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...I just discovered UCI started offering an Online Master's in Advanced Study in Criminology, Law & Society starting next fall. I REALLY am torn and unsure of what I want to do. If I do take this route, I'll have to take a year+ until fall of 2008 and do what exactly? I HATE my current situation at work, especially when I read the sign at the pickup window at In-n-Out that employees start at $9.50, a measly $0.50 less than what I make (and especially when my manager indicated that *if* I get a raise in April, it would probably be a whopping $0.25). A masters would be quite nice, and I could do it all online (12 courses altogether: 2/quarter for 2 years). I'd have a year+ to study for and take the GRE (and, knowing me, retake it), obtain letters of recommendation, and apply for financial aid through FAFSA. I only need a 3.0, and with "guaranteed" A's in my environmental class and language acquisition class, all I need in intermediate syntax is a B-...and I anticipate nothing more or less than a B. So I should make it on that, although it is the minimum. ...oi, what if I can't even get into grad school.
Why why why why why why why why. When is enough enough. Who am I trying to please. Why can't I just accept whatever it is I need to accept. Too many questions. I'm not sure what I'm going through. I want to be done with school and start a career, but I don't know if it's easier said than done. I want to be successful, but I question whether a B.A. alone is enough. I could always pursue a masters through work; if it's a government job I'm sure it's encouraged...and if it's all online, the better. Well, the deadline for this upcoming fall is April 20th...so I at least have over a year (if the deadline for the following year roughly stays the same) to figure this all out. I REFUSE to still be working for Hollywood Video though. So hopefully I can just find a job either with the foreign service/state department, FBI, CIA...something that'll place me out-and-about all over the world. I think if I'm stuck in ____, ____ (ie, "Timbuktu") for 2 years, there'll be some university there and I'll be able to advance my studies in something like international studies, Arabic, French, linguistics, film, and/or criminology/law. Oh the possibilities.
Why why why why why why why why. When is enough enough. Who am I trying to please. Why can't I just accept whatever it is I need to accept. Too many questions. I'm not sure what I'm going through. I want to be done with school and start a career, but I don't know if it's easier said than done. I want to be successful, but I question whether a B.A. alone is enough. I could always pursue a masters through work; if it's a government job I'm sure it's encouraged...and if it's all online, the better. Well, the deadline for this upcoming fall is April 20th...so I at least have over a year (if the deadline for the following year roughly stays the same) to figure this all out. I REFUSE to still be working for Hollywood Video though. So hopefully I can just find a job either with the foreign service/state department, FBI, CIA...something that'll place me out-and-about all over the world. I think if I'm stuck in ____, ____ (ie, "Timbuktu") for 2 years, there'll be some university there and I'll be able to advance my studies in something like international studies, Arabic, French, linguistics, film, and/or criminology/law. Oh the possibilities.