<p>Hello,
I am planning to apply for grad school. I am quite lost as to what I want to do next. The problem with that is time, I am 25 years and I don’t have a stable job. I recently graduated with a BA in English and have a 3.1 gpa. I want to get a stable job. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>If you’re lost as to what to do, do not apply to graduate school.</p>
<p>Graduate school is intense, specialized training in one particular specialty… at the point of the Ph.D, you’re essentially supposed to become the world’s foremost expert in one particular, laser-focused area (your dissertation.)</p>
<p>Applying to graduate school requires, in most cases, a Statement of Purpose essay which outlines your reasons and goals for pursuing the graduate degree. If you write in that essay, “I’m applying to grad school because I don’t know what I want to do,” you will be rejected 100% of the time.</p>
<p>Do I have a chance for grad school though? Are there any other routes that I can take?</p>
<p>No, you don’t have a chance, because you have no idea why you want to go to graduate school. That comes first, before anything else.</p>
<p>You could have a 4.0 from Harvard and be rejected if your SOP is “I’m lost as to what I want to do next and I want a stable job.”</p>
<p>Do you even know what subject you want to pursue in graduate school?</p>
<p>If you want to get a stable job, find a stable job. Another degree is not necessarily going to help you to find a stable job. Start doing some serious job searching.</p>
<p>Yes!! Go to a place like [WGU</a> Online University | Online Degree Programs, Accredited Bachelor’s and Master’s](<a href=“http://www.wgu.edu%5DWGU”>http://www.wgu.edu) and get a Masters in Education with a Teaching Endorsement, then you can get a stable job teaching Jr High or HS English.</p>
<p>I second XaviFM. Or try to become an officer in the military, go to an inexpensive law school, move in with your parents and volunteer, … I taught high school for two years then started grad school. I am a career changer–BA in math seeking MS in structural engineering; I like looking at bridges, dams, curvy highways, ships, cooling towers, … I probably would have been more hesitant to attend grad school if I did not have the post 9-11 gi bill to pay for it. You’re young; you have plenty of time to figure it out.</p>