Patricia Cavit
B.A. Liberal Studies, 2005

Flexibility is what drew Patricia Cavit to Antioch's B.A. completion program.

"Antioch has the flexibility to meet the needs of adult students. The small classes and supportive atmosphere make it easy to succeed, even after many years of being out of school," says Cavit, who had been in mortgage banking before she came to Antioch.

Cavit received prior learning credits for her life experience.

"My Antioch education gave me an excellent background for going into [the master's degree program at the UW]."

"It helped shorten the time and reduce the expense of getting my degree," she says. "However, the most valuable thing I got from writing up my prior learning was the validation of my experiences. It was tremendously affirming for me to have the value of the work I had done evaluated and credited. That being said, completing this was the most difficult thing I did at Antioch!"

Independent study was among the most valuable experiences she had at Antioch. "I was able to investigate exactly the areas I was interested in and receive mentoring from the advisers who were supervising. It was an excellent experience," Cavit says.

All her credits from other institutions were accepted and she discovered Antioch didn't require certain prerequisites for her to complete her B.A.

"I was able to graduate in half the time it would have taken at a state university," she says. "I believe the overall cost was probably the same or not much more. Even if Antioch is more expensive, the small classes and supportive atmosphere make it worthwhile."

Cavit is currently working on her master's degree in social work at the University of Washington.

"My Antioch education gave me an excellent background for going into this program. Many of the ideas and the readings I am working on at the UW are the same as those I studied while in the B.A. completion program," she notes.

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