Back to school?
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Working from home affords opportunities that would not otherwise exist. I should probably take advantage of the extra energy, both mental and physical, that I have with this setup. So I applied for a master's program in applied mathematics and statistics. They will make a decision within 2 to 4 weeks according to the application receipt email. Even though my transcript from 26 years ago is not stellar, they also consider work experience, and I have plenty of that in this area. Somehow, I suspect they will find a way to take my money. Unfortunately, my employer will only cover the cost of one class per year, (the amount they allot for educational reimbursement happens to coincide with the cost of one class,) so I may need to pay for most of it myself. I want to take three classes a year at least, one each in spring, fall and summer.
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Good for you. Gandhi once said learn as if you’re going to live forever.
I did a biostatistics course from Johns Hopkins not long ago, in order to better understand clinical trial protocols. There are more and cheaper options if you don’t care about the credential.
"You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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Good for you. Gandhi once said learn as if you’re going to live forever.
I did a biostatistics course from Johns Hopkins not long ago, in order to better understand clinical trial protocols. There are more and cheaper options if you don’t care about the credential.
@jon-nyc said in Back to school?:
Good for you. Gandhi once said learn as if you’re going to live forever.
I did a biostatistics course from Johns Hopkins not long ago, in order to better understand clinical trial protocols. There are more and cheaper options if you don’t care about the credential.
How much time did you have to devote to it? Was it summer or fall/spring? Back when I was in school, summer classes were compacted, so you had to do more per day. I guess it might be the same now.
Education is extremely important.
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@jon-nyc said in Back to school?:
Good for you. Gandhi once said learn as if you’re going to live forever.
I did a biostatistics course from Johns Hopkins not long ago, in order to better understand clinical trial protocols. There are more and cheaper options if you don’t care about the credential.
How much time did you have to devote to it? Was it summer or fall/spring? Back when I was in school, summer classes were compacted, so you had to do more per day. I guess it might be the same now.
@Horace said in Back to school?:
@jon-nyc said in Back to school?:
Good for you. Gandhi once said learn as if you’re going to live forever.
I did a biostatistics course from Johns Hopkins not long ago, in order to better understand clinical trial protocols. There are more and cheaper options if you don’t care about the credential.
How much time did you have to devote to it? Was it summer or fall/spring? Back when I was in school, summer classes were compacted, so you had to do more per day. I guess it might be the same now.
They were Coursera courses cosponsored by JH. Each expected 3hr a week for 3 months. I did two. I may do more.
There was real work involved, including learning and using R.
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Good luck Horace!!!
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@jon-nyc I forgot about learning R. It was both frustrating and impressive at the same time.
@Horace I went back to school a few years ago to get an MBA for a similar reason... employer paid partial (about 25%) but I was interested in the credential for job security. Haven't needed it yet, luckily, and looking back most of the learning was quite interesting, actually.
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Good for you. Gandhi once said learn as if you’re going to live forever.
I did a biostatistics course from Johns Hopkins not long ago, in order to better understand clinical trial protocols. There are more and cheaper options if you don’t care about the credential.
@jon-nyc said in Back to school?:
Gandhi once said learn as if you’re going to live forever.
That guy's entire life was one long freaking toga party.
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Good luck! Have you considered only taking one class per year? This reduces your out of pocket costs and increases the number of years you'll have parties like this. Points if you know where this is from:
@89th said in Back to school?:
Good luck! Have you considered only taking one class per year? This reduces your out of pocket costs and increases the number of years you'll have parties like this. Points if you know where this is from:
That would take 10 years. I would like to finish in 3. I would be concerned that the math I learned in year one would be obsolete by year 10. If I'm to be a hip new graduate with a fresh math degree, I need to be up on all the new math. I can't wait. Recently on Joe Rogan, Terrence Howard was explaining how 1x1=2. That's the sort of thing I'll be learning about in this program.
straightening out his longfellow in that scene, as I recall.
