Graduate School? - Page 10

aggieAXO · #**136** 03-14-2005, 01:05 AM

I recommend going straight into grad school. I think if I had taken some time off I would have had a difficult time studying and focusing. I actually completed my requirements for grad school wthin 3 years instead of 4. I needed to shave a year off of the school loans

. I love the fact that I have more expeience than most of my colleagues that are my age and graduated later in life. There are a few people I work with that are in there mid 20's and are just now applying- to vet school-so they won't graduate until they are at least 30. Then if an internship and residency are done they won't be out until there mid 30's.

I do hate the debt but reality is that unless you are wealthy or your parents had a nice college fund for you, a loan is the only way to reach your goal. Out of a class of 120 about 90% of us had to take out loans. You cannot work during vet. school-it is an 8-5 job for 3 years then 4th year it is a 5-6 am to whatever time you finish job depending on your rotation (or you are on call for 24 hrs and then have to go to school all day-yuk!). Many weekends are spent in labs-(anatomy/parasitology/physiology etc...). Most graduate these days with over 100,000$ in debt and vets don't make $hit

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I say get it all over with at once-don't wait.

trojangal · #**137** 03-14-2005, 08:24 AM

Took my MAT last Monday....score was 68 out of a possible 100..now am waiting for the real paperwork to get in.

AUDeltaGam · #**138** 03-21-2005, 06:34 PM

I also recently got accepted to the University of Tennessee, and will be interviewing at Clemson!

breathesgelatin · #**139** 03-24-2005, 12:26 AM

The latest on my grad school search:

rejected at:
Berkeley
Columbia

wait-listed at:
Stanford

accepted with full funding at:
UNC-Chapel Hill
UT-Austin

So now I am making visits and trying to decide where to go! woo!

SmartBlondeGPhB · #**140** 03-24-2005, 01:26 AM

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Originally posted by Munchkin03
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.

My company paid for mine.........

And I left a few months after I finished.

trojangal · #**141** 03-24-2005, 08:06 AM

I got my official MAT scores and was pleasantly surprised after seeing "real numbers" and percentiles.

Got 93% and 94% respectively on the percentiles!

Was so excited about that!

Hooray!

AUDeltaGam · #**142** 04-01-2005, 11:36 PM

I just wanted to let ya'll know that I will be attending ...in the fall for School Counseling!

squirrely girl · #**143** 04-02-2005, 03:09 PM

congrats AUDeltaGam! great school!

-marissa

breathesgelatin · #**144** 04-28-2005, 07:41 AM

I will be attending the University of Texas at Austin next year!!

epchick · #**145** 04-29-2005, 05:26 PM

I'm *hopefully* going to Graduate school...but i still have AT LEAST 2 years left til i get my bachelors.

If all goes well, i'll either be attending Michigan State or University of Illinois- Chicago. But i'm prayin for MSU.

I dont think i have to take any tests though, i'm going to be attending the Forensic Science program there...so hopefully i wont have to take any tests.

Private I · #**146** 04-29-2005, 06:47 PM

Grad school-starting next January at FSU, hopefully! I'm taking the GRE right after the summer. I decided to combine both my undergrad degree's (Russian & East European Studies/Latin American and Caribbean Studies) and just do International Affairs.

AchtungBaby80 · #**147** 04-30-2005, 12:22 PM

I got into my grad program!

I start next month.

Dionysus · #**148** 06-07-2005, 01:34 PM

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Originally posted by AchtungBaby80
I got into my grad program! I start next month.

I just got into mine too! I start month after next. Whew! I got nervous for a second. Now I just hope that I'm making right decision of not considering other schools.

jubilance1922 · #**149** 06-07-2005, 01:43 PM

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Originally posted by epchick
I'm *hopefully* going to Graduate school...but i still have AT LEAST 2 years left til i get my bachelors.

If all goes well, i'll either be attending Michigan State or University of Illinois- Chicago. But i'm prayin for MSU.

I dont think i have to take any tests though, i'm going to be attending the Forensic Science program there...so hopefully i wont have to take any tests.

If you going for an advanced degree, most schools require at least the general GRE. I doubt that MSU would require no testing at all.

Rudey · #**150** 06-07-2005, 01:44 PM

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Originally posted by SmartBlondeGPhB
My company paid for mine.........

And I left a few months after I finished.

You didn't get into a binding contract because of it? Wow. I'm not sure I would even have the guts to do that, but kudos I guess.

If anyone can tell me what type of grad school to go to, I'd appreciate it. I can't decide.

-Rudey