[–] tendiesonfloor ago
Chipping Playstations, duping Playstation games, programming DirectTV cards, and selling weed.
[–] ArchibaldLacey 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
You can get a college degree for roughly 5k if you apply to one of the big 3, and get the majority of your college credits through CLEP/DSST (formerly known as Dantes). You purchase the test for like 85?, sign up at a local school that allows you to take them, and end up taking an hour test. If you pass, you get the credit. The tests are not that difficult. With the big 3, they will take like 95+% credit from CLEP/DSST.
On top of that, I think you can take FEMA tests for free, and some schools will creatively include those credits into your major.
The big 3 are like: Thomas Edison State University, Excelsior College, and Charter Oaks State College. I know Excelsior tends to be more expensive than the other 2 at like $10k. Regardless, it's the easiest way to get a degree. You can get it in less than a year, and apparently there is some people that have gotten it in a month. If you don't like the bias at schools today, and a degree is just a degree to you, then i'd recommend this method of getting your degree for ease and expense.
Edit: And Dantes/DSST was formerly a test offered to those in the military. I think if you're in the military, you get X amount per year for school studies that you could use on this testing; then after your 4 years of service, you can give the military education to someone else in your family.
[–] ConceptualMan [S] ago
Thank you for the info. I did receive the FEMA certs that I could as I'm extremely interested in emergency management. I did not know about the test out options!
[–] individualin1984 ago
Mine was back in the late 80's early 90s. So it was worked 30+ hours from age 16 through college. Took a year off after high school worked full time then joined the reserves. Reserve GI bill + 30 hours per week while in school. Full time during summer. Filled in remaining with small loans. Was activated for first gulf war saved hazardous duty pay. Then I got into an engineering job last year and worked full time and finished up last year part time over 2 years. Paid off the remainder of loans soon after college.