A “perk” is usually defined as a side benefit one normally doesn’t associate with taking on a job or task. Take going for an online degree over going on campus. The direct benefits are putting oneself in a better position for making more money, advancing in one’s career, or just enriching one’s knowledge. These are all very solid reasons for attending an online college.
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Yet there are some perks many never consider about an online education. They may sound silly until you sit down and actually experience them. They are sometime subtle things, sometimes bona fide exciting. Here are five of these perks that just might make you want to plug in and learn something that will have life long benefits.
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You can wear?anything while taking your courses. It doesn’t matter if you’re in your birthday suit, wearing pink furry slippers and a tattered bathrobe or dressed for a late night out (or just coming back from one), no one knows what you look like on the other side of the screen. Whatever you’re comfortable in is what’s the most important. The only time this point doesn’t apply is with video conferencing, but them’s the breaks.
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You can be anywhere, as long as you can get online. WiFi has made going online possible, from a McDonalds or Starbucks, sitting by a swimming pool, on a tour of Paris or even just at the Laundromat…just don’t do something extreme like stunt parachuting or any other form of X-sport.
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You can take the course at any time. Whether it’s just home from work, first thing in the morning, after watching Jay Leno (whatever time he’s on). As long as you keep up with the syllabus, you can take your course at any given time of the day (or night).
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You can seriously cut commuting time and cost. Going to a campus to continue one’s education has costs some don’t think about…until the next traffic jam. A student has to be in a classroom away from their homes to graduate. That doesn’t factor in the time to get from work or home to the class, or the cost in gas or bus fare that ensues. This way one has time to have a decent meal, tuck the kids in, relax a bit–and save a few bucks—before turning the desk/laptop on.
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Age doesn’t matter. These days education has become an ongoing affair. It could be someone in their late teens trying to finish up their high school diploma, a middle aged, midlevel executive out to improve his/her station in life, or a retiree just pursuing a personal field of interest. Age is not an issue when it comes to advancing one’s education.
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So, in other words, you can be anywhere, wear anything, with anyone of any age or position in life. That’s some of the perks of going online for one’s bachelor of science. You can even apply for college grants to do it. Small wonder college grants is rapidly growing for students.