I’m considering a graduate degree in engineering but I’m not sure what to expect out of grad school compared to undergrad studies. Share whatever you’d like about your degree, experience earning it, if you’d do it over again, and how it’s affected your life.
Yeah I find most of this to be similar to what I’ve heard so that’s good confirmation, thank you.
The reason I’m considering it now is that: 1. I believe it will be applicable to industry and will raise my initial pay and work out in the long run. 2. I don’t want to work through a masters. 3. It will only take me 1 year to do it. And 4. I have a way to pay for it so I expect it to accrue very minimal debt. I have about $25k debt from my bachelors but I expect not much more to come from my masters from scholarships/assistant for a professor.
So I’m viewing this as more of a deal, I wouldn’t consider a masters if any one of these things weren’t the case probably.
Complete in only a year? I’ve never heard of doctorate programs running less than 2 to 3 years in the engineering world.
Still, it sounds like you’ve done the necessary planning and have a career path lined out for it. If that’s the case, fuck it. Go for it.