Is grad school right for me?

Momwaitingfornew
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:31:53 +0000

Check with your university to see if there is a refund deadline. If you haven’t already passed it, you can pull out without much financial penalty.

Although I agree with the others that your motivation for attending graduate school was misguided and perhaps destined for this response four days into your program, I’m not sure I’d advocate pulling out now. The first few days of graduate school can be particularly difficult because you’re getting used to a new school and area, new sets of expectations, and a different academic mindset. Every graduate student starts at least slightly intimidated, if not outright terrified, by what they’ll have to do to get their degree. If you stick it out for a semester, you may find that you love it once you reconcile this shift in gears from the non-academic life to the academic.

If what you want to do in life requires this degree, then expend the effort to get the degree. Graduate school is not meant to be easy; it separates the dabblers from the more serious, one reason why a master’s degree is required for certain positions.

Good luck!