Hello everybody, I felt that I needed to make this post so that what I say here can help stay accountable for my aggressive plans for my advanced education. As well as giving a brief explanation of how I can afford these plans. First of all I will let everybody know that I am currently enrolled at American Military University working towards my bachelors in Psychology. I have already completed 60 credit hours towards this degree. The military has a program called Tuition Assistance. Basically, this program gives every service member $4,500.00 every fiscal year to go to college, currently this covers about 6 classes a year. Which in most circumstances is fine because it is normally hard for me to do more than 6 classes a year, mainly because of my family, and work commitments. AMU has a cool program for its military students, because they have a book grant that provides all my books to me for free. I can keep them throw them away or sell them back when I am finished with the class. It also is completely web based. I can log in at anytime and check my classes or look at my academic plan to see what classes I have left. I currently have a 3.6 GPA, so I feel pretty smart right now.
My longterm plan is to apply for the Army's Physicians Assistant Program. If I am accepted to this program I will go to school in San Antonio for one year, and then I will do one year of clinicals at an Army post of my choosing. After graduation I will recieve a Bachelors and a Masters Degree from the University of Arizona. I will be a 1st Luitenant and have a rapid promotion to Captain in 18 months. My service commitment after graduation will be 4 years. So it should line right up with my 20 years of service. To apply for this program I have to have a couple of prerequisites. These are Chemistry 1 & 2, Anatomy and Physiology 1 & 2, 60 credit hours at an accredited college, and finally an SAT score of 1450, with a math and reading comprehinsion score greater that 1000 and a score of 450 or higher in each group. So my plan is to complete the SAT before I leave Afghanistan, the Army will pay for one SAT test, so I want to get it right the first time, so there will be no money out of pocket if possible. Then when I get back to Campbell I will enroll at Austin Peay University and take the Chem. 1 & 2, as well as the Anatomy and Physiology classes.
My super long term plan is once I am about 2 years from retirement I will begin my doctorate in Clinical Psychology. I won't go into detail on that one yet because it is pretty far away for now. So now everyone should know what my intentions are for my education, short and long term. Things that I think I will need to be successful are patience, determination, support from loved ones, an SAT study book for 2009, and a pinch of luck.
Thanks for reading our blog
Morgan
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I love you and you can accomplish anything you set your mind too! I love you!
I am grateful you continue to be true to yourself, setting goals and striving to acheive them. This talent i know you are sharing/teaching your whole family and we are very proud of you.
i will go on line and see if i can get amazon to send you the book you need, or go to band n and send it from there.
i just got a voice mail, connie and rt are going to go get dad and take him bck home from pensacola on 13 feb. stay safe, love you, mama san
feb 2 the post date of the boxes of bread, cookies, and other surprises was 26 Jan, both boxes sent on the same day. (brav0 company baker(":D
Yahoo! I sent the SAT PREP book with CD by insured post this morning. You will also enjoy the first season of THIRTY ROCK!
love, Mom
i hope i get better at this, if you click on the mystery icon on your blog it will take you to a real picture of me (finally figured that out!( AND I got to see a head shot of Ryan's namesake!! please, somebody, post comment on my blog I need feedback so I can bake you guys some more goodies!
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