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I start school in 8 days! - excited

Posted: Aug 12, 2013

I am so freaking excited! I hated college the first time around and didn't finish. I didn't know why I was there, nor what I wanted to do. This time, I'm super psyched to go back. I'm so glad I'm finishing my degree, learning again, accomplishing something, but especially taking steps to leave MT. Anyone else starting school this month?

New school year for me this month - sm

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I start school in 2 weeks. Finishing my degree and have 3 semesters left. Technically I'm a senior in college. :)

Freshman here... - excited

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But I am halfway finished with Freshman Year. :)

yep!! I am!! - woo hoo cant wait!

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what's your major?

Excited - Nick

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Not starting, but already in. Congratulations to you! What is your field?

Health information technology nm - excited

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nm

Start grad school in 13 days - Oodles of Noodles

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So, so, so glad to be getting out of the transcription game. :)

1st stop grad school, 2nd stop Medical school ---> MD here I come.

Finally on the road to a lifelong dream

Sayonara M*Modal

Oodles of Noodles - Nick

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Just want to give you a big thumbs up and a hearty congratulations! Go for it, doc!

Very similar story. Mother was very pushy that I would - Me too

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go to college even though I wasn't wanting to. Like you I had no direction and did not apply myself. I barely passed and dropped out after the first year. I start back Monday and I'm excited but nervous too. I'm taking a heavy load to get where I need to be when I need to declare my major in March.

Tuition is paid, books are bought. Three of my classes are online and I want my assignments now so I can get a jump start.

I'm still not 100% sure what I want to do, but do want that piece of parchment paper.

My advice - sm

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Don't doubt yourself. Have confidence that you can do this. I started last fall. Failed my first test. Was devastated, but I did really good (Dean's list). Sure did change my attitude about this job too. There is so much more potential and opportunity out there. Good luck!

Good luck! nm - excited

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nm

I start on the 26th-cancer registry - Still cranky still on the beach

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Going to school online, taking 2 classes this semester, and if at the end I don't have the urge to stick a pitchfork in my brain, I'll go on.

I went back to school from 1999 to 2001 and finished my BA, but stayed in MT and billing. Now, I have no desire to go back to either one of those. But I worked in oncology for over 25 years, so cancer registry might be a good fit for me. And they waived the medical terminology class requirement because I have a current CMT.

If you have a BA - sm

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If you have a BA, you do not have to do an associate's degree program! You can simply do a postbaccalaureate certificate in health administration to go straight for the RHIA, which is the end degree for all those community college programs. You can do anything you want with it, including cancer registry, and do it for more money.

The program at the University of Toledo only takes a year or so, making it a much more sensible and economical option than 2 years of community college to qualify for a lower salary.

I have a BS in another field and have been looking closely at UoT myself. - Kitty

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It makes a LOT of sense. There is so much you can do with that RHIA.

Not going for associate's, just certificate. - Still cranky still on the beach

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And in addition to waiving the medical terminology requirement, they have also waived me out of "computers 101" because not only have I already taken it, I could TEACH it. They have also waived Intro to Management because I had multiple management courses at the upper division university level for my BA.

I'm going online to Santa Barbara City College because as a California resident, for me it is the cheapest option by far among the cancer registry accredited schools, since I am eligible for the in-state tuition rates.

And I'm really not interested in any other health admin careers at this point. I've had my fill of all the traumas and dramas that happen in pretty much any workplace these days, and the prospect of a higher salary simply isn't enough to tempt me. I just want to make enough money to get by, and if I can do that hiding in a cave compiling cancer statistics from charts, I'll be perfectly content. :)

P.S. But thanks for the suggestion anyway. :) - Still cranky still on the beach NM

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