Journal’s: Going Back to School as a Mature Student Part 3

Now, no one said applying to school was going to be straight forward or easy. My case was no different. Essentially I have pre-requisites to fulfill; sociology, biology physics and my worst nightmare math. Even as I write this almost a year after the fact, oh how things are never straight forward. Reflecting on this time is so odd to me, I feel like I am looking back at a different person and life. it is obvious 2025 has given me a lot and I’ve changed so vividly. But lets get into the world of online schooling. After confirming what courses could fulfill what I needed for this program I dived into Calculus the subject I knew that was going to be the hardest. For context the course is fully online, I haven’t touched this kind of math for over 10 years at this point AND I was moving in with my girlfriend. The month of March was HELL to say the least, it was difficult from the school POV and difficult on my relationship. The long and short of it was 2 failed calculus mid-terms after I put everything I had into studying. That is where the shift happened.

Please excuse the time jumping but I figured to move the background of all this forward it will be easiest. I was confirmed for an interview for my program and eventually I received admission into the program. Since my plan to finish my needed courses before July went up in smoke with calculus I unfortunately had to decline the offer of admission, since my per-requisites wouldn’t be finished on time. This kind of broke me but I really didn’t have another option.

Skipping ahead some more Sociology was finished pretty quickly and now I find myself at the end of my biology course. I wish I had done better with my exam but there were circumstances surrounding the taking of those exams that I couldn’t have predicted or planned for. Life indeed happens.

Biology was taking up more time then I had anticipated- that is when I made the decision to pivot my physics and math course to in person classes. Those won’t be starting until May. Being my toughest subjects and my struggle with strictly online school, it made the most sense to me. Here’s hoping it goes better, at least it will be done on time, avoiding what had happened last year. Now here I go applying for the program once more with hope, that it will stick. But ready for the possibilities of what lies ahead.