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Originally Posted by Shari_W
Thanks LIT LOVE.... I cannot open the link you supplied but I did want to respond. I have a college in mind and love their program. It's everything I want on a personal level. I can take one course online at a time but there is a problem... the financing. I do qualify for financial aid but it doesn't cover everything so I need to find the extra money needed from somewhere. I'm not taking out any student loans because I agree that it wouldn't be smart since I'm on SSDI and have no idea if I can ever work again to repay them.
I so agree about not moving on with my life because of SSDI makes no sense. That's why I'm trying to find something to do and am lead in this direction.
In the past,I've been known to make decisions without really thinking about them and then regret them later. That's one reason why I'm a little more cautious in pursuing this.
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Shari,
I think the idea offered about requesting to audit a class is an excellent one.
Obviously, no one here can guarantee you that just one class won't be an issue on your review. I would think that doing one online class wouldn't matter to SSDI, but who knows....I think managing a full time course load, even if it is done online would be an entirely different situation. If someone can do 6 to 8 hours of coursework/homework 5+ days a week, I think it would be hard to prove you couldn't do SGA. I would think SSA would look at it differently if it was just one course because the workload would be so much less.
I'm in a similar situation. One night watching late night tv I saw a commercial for people who wanted to take graduate school classes online. I checked the website....name of which I forget right now, but it was tied to 'education connection' which has A LOT of ads for online classes and finding the right college. I took a pretest (like a mini SAT) and it told me I passed, that I'd be getting a call to arrange to take my first class for free, starting the next evening. I got the call....heard my phone answering machine pick up...heard them say, please call us back quick, the class starts tonight, but, could not get out of bed to get to the phone
I wonder if that's my "sign" that it was a dumb idea to begin with....
I don't know when the next class starts. I'm afraid to get excited about it and have it be something I can't do. I think if it's a matter of read 10 hours worth of stuff and answer a few questions by the next week, I shouldbe able to handle that....but if I need to be "on" on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 10 pm, I don't see how I can make my body agree to be functioning during that timeframe. Sometimes, it WILL be functioning, but I can't guarantee that unless I spend days beforehand in bed. I KNOW this is procrastination, and I should call and find out what the requirements will be, but IF I find out I can't do it....that's just another dream smashed by my stupid crappy body.
Want to make a pact ? I look into my class if you look into your's ?