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What if I’ll need to take some time off from college?

In most cases, you have several options

By Abby Berner, 8/17/09

Adult learners don’t have to go to college full time, every term or even go to campus!

Unless the program you choose is only a full-time program, you have many options in how you complete your degree. Many programs offer evening sections that meet once or twice a week, and more and more classes are going online, which means little to no travel to campus at all.

Also, if you need to take a term off (and it is OK with your major), take it! Not going to school for a term does not mean you are no longer a student at that school.

Whether you choose to go to school on campus, at night, online or all year depends on you and what your schedule allows you to do. Just be sure to find out all your options before you start in case you have to make a change to your schedule down the road.

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