This is my first post here. I felt compelled to post here because I just can't take it anymore. I need some kind of answers or advice because I surely couldn't ask my co-workers. To start, I am an aspiring architect in the US. I currently hold an Associate's of Applied Science and a Bachelor's of Science in Architecture. I earned the former at a community college and I earned the latter at the state university I transferred to. While in school, I studied feverishly (not much different than anyone else I suppose) and earned academic honors each semester. I honestly felt great about myself. Now, it has been two years since I graduated and I do not feel compelled to return for my master's degree. I honestly feel like I have just started to live my life now that I'm out of school and I frankly do not want to go back. Moreover, I had gone to University during the Covid-19 pandemic, so it was a really isolating and dreary experience. I much prefer working and I have been employed at a firm that I really like for two years.
With that all said, I can't help but feel a sense of guilt that I only really have a Bachelor's of Science. Yes, I am applying for licensure in a state that permits an educational alternative, but I feel like I'm an underachiever or that I am inferior. But when I ask my co-workers who have their Master's about the program, they have told me that they felt they didn't learn anything and that it was more of the same from the undergraduate program. So these answers made returning to University even less compelling. Why would I complete a program that would cost so much money and take so much time to only learn not much of anything?
I had big dreams of studying abroad or better yet, working abroad, but honestly, I am not sure anymore. The problem just loops around, I do not have a Master's degree so I would not be taken seriously. On top of that, I'm old. I am 25 years old, that's the age most people graduate from a master's program. If I were to commit to a Master's degree, I would want to have a new experience. I do not want to retread old grounds or learn nothing (based on what my coworkers say)
Are there any other people who hold a Bachelor's and feel this way? I can't help but feel like people, especially those with higher education look down on me. At the end of the day, I just want to be a licensed architect, but I fear people may not see me as credible due to my limited credentials. What do you all think?
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Feeling Guilty Over Not Having a Master's
Hello all,
This is my first post here. I felt compelled to post here because I just can't take it anymore. I need some kind of answers or advice because I surely couldn't ask my co-workers. To start, I am an aspiring architect in the US. I currently hold an Associate's of Applied Science and a Bachelor's of Science in Architecture. I earned the former at a community college and I earned the latter at the state university I transferred to. While in school, I studied feverishly (not much different than anyone else I suppose) and earned academic honors each semester. I honestly felt great about myself. Now, it has been two years since I graduated and I do not feel compelled to return for my master's degree. I honestly feel like I have just started to live my life now that I'm out of school and I frankly do not want to go back. Moreover, I had gone to University during the Covid-19 pandemic, so it was a really isolating and dreary experience. I much prefer working and I have been employed at a firm that I really like for two years.
With that all said, I can't help but feel a sense of guilt that I only really have a Bachelor's of Science. Yes, I am applying for licensure in a state that permits an educational alternative, but I feel like I'm an underachiever or that I am inferior. But when I ask my co-workers who have their Master's about the program, they have told me that they felt they didn't learn anything and that it was more of the same from the undergraduate program. So these answers made returning to University even less compelling. Why would I complete a program that would cost so much money and take so much time to only learn not much of anything?
I had big dreams of studying abroad or better yet, working abroad, but honestly, I am not sure anymore. The problem just loops around, I do not have a Master's degree so I would not be taken seriously. On top of that, I'm old. I am 25 years old, that's the age most people graduate from a master's program. If I were to commit to a Master's degree, I would want to have a new experience. I do not want to retread old grounds or learn nothing (based on what my coworkers say)
Are there any other people who hold a Bachelor's and feel this way? I can't help but feel like people, especially those with higher education look down on me. At the end of the day, I just want to be a licensed architect, but I fear people may not see me as credible due to my limited credentials. What do you all think?
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