r/GraduateSchool

Hi! I'm thinking about going back to get a Masters. I have a Bachelors in Nursing, worked Bedside NICU for 10 years and am now doing Data abstraction of patient's charts from home. I am really torn between going back for something that will be useful and make me more money or going back for something that interests me that probably doesn't have a lot of real world applications, but I would find fascinating. I'm really interested in learning more about Eastern Medicine, the affects of frequencies on the body, holistic health/herbalism, mythology across all cultures. I'm really don't know where to even start narrowing down what I want. Some options I'm considering are Data Science, Genetic Counseling, Neuroscience. If anyone has any other suggestions or could help give me some direction I'd really appreciate it!

Hi - I might come across as shallow, but I just want to be honest with my question:

I went to a community college mainly due to financial reasons and having a sick family member. I didn't even think about applying to any of my dream schools. Regardless, I still got into a prestigious company straight out of college ... but quit so that I can take care of my family member. I'm at a decent company now and I've been working here for the first half of my twenties, but it just hit me how I gave up on my dreams and aspirations so early on in life. I don't feel like I have an identity anymore... I was such an ambitious person throughout my teens ... and now I feel extremely insecure when I am with like minded peers.

So coming to the point...

I was hoping to apply for a DS program at a prestigious university. I come from a CS background. It's extremely expensive compared to the other DS programs available... but I would feel really proud being associated with that school. The career path I want to take could potentially benefit from it, but I'll still be fine without it. I think it might help me later on for job security purposes but... to be honest, I'm just doing it for the school name. I want to know what you guys think.

I feel like people in tech really do care about the school you come from.

Note: Btw, it is online. I won't have to quit work, but some people say the cost is not justified since it is not in person.

Recent physics graduate in America and am looking to apply to a few American universities for grad school.

My final GPA came out to 3.887, and I’m wondering what the common consensus is on calling it a “3.9” in applications? I worked my ass off the past few weeks for that last 87 instead of a 3.865 to make a better case for rounding up.

Alternatively, does anyone have experience with their GPA actually helping applications? Or is it only a fancy decoration