Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc.
Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2010.03.07 20:29:00 -
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 Originally by: Ard UnjiiGo
Edited by: Ard UnjiiGo on 07/03/2010 19:56:35
Have to agree with others: without really knowing the ins and outs of your situation (which you should not post here) it's going to be pretty hard to get good advice.
So, I'm going to point you towards two RL places you should look into and get advice.
1) Most schools love to talk with students that haven't completed to try to help understand their situation and see what they can do to help that student get their degree. Call the appropriate office at U of K and arrange a sit down time with someonme familiar with helping folks in your situation. Even if they are unable to meet your needs, due to your RL, they can be a great resource for ideas and options.
2) Call one of your former profs at U of K. Preferrably a good, knowledgeable one. See if he'll sit down with you and talk about the two options you are considering. Get your hands on the curriculum from both (as detailed as possible - may take some calls). Bring that with you and see what he/she has to say about the quality.
TL/DR - You have resources and more options than you sound like you've admitted to yourself. Reexamine ALL options for completing your degree (hint: online ain't the only one). Do the leg work and talk to smarter people than spaceship video game players about your educational choices. Then talk with your wife.
Edit: btw - You don't sound like you have "problems". At least these aren't "problems" in my world. You made choices. Embrace the choice you made to get married and have a child and stop thinking of them as "problems" or you will, eventually, learn what a problem really is. 
This and a little to expand upon it.
Talk to your adviser/program director ASAP, or ex adviser if that is the case. They should easily allow you take take 1 or 2 classes a semester. They should be able to work with you in some way. It is a hard path, but many in your situation have done it before.
I doubt the program curriculum is so dynamic that it is impossible for a degree to be acceptable if received over an extended period of time. It may take a few extra years but better that then shoving money to one of those organizations without being sure it will really help get you where you want to be. Only; once you are 100% sure it will really help you get where you are trying to go, would I suggest committing to either of the three.
The following would be an extremely rare opportunity and not something many programs would allow, but it is not unheard of. For the following to occur you would need to be one of those rare students that shined in most of your professors eyes.
Depending on your schedule they may be able to get you into a position similar to a graduate assistant, where you give them 20 hours of your week and they cover your tuition, books, and, maybe provide a stipend. The final issue with this option is that it requires that you be a full time student. In other words you would need to take a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester plus the 20 hours labor at the expense of the professors  which does not sound like it would jive with your situation.
Slade
Originally by: Niccolado Starwalker
Please go sit in the corner, and dont forget to don the shame-on-you-hat!
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