I AM 23 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE A BIG ISSUE, SO I LIVE ON MY OWN I HAVE A SINGLE AND I PAY 550 PMONTH,I HAVE ALWAYS DREAMED ABOUT BECOMING A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, BUT IN ORDER FOR ME TO BECOME THAT I NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL FULL TIME. MY PROBLEM IS THAT I CANT STOP WORKING CAUSE I HAVE RENT AND MY CELL PHONE AND MY CAR NEEDS GAS,MAINTANANCE, AND I NEED TO EAT. SO I DONT HAVE ANYONE THAT CAN PROVIDE ME WITH ASSISTANCE. I CAN GET A PART TIME JOB IN THE AFTERNOON BUT IM SCARED THAT IT WILL NOT BE ENOUGH MONEY TO SUPPORT ME. I TRIED TO TALK TO MY DAD AND GOT NO SUPPORT FROM HIM. I AM STRESSED OUT CAUSE I FEEL LIKE IM LOOSING TIME JUST WAITING AROUND. IM SO SCARED TO LEAVE MY FULL TIME JOB MON-FRIDAY 8 TO 4PM CAUSE THATS WHAT IS KEEPING ME GOING. IS THERE ANYTHING ANYONE CAN RECOMEND ME TO DO OR DO I JUST NOT HAVE ANY OPTIONS????? PLEASE I NEED SOME ADVICE. THANKS.

you need to calm down. always stress yourself out can cause you depression. learn to be more independent and continue with your full time job. if you must, get another part time to pay off all the bills. once that's over, you're going to be fine.

well its sounds like you have had a hard life and i hope my advice helps. my dad has the same story, he went back to school last year but he also had to work. although he asked his parents for help. i think since you cant ask your dad for help you could either ask a friend for money or take a break from school to raise enough money live off of for a while then go back to school.
you could also get a student loan.

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i need to go to med school full time and i wouldnt be able to work.

If you've applied and gotten in to med school, talk to the financial aid there.

Hey thanks for the advice its great. i already took all my general eds, im done with all my math,english and all science requiredments, i have my AA already. but now my dream was to become a P.A. and have my own clinic, ive done alot of research and asked alot of questions, but the only choice i have is, that if i want to become a p.a i need to go to med school full time and i wouldnt be able to work. it sucks when you cant really chase ur dream, they dont have part time school for the program. so i guess im being realistic and going o have to choose another career, maybe social worker. Well thans for all ur advice i really appreciated it.

That is tough. Have you thought of going to school part time for at least some of it. I know you can't just work part time and support yourself, but maybe you could start with just a few classes. Community colleges usually have transfer programs with state colleges, and they have night classes. You could get your associates, then maybe get a better job that would work more with your schedule. It must be hard, but many people do work full time and go to school full time. Plus the more classes you got out of the way part time the less you have to do on a full time basis. Find out more about the school you want to go to, and talk to a councilor. Maybe they do have a part time program, or would make an exception so you could get your classes a few at a time. You don't know till you ask. Most schools will try to work with you, if you could talk to a guidance councilor, and explain what you wanted to do.

There is no way you could save enough to support yourself for years on end, but you could save up enough to maybe make it with a part time job for a couple of semesters possibly. If you could get as much of the back ground courses out of the way first you wouldn't have to go full time for most of it. Get those nasty english classes, and math classes out of the way, then you can take the real curriculum stuff by itself too and it wouldn't be so much either. If you get your associates in college transfer, you would only have two more years till your bachelors. That would cut a lot off your time.

Also see if you can streamline your bills... maybe get your car paid off, or whatever, then it might be a little easier to cut your hours. What about taking in a room mate? You could share expenses and that would cut your rent in half.

Look into scholarships too. I wouldn't recomend loans unless there is no other way. I know someone now who is paying back their loan. It is not easy, it is 400 or so a month. You might be supprised what a college would do for you. I know one girl who is going to get to live on campus, with a full scholarship, just because of her SAT score. Everything is paid except her food. Her score wasn't even that great I didn't think. So just keep asking around and looking, till you find a way that will work for you. Don't be ashamed to ask for help. That is the reason most people don't get what they want. They won't ask.

Overall if you really, really want to do this, you can make it happen. It will be very hard and you are going to get tired. Take vitamines, and remember to eat right and exercise, and your strength and endurance will improve. It is possible, if you don't give up. My husband took over four years to get his associates part time, but he got it, and graduated at the top of his class.

Take a year off of school, save up some money, and get some real life experience in your vocation.

Also: Loans.