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Old 03-28-2013, 09:28 PM   #11511 (permalink)
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I've been thinking a lot lately about taking my 4.0 and dropping out of college to return to my old job as a clerk.

It's not that I'm not interested and don't enjoy my work, but I'm about to burn out. I don't think I can keep this pace up for as many years as I need to. I'm so close to being done the semester, and I'm afraid I'm just going to implode any day now, squandering everything I've done up until now.
Have you thought about just doing school part-time?
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Old 03-28-2013, 09:30 PM   #11512 (permalink)
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Have you thought about just doing school part-time?
That would mean turning my 14 year (worst case scenario) career path into a 28 year one, and in terms of money, I can't afford to pay rent while I bum around in a school for so long.

I'm already thinking about ways to take summer courses to try and advance myself, but I have a job to go home to in order to earn my next batch of tuition, so I can't.
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Old 03-28-2013, 09:36 PM   #11513 (permalink)
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Why is it 14 years? And what are you studying?
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Old 03-28-2013, 09:36 PM   #11514 (permalink)
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I've been thinking a lot lately about taking my 4.0 and dropping out of college to return to my old job as a clerk.

It's not that I'm not interested and don't enjoy my work, but I'm about to burn out. I don't think I can keep this pace up for as many years as I need to. I'm so close to being done the semester, and I'm afraid I'm just going to implode any day now, squandering everything I've done up until now.
Go part time. You'll spend a couple more semesters in school but it's better for you at this rate. I know people who have dropped out of university/college to just go back to work, but now they regret dropping it and want to go back. But then there are people who do fine without higher education. It's up to you.
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Old 03-28-2013, 09:37 PM   #11515 (permalink)
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Go part time. You'll spend a couple more semesters in school but it's better for you at this rate. I know people who have dropped out of university/college to just go back to work, but now they regret dropping it and want to go back. But then there are people who do fine without higher education. It's up to you.
I've got a degree and post graduate certificate and I can't even find a job yet. Had to study IT to get somewhere.
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Old 03-28-2013, 09:40 PM   #11516 (permalink)
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Why is it 14 years? And what are you studying?
Psychology. Practical and clinical usage require a doctorate, and just about anything requires a masters minimum. I haven't yet decided to go for the doctorate, but the masters is a necessity.
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Old 03-28-2013, 09:43 PM   #11517 (permalink)
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Psychology. Practical and clinical usage require a doctorate, and just about anything requires a masters minimum. I haven't yet decided to go for the doctorate, but the masters is a necessity.
Still confused about the 14 years. Is that how long it would take to get finish a doctorate in Psychology?
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Old 03-28-2013, 09:45 PM   #11518 (permalink)
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Still confused about the 14 years. Is that how long it would take to get finish a doctorate in Psychology?
Yeah, even though psychology is a heavy course of study, that seems like a real long time. Even med school takes way less time than that.
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Yeah, even though psychology is a heavy course of study, that seems like a real long time. Even med school takes way less time than that.
It may or may not include the 4 years of post-doctorate work, I'm a bit unclear on that.

A meeting with my prof in two weeks will tell me more about my future.
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It may or may not include the 4 years of post-doctorate work, I'm a bit unclear on that.

A meeting with my prof in two weeks will tell me more about my future.
Here in the US of A, doctoral students get funding from their schools (namely paid a living wage in exchange for teaching classes while they do their doctoral work) and post-doc work is paid - although getting a post-doc position is competitive like getting a real job in the field.
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