Just Finished School

[metallimonster]

So as of Tuesday I am an officially a College Graduate.

Finished up duel Bachelor's in Accounting and Corporate Finance (Magna Cum Laude).

I went straight through in 3 years with no breaks while working full-time (12-16 credit hours a semister).  Bad part is, I got my raise when I started my job last year and won't be getting a new position until sometime next year. Still I'm making about 30K more than I did three years ago.

I'm pretty excited to be done and am going to try and get in shape and take up disc golf as a new hobby and of course ride a lot more.

Taking a year off and then going to start studying for the CPA exam.

[LMT]

Congrats!   

[cyrus buelton]

Congrats Jay 



Good luck with the CPA. I hear it is horrendous.

If you want to really get yourself in a mess, sit for the CFA (Certified Financial Analyst). It is a series of tests and say you pass the first one, but don't pass the second one (I think there are 3-4), you have to go back and take test 1 again. That is how it used to be back in 2002 when my financial management professor at Butler was talking about it (of course, he has it). He used to teach basic finance to the Colts Rookies but took a job as the dean of the business school at the College of Evansville.


I'll let you know if we start hiring here in the accounting/finance areas.

[ctrain]

Congrats!

It took me twice as long and I only ended up with half of what you did... one major.... and stoked that I passed my last class to even graduate. 

[metallimonster]

Thanks guys,

One thing that saved me time and money is CLEP tests.  I would suggest anyone going back to school or that has kids close to going to college to try these.  Basically, you get a study book and take a test that you only have to get about 50% on and you get college credit.  I got out of 2 whole semisters by CLEPing out of speach, humanities, science and math.  Tests only cost $90.  Very cost effective.  There are a lot of diffent tests to take.

[IZ]

Please refer to this..

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=35957.0

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Of course, I'm giving you sh*t! 

Congrats!  

Hmmm..I wish I could've done this CLEP-thing you speak of to have saved myself a couple years of time and money!

[He Man]

Thanks guys,

One thing that saved me time and money is CLEP tests.  I would suggest anyone going back to school or that has kids close to going to college to try these.  Basically, you get a study book and take a test that you only have to get about 50% on and you get college credit.  I got out of 2 whole semisters by CLEPing out of speach, humanities, science and math.  Tests only cost $90.  Very cost effective.  There are a lot of diffent tests to take.

i didnt find out about that stuff until it was too late. i sat through my whole engineering core (classes i was forced to take in High school and repeat in college).

congrats. 

PS i dont like you because im stuck in school doing hwk. </joke>

[Pip]

Thanks guys,

One thing that saved me time and money is CLEP tests.  I would suggest anyone going back to school or that has kids close to going to college to try these.  Basically, you get a study book and take a test that you only have to get about 50% on and you get college credit.  I got out of 2 whole semisters by CLEPing out of speach, humanities, science and math.  Tests only cost $90.  Very cost effective.  There are a lot of diffent tests to take.

+11TYB.

Military gets CLEP and DANTES for free. I managed to swing 35 credit hours of college courses for no money, and no studying.  Just prove that you already know the material.

Congrats on the Graduation, bud. That is a momentous occasion. I hope you enjoy your year off, and make the best of it! 

[cyrus buelton]

that CLEP thing seems cool as hell.

It cuts out all the bullshit classes you waste 3 hours a week in.


I can't tell you how many worthless, BS classes I took at Butler to fulfill liberal arts obligations.

The worst was this one day a week class on Wed nights.......it was some history of music class to get my fine art credit out of the way.

It was make the beast with two backsign four hours long!!!!! You had to memorize songs and then during test time, the prof would play it and then you'd have to either name the musician or the instrument playing.


Everyone was doing great in the class because he never changed his tests, so everyone had a copy from a friend that took the class before, so you'd know what to memorize.

This guy caught on, switched the test, and everyone pretty much failed.

It was pretty funny as I remember him saying "The results from this test were interesting. All previous tests the average was above 90%. For some reason the average on this test was 63%"



Jay - where is your degree from?

the wife is finishing up her degree and Ohio Dominican. Thanks to Huntington for footing the bill  . She goes monday nights for like 5 hours. It has got to suck.

[Duck-Stew]

Congrats man.  Nicely done! 

[somegirl]

Congrats, great job!

[NoisyDante]

Military gets CLEP and DANTES for free.

I assume they come in the night and snatch us up while were least expecting it?

Congrats duds

[Pip]

I assume they come in the night and snatch us up while were least expecting it?

I think you might be too noisy for them, bro. 

[hbliam]

Congrats!

[swampduc]

Congrats mm!