500 years ago, Columbus was ignorant enough to call [the real] Americans as Indians.
Even during the current knowledge era, [the phony] Americans don't want to correct that mistake.
They don't want to become 'the immigrants', right?
You are in the same situation as I was a few years back. Good pay. Bad job. Easy way out = Chill out in school in US. Here are some ground realities.
It is good to get a MS. Gives a new perspective on things.
But keep focus on your goal: "A better non-boring job in less than 2 years". I lost focus during my second year and am still in school after 3.5 years while others that joined along with me are in the workforce. I got my MS though.
I read the other replies. The good one: "Don't get married during school." The bad one: "Take student loans".
Those who said "take loans" are probably US residents. Nobody in the US(atleast) gives student loans or any other kinds of loans for that matter, to foreign students. Who is gonna trust you? What if you pack your bags after school? I don't know about UK/Canada.
Decision making: o If you get no funding try other schools. o If you have to pay for your own living, with school fees and tuition taken care of by a combination of fee waivers and assisstantships, think hard about coming. o If your school pays you such that you can live on it, do come. (This might be hard currently.)
Remember, schools hire grad students like employees and look at them like one after that. 'cos most grads get paid in some form by the school. So, you got to pay them back in the form of research papers and get out soon. They can't keep you forever.
Focus, Focus. Focus. "A better non-boring job in less than 2 years."
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500 years ago, Columbus was ignorant enough to call [the real] Americans as Indians. Even during the current knowledge era, [the phony] Americans don't want to correct that mistake. They don't want to become 'the immigrants', right?
You are in the same situation as I was a few years back. Good pay. Bad job. Easy way out = Chill out in school in US. Here are some ground realities.
It is good to get a MS. Gives a new perspective on things.
But keep focus on your goal: "A better non-boring job in less than 2 years". I lost focus during my second year and am still in school after 3.5 years while others that joined along with me are in the workforce. I got my MS though.
I read the other replies.
The good one: "Don't get married during school."
The bad one: "Take student loans".
Those who said "take loans" are probably US residents. Nobody in the US(atleast) gives student loans or any other kinds of loans for that matter, to foreign students. Who is gonna trust you? What if you pack your bags after school? I don't know about UK/Canada.
Decision making:
o If you get no funding try other schools.
o If you have to pay for your own living, with school fees and tuition taken care of by a combination of fee waivers and assisstantships, think hard about coming.
o If your school pays you such that you can live on it, do come. (This might be hard currently.)
Remember, schools hire grad students like employees and look at them like one after that. 'cos most grads get paid in some form by the school. So, you got to pay them back in the form of research papers and get out soon. They can't keep you forever.
Focus, Focus. Focus. "A better non-boring job in less than 2 years."