You know all those things they say about grad school?
They're all true.
This is my first week as a drop-out, for the second time. People who care about me keep reminding me that I earned a Masters degree, and that's nothing to sneeze at or whatever, but the whirlwind of the last five years keeps playing in my head as I try to figure out what I should have (could have) done differently. I probably wouldn't even be a very good fit for a career in academia, but it kills me that I may never know.
I may have missed out on a PhD, but I managed to bag myself an MRS. Oh, yes. Blingy and all. I live in Philadelphia with my husband, two dogs, a cat, and a whole lot of nothing on the way.
My plan for the next few months is to put myself back together and figure out who I am now that my grad student identity is behind me. You'd think that at 31 I'd have at least some of it figure out, but brother, you'd be dead wrong.
This is my first week as a drop-out, for the second time. People who care about me keep reminding me that I earned a Masters degree, and that's nothing to sneeze at or whatever, but the whirlwind of the last five years keeps playing in my head as I try to figure out what I should have (could have) done differently. I probably wouldn't even be a very good fit for a career in academia, but it kills me that I may never know.
I may have missed out on a PhD, but I managed to bag myself an MRS. Oh, yes. Blingy and all. I live in Philadelphia with my husband, two dogs, a cat, and a whole lot of nothing on the way.
My plan for the next few months is to put myself back together and figure out who I am now that my grad student identity is behind me. You'd think that at 31 I'd have at least some of it figure out, but brother, you'd be dead wrong.