I didn't get the chance to go to college coming out of HS, got thrown into the working world, and have made excuses to myself for ~10 years why I haven't continued my education. I've gotten to the point where I'm sick of making these excuses, and I need to something to get some education under my belt and open up some better career opportunities.
my question is, where the hell do i start? i've checked out some program descriptions on the columbus state website. the course descriptions they list, is this what someone coming straight out of HS would do, or are there other base classes i need to take to get to that point...or classes that would be smart to take being that i've not been in any sort of classroom learning environment for 10 years? i see these course descriptions listed as X credit hours. how long do i need to plan on to complete these? what are my best options figuring i still need to continue my full time job to be able to pay my bills (mortgage, living expenses, etc etc). what about student loans? i think i've heard you generally dont pay these back right away?
i feel like an idiot that i have no clue about this stuff, but its not something i even looked into back in HS.