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RC4

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    Already Graduated (M.S. Biology)

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  1. I'm almost 30, and I'm feeling really anxious about only just finishing my graduate program. I've only ever had one job before and I feel like my life has never even started. I feel like I'm constantly in limbo and I am incredibly afraid that I haven't properly developed any real skills as a college student. I felt horrible imposter syndrome through grad school, especially when I was a teaching assistant. I found a job between grad school that helped alleviate that feeling but I feel like I'm back at square one again. I'm still not enough for my field, and need to go back another year or two for a clinical program for certification. I'm operating off of pennies after emptying my savings on grad school and I feel incredibly hopeless about my future. I hope I can find a job as an assistant, I don't feel like my graduate degree actually helps me at all without the requisite experience and certifications. I feel worthless.
  2. I recently finished my last semester and have applied to graduate for my M.S. in Biological Sciences, and I'm looking into getting my MLT or MLS certification so that I can apply to MLT and general medical lab positions. I know that there are MLT/MLS programs offered by a handful of universities as required for the ASCP certification requirements, but I cannot afford to pay another $5k for some certification program after finishing my Master's degree. I have had previous work as a laboratory associate/assistant at a Genetics lab (non-academic) which had obtained CLIA certification, but I only worked there for a year and do not qualify for Route 4 eligibility as an MLT. I do not know what positions I could apply for that would allow me to get MLT/MLS certification without having said certification to begin with, and since I cannot afford another academic program right now I am not sure what job prospects are available to me now that are relevant to my degree. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions to my career route? I desperately need guidance or help, my college never had any form of advice with regards to my current predicament.
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