Help! In Grad School Looking To Transfer

[MadGrad]

Hello I'm new to the cafe and joined at the right time. I am having a Grad school crisis. I am currently in a program but do not wish to continue. I would like to switch programs and even schools. I am just worried that I am making a mistake. I have made it through my 1st semester. If I leave then I am taking the risk of not getting in where I apply. Does this happen often? Any advice would help me out. Thanks!

[kahlan_amnell]

Hello I'm new to the cafe and joined at the right time. I am having a Grad school crisis. I am currently in a program but do not wish to continue. I would like to switch programs and even schools. I am just worried that I am making a mistake. I have made it through my 1st semester. If I leave then I am taking the risk of not getting in where I apply. Does this happen often? Any advice would help me out. Thanks!

Why do you want to switch? Is this an MA/MS or a Ph.D. program? How long will it take to finish your degree?

At this point it is pretty much too late to apply for Spring 2010 or Fall 2010, unless you already started the process, or found places with late deadlines or rolling admissions that you want to apply to.

Lots of people have difficult first semesters and think they want to leave. I'd say see how next semester goes.

[jacib]

Why do you want to switch? Is this an MA/MS or a Ph.D. program? How long will it take to finish your degree?

At this point it is pretty much too late to apply for Spring 2010 or Fall 2010, unless you already started the process, or found places with late deadlines or rolling admissions that you want to apply to.

Lots of people have difficult first semesters and think they want to leave. I'd say see how next semester goes.

This happened to my sister in Art History and she ended up staying until she got her Masters (it was a PhD program). She entered the museum world for a while (Like I said, art history degree), and is now working on her MBA, originally because she wanted to be a museum director but now it seems like she might do a more traditional post-MBA get rich or die tryin' thing.