nikeVandal92
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Hey members of SDN, new here, so I will get straight to the point.
I am a 29 year old male soldier in the Army (25N - Network Specialist). I will be starting terminal leave in a couple weeks and will be ready to get back to the civilian world. I have already accepted a job offer as a full-time software engineer in Virginia (home state). I enrolled in online college [University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC formerly UMUC)] shortly after joining the Army and currently have 27 college credits, current major is Computer Science. I have finished three writing classes, including a high level writing course, I have completed my math courses (B in Calc 1, A in Calc 2), and a few other general education classes, current GPA is 3.3. I plan on transferring to George Mason University because that is the area of where my job is located. Just wondering the struggle, if any, I will have to endure or should worry about while getting started at the age of 29, working full time, no wife/girlfriend, no kids. I am completely independent and doing my own thing. No clinical experience and no pre-reqs done, except calculus which I know a fair amount of medical schools don't require but does satisfy the math requirement for med schools that do have a math requirement. How should I balance my course load with consideration to my full time job and need for clinical experience? I know Computer Science has a low average GPA overall and was contemplating on making the switch to a Biology major. Of course I will have the Post 9/11 GI Bill on top of my full time job, so no financial undergrad stress. By the way, I am not going into this blind, I have done my homework on everything... pre-reqs, GPA, MCAT, ECs/clinical exp, MD vs DO, etc.. I would really appreciate thoughts/advice/similar stories, please share and thank you.
I am a 29 year old male soldier in the Army (25N - Network Specialist). I will be starting terminal leave in a couple weeks and will be ready to get back to the civilian world. I have already accepted a job offer as a full-time software engineer in Virginia (home state). I enrolled in online college [University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC formerly UMUC)] shortly after joining the Army and currently have 27 college credits, current major is Computer Science. I have finished three writing classes, including a high level writing course, I have completed my math courses (B in Calc 1, A in Calc 2), and a few other general education classes, current GPA is 3.3. I plan on transferring to George Mason University because that is the area of where my job is located. Just wondering the struggle, if any, I will have to endure or should worry about while getting started at the age of 29, working full time, no wife/girlfriend, no kids. I am completely independent and doing my own thing. No clinical experience and no pre-reqs done, except calculus which I know a fair amount of medical schools don't require but does satisfy the math requirement for med schools that do have a math requirement. How should I balance my course load with consideration to my full time job and need for clinical experience? I know Computer Science has a low average GPA overall and was contemplating on making the switch to a Biology major. Of course I will have the Post 9/11 GI Bill on top of my full time job, so no financial undergrad stress. By the way, I am not going into this blind, I have done my homework on everything... pre-reqs, GPA, MCAT, ECs/clinical exp, MD vs DO, etc.. I would really appreciate thoughts/advice/similar stories, please share and thank you.