Other options for grad school?!!

[redrose30]

Hello All! I recently graduated with a bachelor's in communication disorders and am now stuck at a crossroads. I do not have a competitive GPA nor have I taken the GRE yet, so I still do not know where I'd even have a chance of getting in. I know communication sciences is a very competitve graduate program so I am not keeping my hopes up. I am open to other options for grad school such as library science, teaching or high school counseling. I know it seems like I'm sort of giving up but I am just being realistic. If there's anyone out there who had to switch career paths or anyone with any ideas, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you!

 

[VioletAyame]

From my experiences reading this forum for the past 4 months, the most common and still most applicable advice is to think hard about why you want to go to grad schools. There is the practical reason to further one's career, to teach and do research. There is the "romantic" reason to further your knowledge of a field you're passionate about (with the prospect for a job of course). Your reason seems to fall in neither category, and even though I haven't started yet, I have heard times and times again that grad school is super hard work, even when you're not going into debt for it (then just imagine having to fund yourself). One needs the interest to sustain through 3-5 years, probably more if you're aiming for a PhD, and an eventual goal to look forward to. If you don't have a field that fits both criteria, regardless of ability, I would think twice about grad school and explore the options the BA degree grants me first.