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Originally posted by adpiucf
I'm of the opinion that unless you're going into medicine, you should take a year or more off once you get your BA/BS before diving back into a grad program. Work at a job and experience the real world. You may find yourself going down a different path or the time off may clinch your decision that a master's degree is right for you.
I hate debt. I think that's why I don't understand the perpetual student-- those who keep getting degree after degree with no intention to ever use their education. And there are a lot of people floating around with MA's and PhD's who only got them because they "could"-- I'd rather have the $80K in hand than to float a piece of paper in someone's face. But... whatever turns you on.
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I went straight from undergrad to graduate school--historic preservation is one of those fields that you can't advance very far in without an advanced degree; I can't even get licensed as a building conservator without my MS. If I had gone to work right out of undergrad, I would have been making $22K a year--in NY or SF. The decision to wait might have been a good one for you, but some people have a very strong idea about what they want to do and waiting does nothing for them.
Basically, each person has a reason behind why they did what they did. There are people in medicine, law, engineering, architecture, and all sorts of fields who would have been doing themselves more of a disservice (financially as well as professionally) by following your advice than by just going straight through.
Like Rudey said, if you go to a
good school for your MBA, the debt will be easy to pay off. I've read in a few places that you shouldn't even have to pay for your MBA, because if the company you work for wants you to have it, they'll pay for it. If you have to take out loans, your advance should be more than enough to pay your debt. It just depends on the quality of your grad program.