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S/O Poll: if you had it to do over again, would you get the same degree(s)?
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Anonymous
| Go to the same school? If not, what would you do differently? |
Anonymous
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I'd get the same BA (Sociology) and I'd still get an MPA (same schools) but would probably get a law degree as well if I had it to do over.
When I was younger, my (non-lawyer) dad used to talk all the time about how boring the law was and how he couldn't understand why anyone would ever want to go to law school. As a result, I really never even considered it. |
Anonymous
| I'd go to the same schools and get the same degrees. I have a MA in Cultural Anthropology and love my job!! |
Anonymous
| Totally different. I would try to come in under affirmative action scholarships and get a free ride to plumbing school while doing an apprenticeship. |
Anonymous
| No way!! I'm an elementary school teacher...went to UMD and the school was fine. Got my masters in reading/literacy. But, I would never become a teacher again. It is so much work, and the testing has completely taken over the profession. It really is a bummer...I LOVE teaching. I HATE test prep. They are not the same. The stress is just not worth it. I'm not sure what I would do instead...maybe just early childhood development so I could teach pre-school where the kids aren't tested (at least not yet!). I am weighing my options now as far as getting out of the classroom. Such a shame. |
Anonymous
| If I could do it over, I might get a marketing degree instead of communications. I ended up with a MS in marketing, but the '91 job market might have been a bit easier with a business degree. |
Anonymous
| Yep! I have a BS and PhD. I may have chosen a different grad school if I had been single, but went where I did b/c my DH and I were starting PhD programs at the same time so we went to a school where we both were offered full assistant ships (I had other offers, he didn't). All has worked out well, though. |
Anonymous
| I would have gone for a PhD in marine biology. Assuming I could split time between being out on the ocean and lab work. My husband wishes he had done archaeology. |
Anonymous
| I would get the same degrees - history - but I would take some economics and statistics courses as well. |
Anonymous
| No - I would have made a better choice and probably gone in to nursing/healthcare. |
Anonymous
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I think I would have never started my MA in history of medicine and just focused on computer science in order to have made more of the tech bubble. I really can't complain though, life is good.
I do wonder what life would have been like had I gone into the military after high school. They were going to send me into the medic corp. |
Anonymous
Are you a doctor? FYI: the tech bubble is comin' round again in SV and Detroit (Detroit, who knew?!) |
Anonymous
| I have an MD, but I would have done a joint MPH-MD. Its really hard to have the time now to go back and do an MPH... |
Anonymous
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I'm a special ed teacher. I love the kids and families I work with, but would rather do something with more 1:1 work, and more family work. Perhaps a Developmental Pediatrician, Child Psychologist, or Social Worker?
I'm pretty happy where I am though. |
Anonymous
| I would not have gone to law school. Didn't mind school so much but did not care for the profession. |