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My boyfriend left his masters program after the first semester. He realized that he didn't like research and it wasn't the type of research he was expecting. I think our culture has this obsession of "never quit, no matter what!" Maybe see if you could leave with a masters? Its healthy for things to change. You aren't the only one who goes through this! Good luck!

Me too!! I'm nervous/excited, I hope its good. I'm not sad that sookie won't be in it. I never really liked her character that much. Please don't throw your apartment spiders at me!

I could never be a buddhist since I kill all the bugs and spiders. My rule is if you enter my apartment, you die. I have too much stuff and I've decided that I will be an uncluttered person from now on. Or at least until we are done moving! I just finished binge watching gilmore girls and now ready for the revival!

I could never ride on a motorcycle. I mean driving a chunk of metal around 60 MPH already freaks me out, I need my airbags! I also don't ride on roller coasters soooo there's that ha. My vent is my poor bf still is applying for jobs. Its so annoying, we are good on money but I feel frustrated for him! I'm also sad that we may have to do long distance again. @kimmibeans that's exactly what I want to do! My undergrad is in geology and I'm going for my MA in museum studies.

Hey I'm starting my MA this fall so I don't have experience just yet. I think its important but I don't think its the only thing that matters. I think a supportive faculty is the number one key. Of course I haven't written a thesis so take my opinion with a grain of salt. As long as its in the same realm of what you want to study I don't think you have to perfectly fit.

I'm also team teleportation! It has the benefits of flying without the hassle of worrying about weather, birds, planes, etc. I would like the way night crawler teleports, where he travels between these weird universe holes. Plus you can go anywhere! I would enjoy being invisible too. That way you can really decompress and escape the outside world.

Well I hoped you at least liked the book! And being liked by everyone is overrated . Don't get down on yourself! I haven't established a lot of friendships and I think that's true for a lot of people. @Neist Well that's good news, I do like free money. I haven't received any TA or RA appointments, only fellowships/scholarships so I wouldn't have any work conflicts. My scholarship does say to inform them if I obtain anymore funding. And that would look good on a CV! I'll wait for a bit but after awhile in my program, I may take the plunge and apply for jobs. Or getting a job through the university would also be nice.

I definitely will, thanks! The ones I've been looking at are part time, library aid positions. I feel like that kind of job will give me enough exposure without added a lot of responsibility. Luckily, I don't need a high paying position so there's not a lot of pressure. I'm trying to keep my options open!

I always look at job listings so I get the need to look at everything. @Pink Fuzzy Bunny Good luck today! I'm debating whether to get a part time job working in a library while I'm completing my masters. I would like to gain some experience in that field too and I think I could handle a part time job. But I'm going to wait until I get a good idea on the workload for my program. I don't want to shot myself in the foot. I also saw an awesome certificate offered at my school and I'm thinking about doing that as well. I want to do all the things ha. Its a book history and digital humanities certificate. It sounds so interesting and useful!

Tbh that sounds exactly like harassment to me, but only you can decide whether its extreme enough! Sounds like his maturity and personality is as stunted as his height. Just know you have me to vent to as well! I doubt you are the first person he has ever done this too and I'm pretty sure he will do this to someone else. Bullies are very predictable.

I think so! I've used websites like Indeed.com, USA jobs.gov, Monster.com, etc to get a firm idea on what I would need. All the job postings have had masters for their "preferred" qualifications. The only time I would need a PhD is if I wanted to be a curator and/or work at a big league like the Smithsonian. I don't want to do either so I'm set. Plus I have to think of my boyfriend and we've decided that the PhD rat race isn't something that we want to do in our lives.

That's my line of thinking plus I doubt I'm getting a PhD. I'm more interested in working full time in museums as a community outreach person and I have a feeling that a PhD isn't needed . One of my peers was like "but wouldn't you be more excited by a 3.5, what about becoming a professor?!". I just looked at him like he grew three heads, let me finish my masters first dude!

Dude sends a "danger will robinson" vibe.

It was mainly physics and chemistry that brought me down, darn those Cs! Before chemistry, I had a 3.89 but that C made my GPA take a nose dive to 3.3. I've gone up/down slightly ever since. I just graduated with a 122 credits and I needed 120 to graduate.....so I guess I could have stayed longer and gotten a minor to boost my gpa/explore sociology more. But I already got into grad school soooooooo I'm running with it . Yeah fall semester was a nightmare for me! So happy that's over.

@Cheshire_Cat He's suffering from little man syndrome, most likely. Harassment is a no go and I would start documenting everything he does/says. Sure some people may think involving the police isn't necessary but neither is harassment. You didn't start this, but you should finish it. I understand your pain, I've gone through this before!

Leaving with a 3.2, pretty happy with it! Sure not the highest but no grade inflation at my regional school. I spent today running errands and moving doctors' appointments around. Congrats for everyone as well! @pterosaur have you brought up a possible long distance relationship? He may be up for it and its worth a shot asking if you really like him! I rarely remember dreams, I usually fall asleep and then wake up the next morning with nothing. Just a sea of emptiness . We are looking forward to traveling around the southwest for awhile. Now I'm just being a sloth and doing nothing.

@Neist Thanks, yeah my C was in physics so im not complaining. Sorry about the B, too bad that a B isnt seen as good enough anymore. @Danger_Zone Thanks, unfortunately my new sunburn will keep me company

@hippyscientist I'll be careful about course offerings, my boyfriend didn't find out the classes he wanted to take weren't even offer anymore! Plus the research being the exact opposite of what he wanted to do. And thanks for the congrats! I escaped with no sun burn, unfortunately, my boyfriend wasn't as lucky . It went as smoothly as it could possibly go and my family is already gone. So now I'm taking a day to do nothing. Then I'll resume packing up.

I GRADUATED!! Now I just want to take a nap. So far I have a C and an A, waiting for my last two classes. I'm expecting As in those. I'm freeeee. Until August haha

Totally claiming the suggestion . I don't have many friends and I think thats common for a lot of people. I think it helps that emotional engagment wears me out so I don't get stressed out by my social life. I have 2 best friends from grade school, a couple from undergrad, and maybe future ones from grad school? I feel like paris from gilmore girls and larry david and i would be a perfect trio

Sigh I miss having pets

@Cat_Robutt I've tried to say that no finals would be an excellent graduation present unfortunately I was unsuccessful!

Honestly bread is bread to me! I pretty much love all the carbs. And I'm trying to avoid buying things since that will be less stuff to move. My house has a front porch, I can't wait to have plotted plants and chairs.

Its very common in the United States! Luckily at my school my professors are willing to change dates to help you out, so you won't have more than 1 exam in 1 day. And thats something I can get behind!

Ah ok! Well hopefully your project doesn't give you too much trouble. I have a sociology exam (have a 103 in the class), a hydrology exam (A-high B?), a physics exam (I have a B right now which was super surprising....), and a GIS exam(I think I have an A but he takes forever to grade things). So I feel like my meh attitude is justified! I was so stressed last semester so this feeling is great. And that does sound nice! If only those classes offered coffee, then I would try it out.