Student Story: Gerry Wong

My name is Gerry Wong and I’m 29 years old. I am working full time, but I’ve been thinking about switching careers. I’ve been looking at programs and stumbled upon Bellevue College.

After seeing the classes they offer at the college and hearing about the credibility of the school, I applied and started taking some prerequisites for nursing. I was looking at the most cost-efficient school and Bellevue College is one of them. 

Free College would be nice to have. This is not my first degree. I paid so much for my last degree and if my tuition is free, it would help me financially support myself. Especially working full-time at my job right now and I have to pay for my housing and spend money to support my family. Free College would help me a lot, but I think it would help other people like those who are working part-time as they would struggle to pay for their tuition more. I do remember that back in college before, I would sometimes skip on lunch because I wanted to save money just to pay rent. If college was free, It would be less stressful and I would have more money to spend in other places. 

Gerry Wong, Bellevue