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what a crazy day!
I had a looooong talk with Dr. Myers about graduate school and he wants me to start applying to places like Yale and Princeton this week. That's a huge step for me and it also means a lot of money in application fees, and I don't know if I'm ready for that yet. I have always imagined taking at least a semester off from school after graduation to pay off the student loans I already have before taking any new ones out. Dr. Myers keeps saying that I have the rest of my life to pay off the loans.
Even money aside, I would rather go to a university in Britain or Ireland for Graduate school because the program is only a year long over there versus two years here. I found the university of Ireland in Galway has a doctoral program in Post-Communist studies. How cool would that be? I'd be studying what I love in IRELAND!
So that's a lot to be thinking about. Graduate school is a huge commitment.
I don't want to decide until I hear back from the Sgt. Major who is currently out on some mission somewhere doing something important and won't be back until next week. He has my in's with the difference intelligence agencies and I need his imput. Will I be more hire-able for those fields if I have a higher degree? We'll see.
I'm sick of the feeling that I have a week to figure out the rest of my life. I'm only 21! I need more time.
I had a looooong talk with Dr. Myers about graduate school and he wants me to start applying to places like Yale and Princeton this week. That's a huge step for me and it also means a lot of money in application fees, and I don't know if I'm ready for that yet. I have always imagined taking at least a semester off from school after graduation to pay off the student loans I already have before taking any new ones out. Dr. Myers keeps saying that I have the rest of my life to pay off the loans.
Even money aside, I would rather go to a university in Britain or Ireland for Graduate school because the program is only a year long over there versus two years here. I found the university of Ireland in Galway has a doctoral program in Post-Communist studies. How cool would that be? I'd be studying what I love in IRELAND!
So that's a lot to be thinking about. Graduate school is a huge commitment.
I don't want to decide until I hear back from the Sgt. Major who is currently out on some mission somewhere doing something important and won't be back until next week. He has my in's with the difference intelligence agencies and I need his imput. Will I be more hire-able for those fields if I have a higher degree? We'll see.
I'm sick of the feeling that I have a week to figure out the rest of my life. I'm only 21! I need more time.