Thursday, April 23, 2015

Pros and Cons of Going to Grad School. (Con: You might become an Academic)

This just in, from The Onion:




While graduate school is often touted as a way to specialize in a given field and increase earning power, opponents argue it can put students into debt without helping them get better jobs. Here are some pros and cons of going to grad school:
PROS
  • Gives the job market a few years to bounce back
  • Opportunity for more specialized student loan debt
  • Provides more impressive credentials to parents’ friends
  • Can experience college life anew as mature, wizened 26-year-old
  • Increases chance of finding perfectly matched partner while staring across piles of paper at law school study session
  • Will make you stand out among other unpaid interns
  • Undergraduate degree suddenly good for something
CONS
  • May be unable to communicate with people who haven’t gone to grad school
  • No money left to frame second degree
  • Only small percentage of PhDs actually go on to be featured in History Channel specials
  • Could be a lot of work
  • Will have to say thesis topic out loud
  • Impossible to truly relive glory days of co-ed madrigal singers
  • Could lead to career in academia

3 comments:

  1. Froderick Frankenstien from FresnoApril 23, 2015 at 9:35 PM

    The chances of that last one happening get slimmer all the time. I think that's bad.

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  2. Karen AckoffApril 23, 2015 at 11:28 PM

    COULD be a lot of work?! As in it might not be?

    I learned a long time ago not to talk to people about my graduate work, research, etc. No one is really interested, so I don't impose my interests on others.

    I have met a number of people new to academia, but in it long enough to know better... all they talk about is their graduate work. Time to move on, kiddos. I'm more interested in what you will do in the future, as opposed to what you did in the past.

    That's me. Your mileage may vary.

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  3. Karen AckoffApril 23, 2015 at 11:28 PM

    COULD be a lot of work?! As in it might not be?

    I learned a long time ago not to talk to people about my graduate work, research, etc. No one is really interested, so I don't impose my interests on others.

    I have met a number of people new to academia, but in it long enough to know better... all they talk about is their graduate work. Time to move on, kiddos. I'm more interested in what you will do in the future, as opposed to what you did in the past.

    That's me. Your mileage may vary.

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