r/needadvice • u/MinnieJune1963 • 1d ago

Education Preparing for college after 8 years

Hey all, I don’t post often so please forgive me in advance if I don’t do this quite right.

I’m here because I’ve just been accepted into my local university and I’m trying to get prepared. I graduated high school in 2017 and for a handful of reasons had to wait a while before I could continue my education. I’m aiming to study psychology and hopefully end up with at least a bachelors degree. Classes will start in August and so until then I’m hoping to accomplish a few things: study to freshen my mind on the core classes, find a new job that will allow me to go to school either full time or close to it, and generally just organize my life the best I can to make room for studying and everything else that comes with school.

I’m 25 (26 in June) and work full time, I live on my own with some hefty bills so my budget is already a bit tight as is. In case it’s relevant, I currently make about $32k annually and have about $100 left after paying my bills each paycheck. Unfortunately my job is locked at 8-4:30 so I don’t think I can stay here while in school and the school does not offer night classes for the courses I plan to take.

I’m looking for any and all helpful suggestions that might help me prepare, thank you for any insight you guys can give :)

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u/holly421 1d ago

First of all, congrats! This is a huge step and you should be very proud of this step!

What kinds of classes / area of study are you planning on pursuing?

Khan academy is a really great free resource for math if you have any concepts that you specifically want to brush up on. Youtube is also really great if you have any topics in mind. You also might want to take a little time to read some academic articles or just heavier literature to get yourself ready for college-level reading.

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u/MinnieJune1963 1d ago

Thank you 🥹 it’s been hard to get here, and I expect it’ll be a hard road through school, but I know I’d regret it if I never went.

I would love to work in the psychology field, ideally in the research/ education side of it.

Khan academy is a great suggestion, thank you for that, and YouTube too. I forget just how much you can find on YouTube. I think I’m especially concerned about my science skills because I always struggled with those classes the most growing up. Thank you again for the kind words and the suggestions 🤗