Nontraditional students: are you getting your money's worth?

Nontraditional students, you are paying for tuition, books, lab fees, tuition, and on and on.

But are you really getting your money's worth?

Some ways of really getting your money's worth are:

1. Taking as many classes as you can handle if you are paying a set fee for part-time or full-time enrollment.
2. Attending school as much as possible.
3. Taking advantage of extra services on campus like health services, counseling, free or reduced-fee exercise classes and facilities. Some schools also have cut-rate dental services for students.
4. Making appointments with school guidance advisors to help your with your next semester's class schedule.
5. Attending extra events like free lectures, music and theater performances, and more.
6. Enrolling in health insurance policies for students, which can be offered at a great group rate.
7. Joining clubs or fraternal groups - - these groups are opening up for nontraditional students and can be a great place to relax and make friends too, which actually CAN help your grades!
8. Using the free tutoring services and learning labs often available at vocational school, GED locations, and colleges.
9. Using the free computer labs and library facilities at school.

Can you think of a #10 thing a nontraditional student can get their money's worth with at school? I would love to add it here.

Nontraditionally yours,
-Betsyanne

Some Nontrad links: The Nontrad site and blog Join Nontrads on Facebook Nontrads on Yahoo Nontrads on Twitter

Recent postings from other nontraditional student blogs

Do these postings strike a chord with other nontrads? I think yes.

They are really helping other nontraditional students. Go, nontrad bloggers!

These bloggers (below) are nontraditional students who are sharing their nontrad journeys. Some of these postings are funny, some make me think of when I was a nontraditional student years ago.

You'll be 65 Either Way - about why a husband is going back to school (from Deb's Continuing Education Blog)

One of Those Weeks - from Going the Distance... Three Credits at a Time - life CAN be tough, especially when you are taking challenging courses...

The blogger at Rantings of a Middle-Aged College Student, Brandywine, is getting ready for mid-terms. What, already?? Time is surely flying.

Zickbee at her blog Older Nontrad Student, is trying to find a topic and sources for a research paper. I can relate to this posting a lot.

I have been told that just knowing other people are out there shlogging away and going for their dreams is so inspirational to others. So these bloggers are really helping other nontraditional students by their writing.

Also, some people don't have nontrad groups at their schools, and have so much going on it's hard to meet others. But they can relate to others in their situation by reading some nontrad blogs.

On another subject, are you thinking of going back to school? It's a choice many people are making!

Nontraditionally Yours,

-Betsyanne

A former nontraditional student at WKU

Some Nontrad links: The Nontrad site and blog Join Nontrads on Facebook Nontrads on Yahoo Nontrads on Twitter