>Be me
>High school dropout
>Work in oilfields of my local town for about 5-6 years
>Get laid off
>No companies hiring
>Car gets repossessed and forced to move back in with parents in my mid 20's because no job no money
>Decide to join army
>Go see recruiter
>Recruiter tells me I have no HS diploma so they can't take me
>Recruiter tells me to go get GED and check back
>Study for a month and miraculously pass GED. Happy af!
>Go see recruiter
>Tells me requirement have changed
>I now need some community college classes to qualify for enlistment
>Sign up for fin aid and see counselor for classes
>Spend the next 5 years in community college working my way up from lowest remedial math and English classes through all the calculus series, full lower div calc based physics series, large portion of the chemistry series, ordinary differential equations, linear algebra, and completely clean out all lower division gen ed
>pay my way through CC by working part time and tutoring
>Graduate from CC debt free and proceed onto local state uh university
>Banked all my fin aid from CC and using it to graduate from university with just 3k in debt
>Physics major with 3.5 GPA have made it through majority of my upper division with only a few easier ones left before graduation
>In my early 30's
Am I going to make it biz?
Be me
Matthew Cook
Dominic Cook
How much LINK you holding?
Camden Cox
definitely not as a physics major, especially at your age. Should've just joined the army
Leo White
$LINK required if one is to "make it".
Ryan Clark
None. I am relying on investing in myself through schooling.
Anthony Sullivan
>5 years in community college
fucking why
Jose Sanchez
No, but f to all the effort you've expended.
Brayden Evans
ngmi
Matthew Baker
I am thinking about another 3 years in grad school. It is usually free for physics majors because we get fellowships and part time TA jobs.
Nathan Sullivan
You are going to fucking die