Originally Posted by kane

Don't get me wrong, I think online is a very valid option. I have a friend who started his degree right after high school then dropped out because he became a dad and had to make more money. Now, seven years later, he has three kids and a wife and he wants to finish his degree so he is doing it online and it works great for him.

I might have done it had it been an option for me. I grew up in a small town about an hour outside of Portland. If the option to live at home, keep the job I had, and go to school online was there, at the very least I would have given it a deep, long look.

I was just saying that the experience of going to college, especially if you are young and it is your first time living on your own, can be a great one. It didn't hurt that Portland in the early 1990's was a fantastic place to be. I had some amazing experiences outside of school and with my classmates that I will have memories of for the rest of my life.