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tritium · 08-04-2004, 05:20 PM

Ok. I need some quick ideas or affirmation that I'm not a complete dumbass...

I've been out of school since my December 2003 graduation with a BS in Technical Communications with a 2.25 GPA Cumm. My major GPA was a fair amount higher and my cummulative GPA for the past 2 semesters of undergrad was 2.40. Almost the entire time I was an undergrad, I was a fulltime student, 15-18hrs/semester, and held down 2 jobs-- 1 work study and 1 parttime outside of school (roughly 20-25hrs of work per week). I did this in order to pay the bills, keep fed, etc, and I don't regret it, but there's no denying that it lowered my GPA.

I'm coming to the conclusion that the market in my field (Communications/Web Design/Training) is requiring some graduate study, preferably a finished Master's degree. So, I'm low on most GPA requirements, but I need/want to pursue something higher.

I'm paging through some local schools and programs... not finding much that I'd qualify for, given my rather low undergraduate GPA. I did find an ITT (ITT Tech) Master's of Business Administration program that requires a 2.0 cummulative GPA (generally, the minimum to graduate with a Bachelor's) ...

What do you all think of that? Worth pursuing? Will the working-world judge me for attending ITT?

Should I pass that up and raise hell with some of the local schools to see if I can shake something loose? Is is possible to start something at one school and transfer the credit on the graduate level? I'm thinking maybe I need to go down to the minor leagues and earn my way back up the major's?

Let me have it straight.

08-04-2004, 05:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
tritium Professor of Drinkology	Graduate Study Ok. I need some quick ideas or affirmation that I'm not a complete dumbass... I've been out of school since my December 2003 graduation with a BS in Technical Communications with a 2.25 GPA Cumm. My major GPA was a fair amount higher and my cummulative GPA for the past 2 semesters of undergrad was 2.40. Almost the entire time I was an undergrad, I was a fulltime student, 15-18hrs/semester, and held down 2 jobs-- 1 work study and 1 parttime outside of school (roughly 20-25hrs of work per week). I did this in order to pay the bills, keep fed, etc, and I don't regret it, but there's no denying that it lowered my GPA. I'm coming to the conclusion that the market in my field (Communications/Web Design/Training) is requiring some graduate study, preferably a finished Master's degree. So, I'm low on most GPA requirements, but I need/want to pursue something higher. I'm paging through some local schools and programs... not finding much that I'd qualify for, given my rather low undergraduate GPA. I did find an ITT (ITT Tech) Master's of Business Administration program that requires a 2.0 cummulative GPA (generally, the minimum to graduate with a Bachelor's) ... What do you all think of that? Worth pursuing? Will the working-world judge me for attending ITT? Should I pass that up and raise hell with some of the local schools to see if I can shake something loose? Is is possible to start something at one school and transfer the credit on the graduate level? I'm thinking maybe I need to go down to the minor leagues and earn my way back up the major's? Let me have it straight. __________________ Blah. Last edited by tritium; 08-04-2004 at 05:24 PM..