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WOULD YOU LEAVE YOUR JOB TO ATTEND IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL?

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:14 pm
by LionHeart-112
Let's say u had a good job but not a great and attending a top three graduate school accepted you, would you quit your job to attend 2 years of graduate school? While you aren't making money during graduate school, the possibility of propelling your career and earning more money substantially increases with a degree from such school.

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:18 pm
by gedo_gurl
I gave up my full time job to study in one of the top schools in the UK, and Amat-Allah is there too, so it must be the best Very Happy

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:22 pm
by gurey25
are you in SOAS too Gedogurl?

kool whatu doin?

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:22 pm
by +chilli
Go for it, money is always lost while education can benefit you a life time
Plus the younger you are the less money youÂ’ll need, just crash at hooyoÂ’s and play the student card..lol

Yh I'd take the 2yrs of school

hey gedo hows is Amat, am thinking the girl forgot where the fone is since student life hit her Laughing

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:29 pm
by gedo_gurl
Hey gurey Smile she told you where she is Laughing Im doing Development studies and African studies. I regret changing my anthropology though.... my school rocks Very Happy

Chili, Amat is school most day, coz shes doing a language, which takes all your time Rolling Eyes , shes enjoying student life waaaay too much, shes worse than me when it comes to excess Laughing She may have changed her number when she moved down here tho...

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:31 pm
by Grant
Lion,

If I understand things correctly, you are working as a detail man for a pharmaceutical company? Unless you want to spend the rest of your life in sales or sales management, it's a dead end.

If you can get into school you can get the loans to stay there and have a much better springboard to jump from later.

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:38 pm
by +chilli
[quote="gedo_gurl"]
Chili, Amat is school most day, coz shes doing a language, which takes all your time Rolling Eyes , shes enjoying student life waaaay too much, shes worse than me when it comes to excess Laughing She may have changed her number when she moved down here tho...[/quote]

Yh i know she would, am hoping you'd put a strain on her and remind her of her lil town girl attitude Laughing
Inshallah i'l be down there soon anyho..

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:39 pm
by Cilmiile
Gedo Gurl,

are u that girl in the big jilbaab, with buck teeth, who eats donuts in russell square every lunchtime?

You are cute but do something about the teeth Very Happy

(if you are her)

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:45 pm
by gedo_gurl
Chili, you coming to soas too? Awesome! Or are you coming to visit because k'naan is coming here Rolling Eyes

Cilmiile Loool, no Im not her, but I think I know who you mean Laughing I dont wear a jilbaab, or eat donuts and Id rather hang out with my mates at ucl rather than sitting alone in the park Very Happy Are you from Birckbeck? Laughing

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:48 pm
by +chilli
[quote="gedo_gurl"]Chili, you coming to soas too? Awesome! Or are you coming to visit because k'naan is coming here Rolling Eyes
[/quote]

Whos K'naan?

I'll be there for my masters next yr Inshallah
but right now just to see Amat, we'v never been this much apart Embarassed

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:54 pm
by gedo_gurl
K'naan is a nobody, thats who he is Very Happy Well done girl! What are you doing your masters in? There are some awesome, really specific choices Very Happy Are you and Amat friends in real life? You must be nice. Smile

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:59 pm
by Cilmiile
birkbeck Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing

My declining years will be spent fighting Somali Talibanism, not inside the musty hallways of college for geezers Very Happy

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:08 pm
by Gacalisa
so, why cant i work and go the school at the same time.

if i got accepted, why would they tell me not to work?

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:19 pm
by LionHeart-112
Grant-Thanks for the advice. I don't actually do pharmaceutical sales. It's my dream job however. But my current job isn't exactly my dream job. A master's degree in international affairs stands between me and my dream job.

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:40 pm
by AMAT-ALLAH
Laughing Laughing

Nayaa Chilli sheer ap...i no u miss my behind...*Muawaah*

Naa Gedo..We cant help being soo dang clever.. Embarassed cant believe we are study buddies, im still laughin about wot u did to me that night...u naughty mare Wink

Cillmie...You study at SOAS,,nooo waaaay i havent seen any somali brothers around unless ur that dark skinny guy that keeps following me around the JCR.... Laughing Laughing ..Nah serisouly who ru?Im sure u've seen me and gedo, were the xalimos making too much noise outside the courtyard hehe ... Laughing Laughing Cool