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Old 04-27-2010, 07:01 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by filtherton View Post
On the other hand, these days it's quite possible that you don't get a job in your field and end up working somewhere without a 401k for $15,000/yr (if you're lucky). Grad school would make more sense in this context and you wouldn't be out a hypothetical 1,000,000.

My suggestion would be to follow your dreams. If you don't have kids or a debt besides student loans, you might as well- especially in a dire job market such as this one. I'd even consider a non-psych degree if there's something you'd rather do. There's no reason your grad degree needs to be the same thing as your undergrad.
I agree with everything you said. Frankly, with a Psych degree, masters or not, you are unlikely to get a job in your field, and if you do it's likely to be around $30K. If I were hellbent on getting my Masters, I'd get it in something else and upgrade to a BS.
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