It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky...
So here I am driving myself up a wall. As usual.
So I was talking to Rob and some clients last week and I realized that if I dropped the social work major I would be able to graduate in August of 2006. I only have five more psychology classes left, which would be my spring semester and my IDS courses which I could do in the summer. And then I'd be done and on my way to GRAD SCHOOL. I would be 20 and entering grad school. Now that is whack. There would be benefits to this however.
1. I would be done with school sooner.
2. I would be putting less pressure on myself now.
3. I wouldn't have to do a 500 hour social work internship plus work 2 jobs.
4. Less classes to take.
So now I'm debating dropping the social work major and going right into grad school next year. But some things are making me sit on the fence.
1. I'm not ready to apply to grad school. I probably would have had to start doing that by now.
2. I'd be a mental health counselor at 23. Who is going to take a 23 year old seriously in that field???
3. I'd have to drop a job for an internship next year which means I'd be making less money unless I got a paying internship which would be nothing short of a miracle.
4. I like the social work classes. They're easier than psychology and more interesting sometimes.
5. If I get the BSW degree I can get the MSW along with the MA Counseling degree and be a MSW, LISW, MAEd, LMHC and that's just a lot of initals that look nice.
Now I don't know what to do. I know I'd hate dropping the social work but the idea of having my degree and then going back and taking a zillion classes would come sooner. Grrrr! My brain hurts.
So I was talking to Rob and some clients last week and I realized that if I dropped the social work major I would be able to graduate in August of 2006. I only have five more psychology classes left, which would be my spring semester and my IDS courses which I could do in the summer. And then I'd be done and on my way to GRAD SCHOOL. I would be 20 and entering grad school. Now that is whack. There would be benefits to this however.
1. I would be done with school sooner.
2. I would be putting less pressure on myself now.
3. I wouldn't have to do a 500 hour social work internship plus work 2 jobs.
4. Less classes to take.
So now I'm debating dropping the social work major and going right into grad school next year. But some things are making me sit on the fence.
1. I'm not ready to apply to grad school. I probably would have had to start doing that by now.
2. I'd be a mental health counselor at 23. Who is going to take a 23 year old seriously in that field???
3. I'd have to drop a job for an internship next year which means I'd be making less money unless I got a paying internship which would be nothing short of a miracle.
4. I like the social work classes. They're easier than psychology and more interesting sometimes.
5. If I get the BSW degree I can get the MSW along with the MA Counseling degree and be a MSW, LISW, MAEd, LMHC and that's just a lot of initals that look nice.
Now I don't know what to do. I know I'd hate dropping the social work but the idea of having my degree and then going back and taking a zillion classes would come sooner. Grrrr! My brain hurts.