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you answered my college question
thanks so much for your info on collegeges, i have a few more questions.. if i just have a certification instead of a bachelors degree - will that hurt me in getting a job when i graduate ? like will i be able to get the same jobs with either one or is there a big difference? and also , if i decide to get a bachelors degree and go to a tech college for 2 years , when i transfer to a 4 year college - will i have to go there 4 more years or can i go to the 4 year college for 2 year and then have a bachelors degree since i would have had 2 years at tech college and 2 years at a 4 year college ?
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Well a certificate is usually for a specific field like, veternarian tech. Two years and you have a certificate that can help you get a job. Or HVAC Technician, or Pharmacy Technician, again, two years and you have a certificate that will help you get a job in that field. Emergency medical technician, same thing, two years of study and you leave with a certificat that says you have completed all the education requirements to be employed in that field.
So it depends on what field you want to work in.
You mentioned pharmacology or hotel management.
Like I said before you can be a pharmacy technician in two years, and there are some colleges that have a certificate program for hotel management. But to EARN THE MOST MONEY, have a career, be in upper managment, be a decision maker and a boss, you will need more than two years of college or more than an education that will only give you a certificate.
The BIG difference between a bachelor degree and a certificate degree is MONEY. You'll make more money with four or more years of college.
Your last sentence is correct. Two years of college at a community college and two years of college at a four year college can add up to one bachelor degree. Degrees are based on the number of credits you earn in CERTAIN SUBJECTS. Say you want to major in hotel/motel management, but three semesters into it, you hate it, and change to pharmacology. Well now you have just bought yourself a peck of trouble, because you almost have to start over again. You'll end up taking more than four years of classes all togehter because you wasted time and money earning credits in one field, then changed. Each field of study has it's own # of credit requirements. You'llhave to catch up and take credit in the other field, and the ones you already took in the first field, ARE NOT transferable to your second career choice. So it is important, (but not required) to know what it is you want to study once you start college.
I hope this is clear to you. good luck
- Michele
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