc58 Don't feel that way at all!  We all make choices based on our circumstances at the time.  While I don't regret my education, I also wouldn't choose the same path if I got to do it over again.  In many ways, I feel trapped in my current field because I spent so much time and money getting where I am. 

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  • Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Psychology
  • BA in criminal justice/political science 
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  • Bachelor of Music in Education. 
  • jmknoxjmknox member
    edited January 2016
    Dr of dental surgery (DDS) with an advanced education in general dentistry.  Working on my fellowship In academy of general dentistry.  Just a Bunch o dental jargon :). *edit*--- while I am proud of my career it is indeed stressful and most days I would give anything to be a stay at home mom for a while.   Currently trying to cut back my work hours right now ....
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  • Master of science in physician assistant studies.

    TTC 9/2013

    BFP#1: 9/28/2013, EDD 5/28/13, MC confirmed 10/15/13, D&C 10/17/13

    BFP#2: 1/10/2014, EDD 9/19/2014

     

  • jamiesc58 said:
    Alright...I feel really dumb now lol. I graduated high school with a top scholar award but didn't receive any scholarships or anything. My mom was a single mom since I was 6 and she worked really hard to provide for my sister and me. We didn't have extra money to go to college so right out of school I went to work full time. I had my first dd at 23 and have never really found the extra time to go back to school. I don't regret anything but if I had to go back and do it over again I would have found a way to help mom and get a higher education.
    girl don't even stress, higher ed is great if it applies to your career path but it's not a necessity.  i loved academic bioscience but ended up working as a healthcare executive- for some reason all my colleagues consistently assume my master's was an mba.  my knowledge of biotech is really 100% irrelevant.    

    tbh if i had to choose between grad school and my tummy tuck i think the plastic surgery was a better use of money.
  • I have two masters degrees. - MA Christian ministry, MM nonprofit administration
    Married - 4/7/07
    Son #1- 2/15/08
    Son #2- 8/18/10
    Baby 3 due 8/8/16
  • rikopy said:
    @cait5413 curious what you do or plan to do once you have your PhD in Mgt. I have an MBA and have thought about going the Doctorate route so I could eventually be a professor. Just can't work up the courage to go back to school. Again. Congrats on approaching graduation... That's awesome!
    I'm going to be a professor. I've got a position at a small, liberal arts school, which I am really looking forward to EXCEPT that my start date is a little more than 2 weeks after my due date. >< Hoping LO comes a little early. I specialized in Organizational Behavior, but have classmates who specialized in strategy (pay is a little better, but not as interesting to me). Entrepreneurship is also a very hot field now with a lot of positions. You can also do consulting work, which pays very well in general. It is a lot of work, absolutely, but the lifestyle is pretty great and the pay is nice (depending upon what your pay is like now. I was making about $40k before I went back, so this will be a big step up--more than double). The other nice thing about PhD programs is they usually cover your tuition and provide a bit of a stipend. My friends who are MDs are appalled at how much debt they have compared to my $0 in debt for grad school. But it is 4-5 years of really hard work to get there. Let me know if you have more questions! 

    Married May 2014
    DD born August 2016
    Baby #2 due December 2017
  • BA Criminal Justice and Psychology
    MS Human Services

    Worked in human services for 7 years and decided to change careers:
    AS Nursing
    Just started my BS Nursing (I need it by 2020, hospital is magnet status)
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    Me: 38, DH: 37
    Married: 8/10/13
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  • Ed.S. in school psychology (Master's + 30)

  • I went to college for 4 years and four credits from graduating before deciding to move to Las Vegas for a year and then moving back to the Midwest. I then met my H and became a licensed esthetician and followed him through residency and his fellowship. I always wanted to be a make up artist and worked for Dior.

    I'm now a SAHM.  

    I might finish my degree after we are finished with having babies. 

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  • BA and MS, will also have my JD this May.
    Me: 27 DH: 29
    Baby #1 - DD 8/29/16
    Baby #2 - EDD 4/6/18

  • B.S.Ed Integrated Mathematics. Currently working on my ESOL certification, but considering going back for a master's in computer sciences. 
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  • JD- we have a lot of smart/successfull mamas-to-be in this club!
  • jmw386 said:
    @jamiesc58 Don't feel that way at all!  We all make choices based on our circumstances at the time.  While I don't regret my education, I also wouldn't choose the same path if I got to do it over again.  In many ways, I feel trapped in my current field because I spent so much time and money getting where I am. 
    @jamiesc58 I second this ^.  We all may have different jobs but we will all be fantastic moms!
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