Hi everyone!
As many of you probably have experienced at some point, I'm going through a current stage of self-doubt and career reappraisal as a junior studying history and political science at a ~top-10 university. Needless to say, I'm incredibly passionate about what I do, and I've taken an interest in graduate school recently. Although I feel like it's the right choice, and I feel like I have the requisite abilities and motivations, I'm still not sure. Is this (impending) sense of doom worth tolerating? Is the job market for PhDs and JDs so abysmal that it makes little financial sense for me to pursue one or the other (nevermind being funded by some PhD programs)?
Why, ultimately, did you choose the path you did? Are you currently interested in staying in academia, or do you see graduate studies in political science as an avenue to other employment opportunities?
I'm at a bit of a cross roads, and I could really use some insight. I'm not in a desperate position grade wise by any means--I just don't know where to invest myself.
Classic social science sob-story, yes, but I would be indebted to anyone with sage advice for a political science/history major with a bunch of ambition and a greater sense of uncertainty..
Thanks, all.
EDIT: If you have any relevant literature to share, feel free to post a link. I've done plenty of my own research, but if you sense that something was worthwhile for you, please send it my way.
