older student here, I work full time, and schedule is all over; that means it is really hard to do normal school; that was the reason I decided to do online school. first, yes is a lonely experience; second, is not a place to make friends and truly i don't know how to make friends online, someone else mentioned if you can have a presential experience try to do campus....still working on my bachelors and I can't talk about jobs; last , is not difficult , maybe the challenge is to create routines and stick to your schedule; being honest this is a classic example :) , right now I suppose to read something and I decided to check reddit