Lived on campus my first year, it would have been a lot of fun to experience that, I only lived off campus for 4 years
Not have broken up with my girlfriend because she moved away for my senior year..shoulda forced myself to tough it out for the 2 years she had to move away, after which she promised she would move to where I was
Jury's still out on this one, but I debate it with myself all the time: having gone to get a full-time job instead of graduate school. With my fairly high GPA in Electrical Engineering, and a resume full of extracurriculurs and internships, I'm fairly confidenct I would have received very good job offers from multiple companies. However, I didn't feel ready to work fulltime, so with the advice of my summer employer and parents, I decided to go get my MSEE. I find the material interesting, but in a couple of my classes (one of which I dropped) I'm either ill-prepared or just plain not smart enough to compete against the top of the world's engineering students (top 5 program). I'm also fairly certain that I'm not going to be doing engineering forever, so I wonder if its worth it. Its weird, I've always been closer to the top of the pile academically, but now on 2 of the 3 tests I've taken in my grad-level classes I've had the lowest grade (luckily I'm doing fairly well in my undergrad classes). I'm very worried that my grades in graduate school might disqualify me from a top 10 MBA program that I would like to enroll in in a few years.
Definite positives of going to graduate school, I've moved to a different part of the country (Atlanta) without knowing a single person 3 months ago. By putting myself in situations where I forced myself to meet people, I've already made lots of friends. While its been many years since I was a shy kid, its really helped my confidence level.
Not have broken up with my girlfriend because she moved away for my senior year..shoulda forced myself to tough it out for the 2 years she had to move away, after which she promised she would move to where I was
Jury's still out on this one, but I debate it with myself all the time: having gone to get a full-time job instead of graduate school. With my fairly high GPA in Electrical Engineering, and a resume full of extracurriculurs and internships, I'm fairly confidenct I would have received very good job offers from multiple companies. However, I didn't feel ready to work fulltime, so with the advice of my summer employer and parents, I decided to go get my MSEE. I find the material interesting, but in a couple of my classes (one of which I dropped) I'm either ill-prepared or just plain not smart enough to compete against the top of the world's engineering students (top 5 program). I'm also fairly certain that I'm not going to be doing engineering forever, so I wonder if its worth it. Its weird, I've always been closer to the top of the pile academically, but now on 2 of the 3 tests I've taken in my grad-level classes I've had the lowest grade (luckily I'm doing fairly well in my undergrad classes). I'm very worried that my grades in graduate school might disqualify me from a top 10 MBA program that I would like to enroll in in a few years.
Definite positives of going to graduate school, I've moved to a different part of the country (Atlanta) without knowing a single person 3 months ago. By putting myself in situations where I forced myself to meet people, I've already made lots of friends. While its been many years since I was a shy kid, its really helped my confidence level.
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