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I think it's sad that so many people here have offered you support and advice, to which you continuously reply, "It won't work." Stop using this board as your personal therapy session and DO SOMETHING! Yes, your options suck. Trying to hide your money from you mom while living with her stinks. Going to a shelter would certainly be stressful. Taking a minimum wage job that you dislike with a boss who's a jerk is awful. I hear that, I really do. But so is your situation now. So do SOMETHING to start you on your way to happiness. Once you make a single decision to move your situation forward, every step after that will be easier. But talking about it endlessly won't help.

Does anyone with kids want to chime in on what this area's like for families? What neighborhoods have good schools? Are there things for families to do? Anything else parents should know?

Thanks for the feedback. I'm interested in Medieval literature and the conflicts and reconciliations between paganism and Christianity found in it. I haven't really gotten any more specific than that. (One reason I was hoping to apply to a MA program first! I want to get a little more general background before I really commit myself to a specific field.) More about me: I graduated from college 9 years ago with a BA in Theater Ed and a minor in Lit. I was a very unmotivated student and although I managed to graduate with a 3.08, I did so poorly my senior year that I was put on academic probation my last semester. I wish I had some awesome work experience to compensate, but I spent the last 4 years working part-time as an SAT tutor while staying home with my daughter. Right now I have no academic references, so I'm going to take a course of two this year. (I'd like to take more, but money is a huge issue) From what I've seen on this board, I'm in no way competitive in the PhD admissions game, so I was hoping to try for a terminal MA program. I'd obviously rather go straight into a PhD program, but I'm scared I'll be laughed right out of application pile!

Does anyone know if universities typically accept their own MA students to their PhD programs? I'm wondering because I'm applying to MA programs right now with the goal of going on to get my PhD. I've been out of school for years and seriously slacked in college. I don't think I have a chance of getting in to a good PhD program right now (even though I'm going to take a couple courses to boost my record). I am a mom of one very anxious child and i don't want to move somewhere to get my MA only to uproot my daughter again in two years to go get my PhD. I'm hoping that if I get into a decent MA program and do well, I'll have a strong advantage over outside PhD applicants. Any idea if that's true?

Hi, I was wondering if anyone out there has done the MA program in English at UMass Boston, Salem State, or Bridgewater State. I'd love to get any kind of feedback on professors, classes, over-all impressions of the departments, etc. My family situation and dismal undergrad grades (from 9 years ago) are limiting my options right now, and I'm feeling pretty worried about these choices.