Yeah....not so much

On Monday I went to a speech given by a woman who works in the admin office of the University of Chicago's Graduate school and she told us some not too happy things. Basically more and more people are realizing that B.A's aren't as valuable as they used to be and to stand out and make good money they'll need an advanced degree, add to that the fact that more people are going back to school because of the failing economy and you have a recipe for disaster. Oh, did I mention that since schools are losing money they're raising tuition and letting in less people? She said that this year they had three hundred applicants for six spots. Holy. Shit.
I had already planned to take a year off before going to grad school but now I'm thinking it'll be a few years. I don't really mind though. I know now that I'm motivated enough to go back even after a few years off. Maybe I'll take a few classes at one of the Chicago colleges to raise my GPA and make sure I don't completely forget what little math I know.
Now, to work on finding a job that will actually pay me a living wage....