got a job offer but unsure if i should take it...help???

[kobe36]

hi fellow grad cafers:

i am really unsure what to do right now. I am currently employed at a job that I have been a t for 3 years already. Management has changed a lot in the recent past year. We started out as a group of 4 and we build this new program from the ground up (mostly it was my old manager but we helped ) and I am so proud of what it has become but now half of the team is gone and the only coworker that is left is leaving in June/July to go to grad school. I, on the other hand, has been rejected from 3 out of the 7 schools I applied to and am expected the rest to be rejections too. With this in mind, I recently went in a for a interview at another non profit that is closely related to what my major is but less intense work. Today, they offered me the job but its less money and less hours, more vacation time, nicer location (i work in a very bad area of town right now). I am not sure if i should take it. On the off chance that I do get into one of the remaining schools left, I will definitely go and will have to leave my new job after 3 to 4 months which really doesn't seem fair to them. On the other hand, if i don't leave and if i dont get in any schools, I will be stuck at a job that I have now grown to dislike very much and with my coworker leaving, it will be unbearable. I am so confused and I don't know what to do. I don't want to screw over anyone or myself either. Please someone help me and tell me what to do. Thank you !! and I am truly grateful that in this kind of economy where many people are unemployed, that I have a choice in where I want to work.

[oldlady]

First, get in touch with the schools that you haven't heard from and see if you can get some closure. That, in itself, may solve your problem. If not, just be honest with your potential new employer about your situation. (If you were the employer, wouldn't you want to be treated the same way?) See if you can't work something out... Good luck!