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I'm so nervous about what will happen after I graduate. I really don't know what I am going to do with myself. Ideally, I will be in grad school with a salaried job and my own place. I really don't think I would be able to tolerate living at home as an adult. I have far too many opinions and weird quirks for my family to deal with.
So here are my options:
*Graduate School FT
--all yay and happiness except no idea how I am supposed to pay for this
City Jobs [awesome benefits + salary! + tuition reimbursement :) ]
*Social worker
--best option so far, though, I'm not keen on being a baby stealer or reading depressing cases all day
*Police Officer (with the goal to move up to EAP - psych unit - that would most likely happen after 1 yr on the streets)
--ideal, minus the training where they'd be yelling at me, but it's better than the military bc i can quit if i want
--also, it should be easy for me to advance
Private Sector Jobs
*Mental Health Worker/Psych Tech/Med Tech
---boo, you don't even need a degree for this just some experience, I don't like jobs like that; I want to feel I didn't waste all those years in school
*Therapeutic Support Staff
---same as above, and it sucks if you don't have a kid you enjoy or if your kid is crazy wild
Teaching Jobs
*Behavioural Health Worker
--basically a FT teacher for kids in crisis treatment centres
--pay sucks, most of these BHWs have two jobs, I'm not down with that
--a big minus is that lots of those kids had ring worm when I was there...gross
*Teaching Assistant
---I could deal with this but it's only PT
---pay is alright but no benefits :(
I feel as if jobs are never available when I am applying for them. But when I can't apply because of school, there are so many opportunities. I'll be putting in the apps for city jobs next week - there's a $35 application fee...so $70...Ive applied for SW before but couldn't do it because of school and not having a driving license. So that's my number one plan for when I get back to the city - get some driving lessons pronto. Other than that, I'm mostly confident I'll have a good job. It's the first few summer months that I am worried about.
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update:
!!! major snag in the grad app process !!!
I just received notice that one of the people I asked to provided a reference for graduate school did not do it properly. She forgot to sign her letter of support and did not include the school's form ( a checklist of characteristics). I am guessing maybe she thought that was optional? I don't know. But this makes ME look bad. My application is already not the strongest and to have a reference that looks "off", not the ideal situation. She's also away on break (as am I) so I have no way of contacting her until next week. I hope this doesn't delay finding out if I have been offered acceptance. I think I may have to ask the chair of my psych dept (who btw doesn't like me because I want to study cultural psych and not motivation theory) for a letter of support, at least his letter will look legit and be out relatively quickly. If not him then my anthro prof. though I feel he is quite burdened with work. Or maybe the woman who is advising my senior thesis...okay yes, I have options thank goodness. It's just none of them know me very well. So I'll have one stellar reference from a prof who really likes me and another that's just meh...oh well, I just need one more.
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My graduate school applications are finally complete. I have applied to 3 schools in/near my hometown. Ironically, they're all religious schools. I'm not the most religious person but I find it funny that my college choices always seem to have a trend, for undergraduate all but two of the schools were all female. Anyway, I spoke to my top choice school today, all of my information has been received and I should have a decision in "14 days". So, the week after I return from Spring Break I will know if I should proceed to be a very depressed individual or beyond happy and excited for my future. Actually, I shouldn't say that. Regardless of whether I receive admission to a degree program I am certain I'll continue my studies. I would just have to enroll as a non-degree candidate and would be on a PT schedule. It's not ideal but it still gets me closer to the degree. The ideal situation would be enrollment as a FT student at my number one choice (and of course being able to afford it).
One thing I am worried about is my ability to pay for my future 'endeavors'. I am fortunate enough to have been give a 'free ride' save for transportation costs at my current institution. Granted, it's taken a psychological toll via extreme disillusionment and disdain for the place but I will have a +$160,000 degree for just the cost of my transportation +$2,000. That's better than instate tuition :P My new problem, that I would honestly be so thankful to have, will be how to finance around $15,000 a year all by my lonesome. Everyone is saying I can take out education loans. I hope this is the case. However, I'm not really sure about the FAFSA....do I need parental information? I know I certainly won't get that. The form seems to imply that if you're going for a graduate degree you don't need it. What I wonder is do you need a certain level of income and age (above 24) for this to be true. That's usually the way these forms work. Anyway, 14 days, I can not wait!
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