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Hi! So I am in desperate need of some advice. I was recently rejected to the 4 geology programs I applied to for Fall 2015 and am now trying to regroup and get ready for the Fall 2016 application season ( I want to study mineralogy/petrology). I have spoken to some of the POI's at the schools I was rejected from and they told me to make my GRE scores more competitive, which I certainnly plan on doing ( I signed up for a prep course and will retake the GRE as soon as I can). Anyway my real problem is what to do in the meantime. I obviously can't just sit around for the next 6 months and am really torn between getting a job and taking some classes at my community college. In my undergrad I didn't take Calc or Physics and I don't want that to hurt my application for 2016 because many schools reccommend having two semesters of each. I also just had a job interview the other day and am almost positive I will get the job, but it will be full time and I won't have any time to take any other classes. I just have no idea what to do! Should I get a full time job and gain experience in my field (It's a microscopy position)? Or should I go back to school and knock out some classes that would make my transcripts stronger? I have spoken to some of my profs from my undergraduate program and they're giving me mixed advice! HELP!