Age as a factor in grad school admissions

kingjamesmvp
Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:39:37 +0000

There are a lot of great insights here-- I really appreciate them all.

I’ve spent a lot of time in Asia and I love it there-- my language is decent, I’m fluent speaking but I would have to run the gauntlet of language classes to get the writing back. That said, I’ve already taken ~24 units of college level Chinese (which I’ve heard helps out in admissions to certain programs).

I do realize and heavily espouse the idea that what I want at 22-24 for the rest of my life will probably make more sense than what I want right now. What I’m thinking, however, is that, with one route, I could be making that decision with a BA and an MA, and with another route, I would be making that decision with two BAs. I’m not going to lie-- the MA is very enticing to me.