It's probably the one thing you all dread and hope that you never have to experience- leaving your master's program. The course is a two year <deleted>. Why do it? I have been unhappy and dissatisfied with my course for a year now. This includes my unhappiness with my supervisor, my research, and the course itself. As a self-funded student, the situation only became worse as I came to the conclusion earlier this year that it was not worth funding another year of this.
Everyday since I've made the decision to leave last week, I've asked myself if this is right choice. I suppose we all make mistakes in our life; I had very different expectations as to what the course would offer me at this stage in my academic career. Sadly, it did not fulfill expectations and that frankly disappointed me more than anything. I felt that this certainly impacted on my academic performance over the course of ten months, only causing the situation to worsen.
All I can do at this point is return home and contemplate my options. Do I get a job? Do I look at another master's program for the future? These are all unanswered questions but I suppose coming into this directly from undergrad, I was naïve
and really didn't understand what I was getting myself into. I was clearly able based on my undergraduate performance to succeed in graduate study. I never hoped for a PhD but I did feel that additional graduate qualification in my subject would be interesting to me.
That's all changed now due to this decision. It would be helpful to hear advice from the forum regarding what steps I should take now.
(Due to the sensitivity of this situation, I will not be able to provide more detail on my course or my college affiliation within the university).
