Rushing as a Grad?

[Munchkin03]

Originally posted by emb021
Every program is different.

The program I was in was aimed at those already in the profession, people with full time jobs & lives. So we weren't expected to take as full a load of classes as those who are 'full time students'.

But as another poster pointed out, its also about how you manage your time. For a period of several years I worked a full time job (40 hours week), was a full time student (12 credit hours), plus was involved as a scout leader (2 hour meeting a week plus atleast one weekend). Now a days if you ask a college student to take out a couple of hours every other week and its a massive imposition. sigh.

Let me refine my statement:

"If you're in a traditional professional degree program, and are required to fill certain requirements for Architecture, Law, Urban Planning, or Business, maybe going through recruitment (not alumnae inititation--which is, as I remember, completely different from rush) isn't the best thing for you. Many of those programs have 18-19 semester credit requirements. Especially in the first year, it might be best if you focus on your academics."

I was--and still am!--an excellent time manager, it's just that sorority life was very low on my priorities. Since my parents and I were paying over $50,000 a year for me to get this degree in architecture, and the work was very intense, sorority stuff could wait. It wasn't a "massive imposition," I just had to have my priorities straight during the first year.

My statement still stands---it doesn't seem as if your program was that intense. My sister, who is in graduate school, has classes that go around her work schedule and therefore has more time to be active in her sorority. There are simply some programs you can't do that for--and that's why I qualified my statement.