o/t advice please help!

You have my every sympathy. i am doing a masters through my grad scheme and i *hate* it. everything about it from researching to writing it. it will be finished next summer, around the time i get married.

can you cash in what you have already done and just do a post grad diploma or something like that?

despite all the above advice, i would stick with it. short term hit for long term gain. especially if its going to help you in the future, to give you a better income and career prospects.

hth x

My advice would be to stick at it.

I dropped out of college without even completing my degree as I just wanted to get on with 'working' and ever since that decision has come back to haunt me.

I have found it pretty difficult to progress as many companies look for the 'qualification' before everything else.... well this has been my experience anyway as many jobs I've applied for, that I've had previous experience of, I've not even got to interview stage.

Luckily I managed to get myself into a really good company with a decent job and am eternally grateful for them giving me the chance.

However, I would also say that I've seen the stress that course like yours has done to many housemates and know its not easy to cope with. Esp when you are planning a wedding at the same time.

Could you maybe leave off doing the majority of the Jan work till the end of Nov, if you get structure and a start with reference material (i am probably talking out of my bum here as I don't actually know what your course is so will assume its an report of some kind) then I bet it won't take long to do once you are married and have that big bit of time back to use on your studies.

Hope all this waffle has been of some help.

thanks love. I could get a post grad diploma if I dropped out now, but it wouldnt really be a recognised qualification. doesnt help that i`m at the university ranked worst in the country by the Times!!

Stick at it honey, I know it's probably not what you want to hear, but in 2006 I got accepted into PGDE at Moray House, but due to jsut moving in with OH and debts blah blah, I didn't go - now 2 years down the line I'm going for it again! Which on one hand is fab, and I don't "regret" the experience I have had the past 2 years - but the money would have been SO much better!

Good luck try and "reward" yourself with wedding planning once you've done a bit of work, thats what I'm planning my course will start 25th Aug, so I'm planning on booking venue/flights etc before then, then after i do some work each week do a bit more! Then celebrate come 11th June 2009 when all work is done and I can concentrate on being a B2B!!

Sorry for the ramble!!!!!!

T

xxx

hello, I remember talking masters with you before. I ve just finished my 2 year b*stard and it was horrible and I wanted to give up and every word physically hurt and I just wanted to plan my wedding (starting to sound familiar?) but anyway i finished it and got my mark yesterday which is very good but most importantly they're changing the teaching degrees over here and you need a masters so if I'd dropped out i would have had to take it up again so I guess you never know when/if you might need something or it might help you get further.

Our situations aren't identical because I wasn't working and writing at the same time (much easier!) but I felt your pain. Its a shame to get so far and stop, especially when they'res so much personal (and financial!) reward at the end, who knows where it migh get you?

Anyway, thats just my advice. every case if different but I'll do like everyone around me did and encourage you to keep going, you can do it!!!!

I signed up for a integrated masters/PhD course, did the masters year and left without even starting the PhD. I have no regrets at all about leaving it but I'm glad I finished the masters - otherwise all that work and trying not to stab my supervisor would have been for nothing!! However, also glad I didn't do the PhD as I have now decided I want to completly change direction anyway so I'm looking at doing an OU course, which is going to cost me. If its going to help your career stick with it, its only another year! Plus I assume your company are paying? It would cost you a fortune if you had to pay for it yourself later on! Can you defer some of it to a later date or is is a set-in-stone course?

thanks for all your advice and support girls. I suppose I`m lucky that its being paid for, and I will probably regret not doing it in the future (plus I dont like quitting things)

On that note, I`ll get planting the clematis I`ve just bought from my friends garden centre!! Boy do I need a kick up the jacksie

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Consider yourself kicked!! I don't like quitting things either. I am glad I didn't.