I Swear, I'm Cool Now (aka The Longest Blog Entry Ever)
So, I had a long talk last night with Di and she straightened me out on life. I love Di so much, she's the best fake sister a girl can have! I had a moment when I felt really sad that I called Di for sisterly advice rather than, say, one of my sisters. But we all know that Mel doesn't count and it was 10pm so Kate probably would have been pissed had I called her up at midnight (Chitown) to discuss my stupid preoccupations. Anyway, Di straightened me out and I feel much better and I've chilled a lot. Now I just need to remind myself to stay chill.
Oh, and many people have asked if I'm flipping out about my review. No - fuck that shit. I had my review and exactly what I thought was going to happen happened. My review wasn't great, bossman was a dick, I got a puny raise. Blech. It was just really disappointing that I was so down about my review, but I predicted everything exactly.
Anyway, I've had nothing to do today (I love it! Love it!) So I've been spending most of the morning researching grad schools. God, I want to go to Stirling so badly...but sadly I don't think that's in the cards for me. So I started looking at Syracuse again pretty seriously.
On a side note, I understand that Syracuse is going to suck shit and I'm going to hate it. I will be cold. I will be lonely. I will be sad. TJ will also be cold and sad (she doesn't have any friends, so you can't get any lonelier than that.) I will be miserable. I know about the snow. And the heat. And how I won't be able to wear flip-flops year round. I know all this. And there is one thing that prevails over all other facts: his name is Robert Thompson. Fuck you Robert Thompson for being brilliant and the #1 US media scholar AND for deciding to be based out of Syracuse. Fuck you. *Sigh* But I digress...
So, Syracuse then. Upstate New York. Woo.
Looking at their programs, it really does seem like the place to which I'm meant to matriculate. Their media management program looks pretty cool. It's not necessarily my passion, but it may be a much more lucrative choice than their media studies program. Now the media studies program, damn that shit looks fun! It's almost exactly the same track I chose in college. And we all know what a dork I am and how much I loved that shit. So I'm pretty sure I would take to it like a duck to water. About 50% of the media studies grads go on to PhDs (which is what I would probably do) and the rest pretty much go on to executive positions. So that's very encouraging.
One funny note, looking through the future career options for the different programs it seems like an almost steady 50% of students go on to doctorate degrees and the other 50% go on to executive positions. Not so for PR...most of their grads go on to AAE positions. Whoa - that's shitty. There's no point in even getting a masters when you're going on to an AAE position. Also, look at the earning potential there. SF is an insane advertising market and AAEs make about $30,000 a year here. If you lived in Atlanta or the midwest or something, you'd be looking at making about $20-25,000 a year as an AAE. AEs really only make about $35,000 in SF. So...basically you'd pay more for your masters in PR then you could hope to recoup. What idiots. But I guess that's PR for ya :)
So at this juncture, I would like to introduce the first ever Western Edition poll. Please post your answers in the comments section!
Q: Would I be a pussy for going to domestic grad school?
Oh, and many people have asked if I'm flipping out about my review. No - fuck that shit. I had my review and exactly what I thought was going to happen happened. My review wasn't great, bossman was a dick, I got a puny raise. Blech. It was just really disappointing that I was so down about my review, but I predicted everything exactly.
Anyway, I've had nothing to do today (I love it! Love it!) So I've been spending most of the morning researching grad schools. God, I want to go to Stirling so badly...but sadly I don't think that's in the cards for me. So I started looking at Syracuse again pretty seriously.
On a side note, I understand that Syracuse is going to suck shit and I'm going to hate it. I will be cold. I will be lonely. I will be sad. TJ will also be cold and sad (she doesn't have any friends, so you can't get any lonelier than that.) I will be miserable. I know about the snow. And the heat. And how I won't be able to wear flip-flops year round. I know all this. And there is one thing that prevails over all other facts: his name is Robert Thompson. Fuck you Robert Thompson for being brilliant and the #1 US media scholar AND for deciding to be based out of Syracuse. Fuck you. *Sigh* But I digress...
So, Syracuse then. Upstate New York. Woo.
Looking at their programs, it really does seem like the place to which I'm meant to matriculate. Their media management program looks pretty cool. It's not necessarily my passion, but it may be a much more lucrative choice than their media studies program. Now the media studies program, damn that shit looks fun! It's almost exactly the same track I chose in college. And we all know what a dork I am and how much I loved that shit. So I'm pretty sure I would take to it like a duck to water. About 50% of the media studies grads go on to PhDs (which is what I would probably do) and the rest pretty much go on to executive positions. So that's very encouraging.
One funny note, looking through the future career options for the different programs it seems like an almost steady 50% of students go on to doctorate degrees and the other 50% go on to executive positions. Not so for PR...most of their grads go on to AAE positions. Whoa - that's shitty. There's no point in even getting a masters when you're going on to an AAE position. Also, look at the earning potential there. SF is an insane advertising market and AAEs make about $30,000 a year here. If you lived in Atlanta or the midwest or something, you'd be looking at making about $20-25,000 a year as an AAE. AEs really only make about $35,000 in SF. So...basically you'd pay more for your masters in PR then you could hope to recoup. What idiots. But I guess that's PR for ya :)
So at this juncture, I would like to introduce the first ever Western Edition poll. Please post your answers in the comments section!
Q: Would I be a pussy for going to domestic grad school?
posted by La Doña at 12:27 PM
1 Comments:
absolutely not
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