the risk/reward is traditionally awful, relative to the other options available to US citizens Mind you, this is not true for every US citizen, and it could ch

the risk/reward is traditionally awful, relative to the other options available to US citizens Mind you, this is not true for every US citizen, and it could change. If you can't get a job, getting a graduate degree is a lot better than taking to drink. (Unless your graduate degree drives you to drink, which I have seen happen. Try to remember that doppelbock is not a food group!) But the original submitter is fortunate enough to have three job opportunities, at least, so that doesn't seem to apply in this case.