is there any reason is has to be online?  actually going to a real college and experiencing "college" things are good from a life experience point of view.

exactly there is no rush.

i still vote for real school if you can swing it.  unfortunately a "real" college degree still pulls more weight than an online one and I dont think at the end of it you would be saying you didnt think it was worth it.

Hey man I went to Central Piedmont community College in Charlotte North Carolina and attending Eastern Carolina University right now.  They are both awsome schools and are teaching me a lot.  But to tell you the truth I learnt most of the stuff from my at home lab, got about 12 computers and a nice Cisco setup got to love having a pops that knows a guy that goes fishing with the guy that owns Cisco woot.  but anyways the combined knowledge of these schools, browsing my local barns and noble book stores books, online forums such as this, and the great columns and tutorials people put out.  The more you read the more you will learn

i've been beating around the bush about it but since everyone is too dense.

go to a real school to meet GIRLS! (or boys if that's your thing), interact with people, drink, experiment, be irresponsible, etc.

before you know it you'll wake up old, go out and enjoy while you can.

oh and do it at an accredited school.

I was working full time and had a family when I went back. Online worked great for me.

Yeah though I wouldn't change my path through life for anything. If I had it all to do over though, I wuold do my first two a a community college before doing the BS thing.

Well, thank you for all your opinions, but I wasn't really looking for a debate on Real vs. Online - LoL  

For the record, I'm not dead set on online college courses, but I do want to know what kind of things I should look into studying. Actual courses. I'm not in a position to be exposed to a lot info, and I was looking for some one who could give me some insight on what on earth it is I need to look for. As embarrassing as it is please take the term 'newbie' seriously. More like runt of the family when it comes to hand-me-down technology.  I can usually figure things out pretty quickly, and I'm good with computers: We had a small computerII class and I basically taught it while I took it because the teacher would never show up (but we were still required to turn in work) and half the other students hated computers and only took the class cause they were on advanced diploma. -.- Unpaid labor. If I weren't amongst friends I would have felt like a maid.

Oh and not to worry: I've gotten a looooong talk on accredited vs. unaccredited schools, from the people at my old school. So no worries on decisions about that.


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Oh and ChrisG, who said:


Well, considering I'm a girl, meeting boys is definitely much more of my thing.  I like asians, but I'm not picky.  LoL - but I'm not looking for a relationship right now, I'm looking for college info! *puts on determined face*  Hm! Yeah!
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