I got my bachelor's degree nearly 5 years ago. I did a year of post-bac work for a master's program, which i did full time then part time for 3 years before officially calling it quits. I almost immediately (after a summer working) went into a new grad program (different field) with a full fellowship. Now, here I am 7 months later and I'm incredibly miserable. i hate it here so much and I don't care about what I'm studying anymore. I want to make a difference in someone's life, not study random little things, read long boring articles, and write my own stupid papers.
But I did about 75-80% of my last grad program with above a 3.7 GPA and I'm about halfway through this one with above a 3.8 GPA (I'd actually have just 2 classes and my thesis for all of the next school year). I feel like I should just push through, get my degree, and get out, especially since I'm doing quite well. It's been a major goal of mine for years to get a master's degree, but I clearly haven't figured out what field that should be in 'cause it's not this one.
If I quit, how could I get a job or even go back to school down the line (when I figure a specific career I want, not just this humanities crap) when I keep quitting. In fact, even for my BA, I spent my entire first year in a completely unrelated major before switching and getting my degree in something else. Now I'm 1000 miles from family and even further from friends in my 1st grad school city, so i don't even really have support here. I started seeing a therapist last month and recently started meds again, but I'm depressed everywhere I live regardless of grad school experiences. Help!?
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