If you're picking a degree knowing you'll pcs every two three years, avoid anything with a state licensure requirement at the end

Learned about this so flagging it for anyone early in the process, a lot of degree programs that look perfectly reasonable online turn out to require state specific licensure to work in the field. Teaching, counseling, social work, and some healthcare adjacent tracks, the degree transfer fine, but the license doesn't, and rectifying in a new state after every pcs is a real job in itself. The programs that tend to hold up across moves are the once where credential at the end is either nationally recognized or employer-evaluated rather than state board controlled. IT, cybersecurity, business, public administration, emergency management, intelligence studies. These fields don't have a licensing board in a new state waiting to tell you that yours hours don't count.

Not saying avoid all of those fields entirely, some spouses make the licensure path work, especially if the service member's career is likely to keep them in for a longer stretch, but for anyone who knows they're looking at multiple duty stations in multiple states over the next decade, check the licensure requirements for the specific job you'd want at the end of the degree before committing to the program.

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u/SongOne3937 — 10 days ago

31F, My T-zone is an oil slick but my cheeks are flaking off, summer has broken my skin??

Long time lurker, first time poster because i need help.

I've always had combo skin, my forehead and nose are visibly shiny within an hour of cleansing, but my cheeks feel tight and rough with dry patches near my mouth that won't budge, also getting tiny clogged bumps along my jawline that are totally new. I tried switching to a lighter moisturizer, adding a hydrating toner on my cheeks only, and even washing once a day. Nothing is helping

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u/SongOne3937 — 10 days ago

MyCAA scholarship ran out before the degree did, what did people do?

The $4000 cap sound fine until you're two semester from finishing and the funding is gone, that's where things right now and trying to figure out what actual options are. Transferring schools mid degree feels like a problem because there's no guarantee the credits move cleanly and starting over isn't realistic. Taking out loans is on the table but the whole reason Mycaa was was avoiding that, and just stopping isn't an option either, because the whole point was finishing something portable before the next pcs. Curious what people in this situation did. Did you find a school that let you pay per credit at a lower rate so you could stretch the remaining money further? Did you use any other funding source to bridge the gap? And for anyone who transferred school to finish, how painful was the credit evaluation process and did you lose much?

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u/SongOne3937 — 17 days ago