u/Mediocre-Jelly-7625

My sister I both got college degrees. She decided to go into the restaurant industry after college and has been there since and I decided to start a foundation for my career (medical assistant). I make 30k while she makes 60k+. She still lives at home (rent prices are insane don't blame her) but she pays her bills (also paid off all her loans), travels multiple times a year both domestically and internationally, she's happy in a relationship, she has a great group of friends. I however get paid crumbs and Im drowning in student loans but because my job is in the area of my degree my parents are happy. I pay off loans and bills and I don't get much for myself, I can't afford to dream of traveling. To me my sister is successful and I admire her but to my parents she's behind because she's not using her degree. Why can't they just see that she's doing what so many want? This is a trend in the parents in my extended family too, so does someone have an explanation or are they odd?

I graduated this year with a degree however I completed the degree not having done anything during those four years so I know im behind. I'm interested in higher education especially since I am not really liking what a bachelors in animal science provides career-wise. I was just wondering if this career is feasible in a big ass city where my competition are those who did undergrad research and if people in this career see potential for new comers. Also for people doing research what is your opinion in people like me asking to volunteer at their labs or are there other opportunities to get experience that will make me a good candidate for grad school.

Like most of you I have been applying to a crap ton of jobs and either get ghosted or the automated rejection. It just infuriates me that jobs stay posted for months and these jobs are trainable, don't need a degree, don't pay much. Like give me a week, actually train me, and you'll have a good employee instead of putting the work on the rest of the staff.

96k in student loans and my job is near minimum wage. I know I was dumb for taking out that much in student loans but there is nothing I can do about it now. Rent in my area is crazy you really can't find anything under 2k for a one bedroom or studio. I think moving out would be even worse because I would take on rent and bills and separate groceries. I genuinely think I will stay living at home until it's paid off but it makes feel terrible, like Im so behind and everyone else thinks Im a bum. I would make 1k-1.5k payments to be debt free in ten years instead of putting that money to rent, TEN years. I just feel lost and that debt is constantly on my mind. To anyone else with an insane amount of debt w/o a high paying job what are y'all doing.

I recently got my bachelors in animal science with a whopping gpa of a 3.4 with two Fs on my transcript and many Bs and Cs. I retook like six courses too. I completed the degree not really knowing what I wanted so I have zero experience in anything, clinical or research. I feel really dumb for not taking advantage of the opportunities at my school for FOUR years. But I can't dwell on it. I will work at an animal shelter as an animal care assistant, I plan on doing that until I land a vet assistant position and I know of two internships I can do. Because of my crappy undergrad I want to do my masters to give myself a better chance for vet school but also to open up new career opportunities because I don't know what to do with an animal science degree in a metropolitan area. Another layer is the debt I've accumulated to put myself through undergrad, it's overwhelming, but I have a good relationship with my parents and in my culture I guess its not uncommon to live with parents as an adult, many moving out because they got married. I do not know if it's smart to add even more financial burden with grad school tuition. I honestly feel I am so behind.

I'm asking for completely honest opinions on whether I'm being delusional about this path or if I should drop this for something else.

I am interviewing at an animal shelter, it's the basic role of walking, feeding, cleaning. Anyone know what kind of questions they usually ask or the type of questions I should ask at the end. All the interview help I find are for other roles that are more "serious" I don't know how to word it, such as entry level roles in management, IT, marketing, etc. typical post grad stuff, not minimum wage roles still I really want this job.

I have an interview coming up and I don't know what to say when they ask if I have any questions. Apparently you should have questions, my last interview I said I had none and landed the role (couple years ago) because I thought it meant I understood everything and it was a good thing to not have any. Anyway, should it be about the company, the environment, or about how I will benefit from it like growth within the company, about how I can get to different roles, that feels like jumping the gun.

After applying to idek how many jobs I got my first interview offer and I'm excited but also nervous because this is my first ever job interview. Also thinking did I just reach the job searching level of getting interviews and no offers. Its a low level role and the commute isnt fun (6 dollars a day to get to and from), maybe this isnt much but it seems like a lot, like 30 a week just to get there or is this normal. But anyway I have a week to prepare and actually ask the people I put down as references to vouch for me.

I think I put myself at a huge disadvantage. I graduated college in May and I've never had a job not in fast food or retail like people usually do. My parents were huge on focusing on school and didn't let me get a job (ifykyk). A lot of people in my family dropped out and they were scared I was gonna value work over school. What is even worse is that my grades sucked and grad school is a long shot even tho school was the only thing I had to worry about. Im really embarrassed about it, my first summer I spent interning, my second I retook classes I failed, and the third I was rlly depressed I don't remember much. I did not network at all at school, I did not do any volunteer or research stuff. I keep getting rejected and Im rlly starting to think my life is over, I gave myself two months to look for a job related to my field to get hours/experience for grad school apps next year, but its looking like I will host (my friends dad has a restaurant), nothing wrong with that, its just I feel rlly behind career-wise and getting an unrelated job is just pushing everything back even more. Like I never even had a gap year in mind now I will most likely take two before my masters and if I don't get it in Im cooked.

I applied for a job using a resume where I tweaked the dates to make things look recent. I have no actual job experience so it's really just college assistant things and a singular internsh|p. I did not do anything my last year of college so I bumped up some things to avoid a weird gap. Problem is I forgot I applied to that company three years ago when I was interning and my new resume says it was two years ago while my old one says three. I think I fumbled because I did get an interview three years ago it was my availability that did not match, but again it was probably easier to land a job back then.

I graduated this year and have been applying since May, which I know is late, but I am not looking for the typical post-grad jobs most of my peers are looking for. I decided late in my degree that I was interested in veterinary medicine, so I am looking for kennel and veterinary assistant jobs, but I either get rejections or no response (mostly no response). It does not help that I have no job experience since nobody would hire me for a summer job and only interned one summer. But these positions I am applying state no experience needed and hs diploma I'm just feeling really defeated because I am already late in starting a vet med career and this delay is only making it worse. I've decided I am going to walk into clinics this week and ask I know it will probably annoy some of them or I will be directed to a website but atp I gotta give it a shot.