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Inev Should Go to Grad School?

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Re: Inev Goes to Grad School
« Reply #15 on: November 02, 2013, 05:44:24 pm »
Quote from: jay-ell on November 02, 2013, 03:05:57 pm
I loved the HELL out of grad school, and I still get a little woozy whenever I see how much I still owe on my student loans and think about the prospects for ever getting a job in my field of study.
Is this because you weren't able to take on a TA or similar job along the way? Most of the guys I know who went on to grad school (other than law school) had significantly less debt from grad school than undergrad because they spent their time working for the university.
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Re: Inev Goes to Grad School
« Reply #16 on: November 20, 2013, 11:02:54 pm »
Quote from: Arachno-capitalist on November 02, 2013, 05:44:24 pm
Is this because you weren't able to take on a TA or similar job along the way? Most of the guys I know who went on to grad school (other than law school) had significantly less debt from grad school than undergrad because they spent their time working for the university.

Yes, I was a full-time parent the whole time I was in school. Plus, because of circumstances, we also borrowed living expenses on top of my tuition for three semesters. I wasn't really planning on getting knocked up twice in less time than it took me to finish a MA, and it sort of forced our hand financially. But we survived, I guess?
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Re: Inev Goes to Grad School
« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2013, 03:04:13 pm »
I was lucky enough to have a job with tuition assistance. So they paid for grad school (which I did part-time). What's more, at the time they did not have any requirements that you stay on the job for a certain amount of time after receiving tuition assistance. I literally had my last day of work there on a Friday, got my diploma that night, and started a new job the following week. "Thank  you for your training money--good-bye."
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Re: Inev Goes to Grad School
« Reply #18 on: December 15, 2013, 12:24:30 am »
One application down, 5 to go. These things suck.
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Re: Inev Goes to Grad School
« Reply #19 on: January 08, 2014, 09:32:58 pm »
Did you apply here?
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Re: Inev Goes to Grad School
« Reply #20 on: January 08, 2014, 10:15:59 pm »
I don't speak much Spanish but "NO ACREDITADO" sounds ominous. I guess it would be kind of mirroring my grandpa moving to the US for grad school. He and my grandma came with 2 kids and 2 suitcases. He wanted to move here because the education system in Chile was so bad. Which was 50 years ago, but now it is supposed to be still pretty messed up.
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