A question about grad school.

[AGDee]

I started grad school about 3 1/2 years after finishing undergrad. Here are some of the benefits:
*You're actually missing school in many ways so it feels good to be back in the setting where you were most comfortable for 18 years!
*Many employers will PAY for your grad school.. no loans, no more living in the poor house!
*You have money, can live on your own and not deal with dorms, roommates, etc.
*I found that professors took me more seriously because they knew I wasn't a "professional student"

In my particular major, it was a huge asset to have some work experience. I was working full time as an Occupational Therapist on adult and adolescent psych units and working on my Masters in Clinical Psychology on a part time/evenings basis. I was the ONLY one in any of my classes to have ever actually seen and talked to mentally ill patients which was a big asset in class discussions and in learning the material. One prof even said she wanted to pay me to keep coming to her classes in future semesters because I had so many real life examples of diagnoses and situations.

Dee

So how did I end up a LAN Systems Analyst? Life is strange!