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I love this idea of “status limbo”. After college, I found myself in a “limbo” of sorts. I had just graduated with a degree that was fairly unemployable, and di
by syndicatedjelly 3y ago
I love this idea of “status limbo”. After college, I found myself in a “limbo” of sorts. I had just graduated with a degree that was fairly unemployable, and didn’t have good enough grades to go to grad school in the same field. Feeling a bit dejected, I decided to poke around in a subject I was once good at in high school - math. I took several classes at the community college and even won a school math contest. During that time, I applied to grad school in biomedical engineering and was accepted to a couple of good schools, ultimately attending one of them.
I felt a true sense of despair during those first 6 months after undergrad though. It really felt like I had no clear prospects. Not the wildest story for sure but just my 2c
- dehrmann 3y ago> I had just graduated with a degree that was fairly unemployable, and didn’t have good enough grades to go to grad school in the same field Well that was lucky. Imagine spending another $100k for a slightly less unemployable master's.
- zafka 3y agoBiomedical engineering has been quite the hot ticket for a while in the Medical device industry. It is an interesting field. There is a lot of engineering going on, but the hierarchy is business.
- syndicatedjelly 3y agoI'm not sure I'd call my poor grades "luck". With that undergrad degree, the only real options were Ph.D or med school. Staying in the field for just an M.S. made no sense. Whereas a master's in any engineering discipline goes very far