Grad School
formerly aryiman98civic
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 3,772
RE: Grad School
i have looked into going once i graduate, but i dont know if i want to go through another year and a half of school. i might wait until i get a job to see if they will pay for me to go. its a personal choice because its more schooling but im sure it will pay off in the end. what are you going to be going for?
HCF Member
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 5,180
From: Chicago, Illinois
RE: Grad School
I'm a freshman in college (well technically a softmore) and I'm planning to go to grad school while I work. I think that most grad school classes are during the evening anyway so it should be possible to do grad school and hold up a full time job at the same time. For engineers at least, grad school is a really good idea since people with master's degree get like 20K+ over thier bacholar's degree counter parts.
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,639
From: Parma, OH
RE: Grad School
IDK. I have split opinions about this. I would first find a job and see if having a masters degree will result in a higher salary. BTW, I'm currently a junior and will hopefully graduate next spring with 2 bachelor degrees - international business and finance. I'm thinking about going to law school as opposed to grad school. But, that's what I like. I'm sure that most people would find law school boring..
Thread Starter
|
HCF Member
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 2,821
From: Rochester, NY
RE: Grad School
Well, I have a really good job now, that would be about 65 - 70g a year whenI graduateand a masters does help 10 - 15g but I'll actually be applying to PhD programs I think. Most major companies won't hire VPs and the such unless they have a PhD and starting salary for aPhDengineer is around 100g.
It's honestly not entirely about the money for me though, as nerdy as that is, I like learning and want to continue until I can't any more. I would still be working on and off as I went to school, like I do now and would more than likely be able to do my thesis right at the company I'm working for now so it seems like an ideal time to do it.
It's honestly not entirely about the money for me though, as nerdy as that is, I like learning and want to continue until I can't any more. I would still be working on and off as I went to school, like I do now and would more than likely be able to do my thesis right at the company I'm working for now so it seems like an ideal time to do it.
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,639
From: Parma, OH
RE: Grad School
ORIGINAL: amg6975
Well, I have a really good job now, that would be about 65 - 70g a year whenI graduateand a masters does help 10 - 15g but I'll actually be applying to PhD programs I think. Most major companies won't hire VPs and the such unless they have a PhD and starting salary for aPhDengineer is around 100g.
It's honestly not entirely about the money for me though, as nerdy as that is, I like learning and want to continue until I can't any more. I would still be working on and off as I went to school, like I do now and would more than likely be able to do my thesis right at the company I'm working for now so it seems like an ideal time to do it.
Well, I have a really good job now, that would be about 65 - 70g a year whenI graduateand a masters does help 10 - 15g but I'll actually be applying to PhD programs I think. Most major companies won't hire VPs and the such unless they have a PhD and starting salary for aPhDengineer is around 100g.
It's honestly not entirely about the money for me though, as nerdy as that is, I like learning and want to continue until I can't any more. I would still be working on and off as I went to school, like I do now and would more than likely be able to do my thesis right at the company I'm working for now so it seems like an ideal time to do it.