Age 24 I entered University of Michigan Ann Arbor in Econcomics and Japanese Language for an MA as an unfulfilled, relatively low payed but generally idealistic and party-happy youth. Finished in December 1999 so I still had decent jobs to choose from just before the first massive decline in the stock market as a hardened worker who hated the idea of any more friggin' research, writing, studying, and grad school politics dealing old man of 27. But, in the end, this has helped lead to a noticeable increase in my general fulfilment, both in life and salary. I received a tuition waiver to attend (due to the Japanese stuff) but still had to pay for my living expenses. I would consider the grad school route as really worth while provided that 1) you are truly aware of the amount of work and pain and misery involved in sacrificing most all other aspects of your life while in school for a hard degree [such as Math, Hist, Language, Econ, etc] as opposed to a more soft degere [such as an MBA] & 2) you are pretty certain that at the end of it all there is new way of being that you can actually fit your post-grad school self into. If you can answer yes to both of these then you will probably find a way to overcome the financial side of attending grad school and will likely be an excellent candidate.

Jon

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PS
The basic teaching assistant route as someone mentioned is definitely another way to lower costs and can generally be done without really THAT much time consumption as it is mostly just a grading of undergraduate 101 level tests/papers, meaning that you don't really have to sacrifice much of your own classes. These days, even a very simple, low level TA position is likely to get you totally free tuition. A higher level TA may get you just enough to eke out an exisitence on but the time commitment makes it such that it eats too heavily into your normal class work load. In other words, finishing grad school as soon as is absolutely humanly possible is the way to go, so that you make sure that your chances of finishing are that much higher. Incurring a little loan here and there to do this (such as would be the case with a low level TAship that only gave you free tuition) is the way to go.

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• Any Post-Baccalaureate graduates +, roman, Thu, 9 Oct 2003 12:58:20
  • Re: Any Post-Baccalaureate graduates +, nana k, Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:05:11
  • Math + Econ = opportunity and fun, John E. Anderson, Sun, 12 Oct 2003 10:39:11
  • MBA, Heckler, Fri, 10 Oct 2003 19:42:18
  • I'm in school right now, WASSAAB, Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:05:53
    • Re: I'm in school right now, Camm , Sat, 11 Oct 2003 17:12:36
  • From yet another UMASS Grad, EAL, Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:43:05
    • I lived in SW, Emerson & James is all female now ;), roman, Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:50:20
  • Re: Any Post-Baccalaureate graduates +, BHarvey, Fri, 10 Oct 2003 07:26:50
  • hmmm, nt moore, Fri, 10 Oct 2003 07:14:33
  • Would you consider being an Acturary ? This is..., TKC, Fri, 10 Oct 2003 06:46:22
    • Re: Would you consider being an Acturary ? This is..., Spiros Trianta, Fri, 10 Oct 2003 17:12:27
      • Obviously you don't know what an actuary does, you...., TKC, Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:30:41
        • Re: Obviously you don't know what an actuary does, you...., Spiros Trianta, Sat, 11 Oct 2003 18:59:07
          • There are many pieces to an actuarial department...., TKC, Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:20:34
    • Just make sure you like Excel *a lot* (-), Vlad, Fri, 10 Oct 2003 07:12:27
  • Do it sooner, rather than later............., paul de k, Fri, 10 Oct 2003 05:32:30
  • Don't know what your political bent is but ..., JJ, Fri, 10 Oct 2003 04:49:09
  • From another UMass econ. grad'......, zeke, Fri, 10 Oct 2003 03:32:09
  • You've got the right attitude to really benefit..., Nervousaaber, Thu, 9 Oct 2003 21:38:51
  • Dude, let me give you a little different perspective, Texron, Thu, 9 Oct 2003 19:53:24
    • After reading your postings for years, I'd hardly say, RS , Fri, 10 Oct 2003 06:30:48
    • Re: Dude, let me give you a little different perspective, BrianD, Thu, 9 Oct 2003 20:18:14
  • School is good +, ChrisB, Thu, 9 Oct 2003 18:21:10
  • Re: Any Post-Baccalaureate graduates +, Erik W, Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:13:58
  • OT: This is why I love this BB!, FrozenSaab, Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:06:33
  • Re: Any Post-Baccalaureate graduates +, steveC, Thu, 9 Oct 2003 16:14:21
  • Similar route, Jon in Chicago, Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:17:56 <-- Viewing This Message
    • School is nirvana, Spiros Trianta, Thu, 9 Oct 2003 20:20:52
    • Teaching Assistantship, jc, Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:31:27
  • I hear ya, but grass isn't always greener (long), BrianD, Thu, 9 Oct 2003 14:46:54
  • Think about this ->, michael p, Thu, 9 Oct 2003 14:28:06
  • Re: Any Post-Baccalaureate graduates +, MisplacedYankee , Thu, 9 Oct 2003 13:17:26
    • RE: more cynical and analytical, Damn..., Chris., Thu, 9 Oct 2003 14:01:31
  • You are me a year and a half ago!, FrozenSaab, Thu, 9 Oct 2003 13:08:49

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