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markodochartaigh

(5,230 posts)
53. I have three
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:26 PM
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associate degrees. AA, AAS, and AAS in nursing. The community college where I lived was top tier, but the four year college was poorly ranked. In nursing the community college had a 100% pass rate on boards but the four year college was on probation with a 80% pass rate.
I also had to pay my own way and help my parents out a bit since my dad had been disabled by an industrial accident while I was in high school. The community college was my only hope.
After I started nursing the differential for a bachelor's degree was ten cents an hour and not having a bachelor's kept me safe from being considered for management. With Asperger's I could never have hacked one day in management.
We should be proud of our degrees! If no one studied for associates degrees the programs would go away and millions of students who need those programs would have no chance.

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