I have been strugling with the decision to start my MArch this year (I have applied and been accepted) or to wait it out a year or two. The job market is very good and I could stay with my current employer for some time.
I've always heard it is best to go to school when the economy sours. My nightmare situation would be to enroll now and graduate in two years with loads of debt and no one hiring new employees.
I am curious if other people are dealing with the same issues and/or what people in the past have done and how it worked out.
holeyman,
If you have your BArch, finish your IDP and start your exams. Esp. if the school will hold your place.
I waited 5 years, and took the exams, before I started applying to grad schools.
If you need the MArch for licensure, then I wouldn't wait too long.
I saw your earlier thread, which school did you choose?
I am in the same boat-have been accepted, but have an opportunity for a good job-so I am defering for a year and going to work-that way I can come out of school debt free (I will make enough in a year to pay for school) and then I can take whatever job I want regardless of salary (I am also married-which helps). It was a hard decision, because I am transfering and already have one year of school down and love it, but the idea of being able to come out of school with absolutely no debt makes me feel so much better.
I am married and have a mortgage as well, so I certainly don't want to take on too much debt. Irishtom makes a great point about finishing the IDP requirements before enrolling in an MArch program. I have a four-year environmental design degree; can I take the ARE exams right after finishing my Masters?
well, first i gotta take GRE, and make portfolio. and that's what's holding me.
right now, i work for a firm that pays little below average.
i am thinking... working two years before m.arch will pay you less money than when working two years after m.arch
so isn't it better to go to grad school as soon as possible?
yup, I'd get it done asap if you want/need to go to grad school. That's what I did, but I think our class was about 50/50 going directly or waiting/working for a year.
And now would be a bad time to leave an office, when there is so much work around. Get 2-3 projects finished with the office all the way to execution, then go to grad school.
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Grad school now or later?
I have been strugling with the decision to start my MArch this year (I have applied and been accepted) or to wait it out a year or two. The job market is very good and I could stay with my current employer for some time.
I've always heard it is best to go to school when the economy sours. My nightmare situation would be to enroll now and graduate in two years with loads of debt and no one hiring new employees.
I am curious if other people are dealing with the same issues and/or what people in the past have done and how it worked out.
now
no wait, later
enrollment numbers increase when the economy goes south. competition for those spots also increases.
...that's it. sorry i don't have anything more enilightened to say.
holeyman,
If you have your BArch, finish your IDP and start your exams. Esp. if the school will hold your place.
I waited 5 years, and took the exams, before I started applying to grad schools.
If you need the MArch for licensure, then I wouldn't wait too long.
I saw your earlier thread, which school did you choose?
I am in the same boat-have been accepted, but have an opportunity for a good job-so I am defering for a year and going to work-that way I can come out of school debt free (I will make enough in a year to pay for school) and then I can take whatever job I want regardless of salary (I am also married-which helps). It was a hard decision, because I am transfering and already have one year of school down and love it, but the idea of being able to come out of school with absolutely no debt makes me feel so much better.
I am married and have a mortgage as well, so I certainly don't want to take on too much debt. Irishtom makes a great point about finishing the IDP requirements before enrolling in an MArch program. I have a four-year environmental design degree; can I take the ARE exams right after finishing my Masters?
you can start taking them once you're far enough into IDP, before starting your MArch (at least that's the case in Florida)...
iam on my 4th year. and i am debating too.
well, first i gotta take GRE, and make portfolio. and that's what's holding me.
right now, i work for a firm that pays little below average.
i am thinking... working two years before m.arch will pay you less money than when working two years after m.arch
so isn't it better to go to grad school as soon as possible?
yup, I'd get it done asap if you want/need to go to grad school. That's what I did, but I think our class was about 50/50 going directly or waiting/working for a year.
live life
do something crazy
grow up
figure out what makes you smile
then go to grad school
treekiller sums it up.
And now would be a bad time to leave an office, when there is so much work around. Get 2-3 projects finished with the office all the way to execution, then go to grad school.
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