At 23, I am feeling awefully old -- I have decimated credit, no training, and nothing that even resembles a college degree. Heck, my high school even sucked.
I score high on paper. In high school, I came out in the top 10 with a 3.8 GPA; throughout college, I worked hard to maintain a 3.8-4.0, but I have had a problem with STAYING in college. The first time I went, I was studying pre-vet, it was straight out of high school and I ended up dropping out in the middle of the second semester due to all failing classes (down to a 2.0 from a previous 4.0 semester)-- I was suffering from a severe bout of depression (the only and last bout I ever intend to have). My second shot at college came too soon, and that too gave me a portfolio of failed classes. I waited a year and a half, and moved to Arizona to "escape" the bad courses to attend a college that wouldn't require transcripts. I did a year there studying computer programming, with a 21-hour course load each time, and came out with a 3.8 before deciding that I didn't like the path.
The good: I have a solid, natural talent for biology, and to an extent, chemistry. I don't even have to work and I'm just good. I also feel I have the ambition required to succeed.
The bad: I have no chance of getting loans; decimated credit; BURIED in debt, no support, and a very shoddy adult life track record.
I really don't want to wait until I'm 30 before I consider something like this.
Is there really a good way to approach getting back into college, especially for as something has intensive as pre-med (something I originally avoided because of the poor school choices I was limited to when I was out of college -- my parents refused to let me go anywhere but local)?
I score high on paper. In high school, I came out in the top 10 with a 3.8 GPA; throughout college, I worked hard to maintain a 3.8-4.0, but I have had a problem with STAYING in college. The first time I went, I was studying pre-vet, it was straight out of high school and I ended up dropping out in the middle of the second semester due to all failing classes (down to a 2.0 from a previous 4.0 semester)-- I was suffering from a severe bout of depression (the only and last bout I ever intend to have). My second shot at college came too soon, and that too gave me a portfolio of failed classes. I waited a year and a half, and moved to Arizona to "escape" the bad courses to attend a college that wouldn't require transcripts. I did a year there studying computer programming, with a 21-hour course load each time, and came out with a 3.8 before deciding that I didn't like the path.
The good: I have a solid, natural talent for biology, and to an extent, chemistry. I don't even have to work and I'm just good. I also feel I have the ambition required to succeed.
The bad: I have no chance of getting loans; decimated credit; BURIED in debt, no support, and a very shoddy adult life track record.
I really don't want to wait until I'm 30 before I consider something like this.
Is there really a good way to approach getting back into college, especially for as something has intensive as pre-med (something I originally avoided because of the poor school choices I was limited to when I was out of college -- my parents refused to let me go anywhere but local)?