advice
In honor of Rabbi Michael Avraham Shlita
I would be grateful if you could give me some advice on the following matters:
A. I am a Haredi guy. And I want to study for a degree [first and second, etc..]. I come from a family of lawyers, meaning my father, grandfather, uncle, all lawyers, but it doesn’t interest me that much. I’m looking for something more intellectually challenging, but I’m not a complete person at all. And it would be very helpful to me if the rabbi could recommend a degree that is both academic and also something I can make a living from. [Not computer science]
B. I don’t have a high school diploma but I want to start studying on my own [I study better on my own] the things necessary for a bachelor’s degree at the Open University [English, mathematics]. Can anyone estimate how long it takes [for an average person and above] to study both at a 5-unit level. And what books to use. And just some advice in general.
third. The rabbi knows if there are differences between the Open University and another university, in terms of the name of the institution [how it is perceived by the public] and in terms of the level.
Regards
A.I.A.
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I know of children who studied at the Open University in parallel with high school, so it is likely that they do not have any threshold requirements.
There is a transfer channel from the Open University to all universities based on grade point average.
Each university specifies the level of grades required for each department.
The transfer channel is clear proof that the level of studies at the Open University is equivalent to the level at universities.
I saw that they have just opened a preparatory school [for exact sciences] at Bar Ilan for graduates of Haredi education. I wanted to ask the rabbi [I come from a place without a core and starting a preparatory school for a year plus and then a degree is a serious story]
Since it is a preparatory school for exact sciences, I thought about studying physics later, but I would be happy if the rabbi could advise me from his experience whether it is really worth it in several respects: a. Is it really worth waiting for? b. Is there a livelihood in it or is it one of those professions that only one in a hundred has a profession?
Thank you
It's definitely worth the wait, but it will be very difficult for you. As for earning a living, physics is only possible if you finish at least a master's degree (and if you do computer science next to it, it's even better for earning a living).
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