I am currently a student at a private university studying a Bachelors in “Psychology”, a Bachelors in “Business Administration” and an Associates in “Internet & Programming”. I have 11 sometimes 12 classes per semester.
Ill most likely graduate all disciplines with high honours, GPA’s are good, etc etc. Life is great, except not really because i still haven’t truly been able to decide what to do after i graduate.
Initially i thought management consulting would be fun given its diverse content rich stimulating dynamic environment butttt now I’m thinking that I’m destined for something else. I just don’t know what though?
It’s just that i have too many options, do i go into tech? Into business? Into research? The reason i was interested in management consulting was that it gave me the ability to interlace all three of the disciplines in which I’m found through new challenges i can solve creatively.
However before i enter the last year of my studies and start applying for jobs or masters programs, i think it’d be good if i had some concrete idea on the other possibilities that the universe has to offer.
Serious answers only please, what’re your opinions? What fields in the labour force offer overlap between these three areas of study? What masters programs offer areas of study that will utilise my full capacity, will any Ivy league school be interested? Theres so much to write but for now i think this is enough, i will update with more info if asked.
Graduate study is something that should be undertaken for a very specific purpose–because the graduate degree is necessary for you to achieve a particular career goal and career path–and with a very specific area of study in mind. If you’re not sure what you want to attend graduate school for, you shouldn’t even be thinking about graduate school.
Follow @KillerQueen21 's advice: figure out what you’re interested in. Work for a few years. Figure out what kind of career you really want. Then, if graduate school is necessary for whatever career you decide upon, you can think about graduate school. Grad school isn’t going anywhere. It’ll be there if and when you’re ready for it.
And another point: “Ivy League” is a sports conference. The designation has nothing to do with the quality of any particular department or program. This is especially true at the graduate level.
Realistically, people go into careers without knowing what they want to do all the time. Plenty of classmates and colleagues of mine went into a field and hated it after six months… they have changed jobs and even fields multiple times within five years of graduating. There’s nothing wrong with that. As a result, it’s okay if you go into a job without being certain that it is your passion. You’ll wind up fine in the end.
I thought I wanted to go into management consulting when I was in college; I couldn’t get into any of the major players, so I took a job in compensation consulting; then I went to software consulting; now I’m in management consulting and thrilled to be doing it, and I don’t feel that I sacrificed much of anything along the way.