Second Chances: A Qualitative Study About Formal Undergraduate Students that Already have Higher Education Degrees in Advance

Among all the students enroll the undergraduate programs of Turkey, the number of students that already have higher education degrees in advance is growing gradually. However, in the literature, there is almost no research about these students. This study aims; to describe who these students are, their demographic, economic, and social qualities, and to reveal why they left their former educations and careers behind, and what their motivations are to prefer their current departments. Adopting qualitative and descriptive methods, this study revealed that the decision of enrolling university for the second time associated with the economic or social capital of the student and found out that the students principally blame the dominant perception of the society about education, for their "wrong" preference of their former departments. Further, the motivations of the students for the preferences of the current departments emerged as; to study for the dream occupation, to improve oneself, and to find better job opportunities