I'm sitting here, unemployed and thinking about what to do for the future. I graduated in May. My parents have not said it, but they probably think that I am a total loser for wasting their money on an Ivy degree and not even being able to find employment afterwards. Truthfully, I don't even know what I would do for a job. Maybe this is a factor in being jobless. Also the downturn in the economy, especially the tech sector can't be helping. I'm starting to think that maybe I should have been aiming for grad school in the first place. Maybe I would enjoy research more than other jobs. The only problem is that I was not on that track, so am really not in a good position to apply now. I did not do research while an undergrad or even get to know any profs, so I have no way to get the recommendations I need. All schools I have looked at seem to require 3 or more letter of recs.
Maybe there are "lower" schools that I would have a chance to get into, but I have not found any. All I really want is to be able to go to a school that is decent enough to have a good selection of classes and qualified professors teaching them. I'm not aiming for the top schools at all because I know they require recommendations and publications. I definitely don't want to be "paying" for a degree either, partially because I don't have money and partially because schools that require payment do not have research funding which probably means the professors are not as qualified.
I just wish I had spent my undergrad years doing research and getting to know profs, but nobody ever advised me so and I have to just deal with whatever happened because I can't change it.
Nobody will probably bother reading or responding, but I just wanted to "talk" to myself, so I don't go into depression or anything like that.
Maybe there are "lower" schools that I would have a chance to get into, but I have not found any. All I really want is to be able to go to a school that is decent enough to have a good selection of classes and qualified professors teaching them. I'm not aiming for the top schools at all because I know they require recommendations and publications. I definitely don't want to be "paying" for a degree either, partially because I don't have money and partially because schools that require payment do not have research funding which probably means the professors are not as qualified.
I just wish I had spent my undergrad years doing research and getting to know profs, but nobody ever advised me so and I have to just deal with whatever happened because I can't change it.
Nobody will probably bother reading or responding, but I just wanted to "talk" to myself, so I don't go into depression or anything like that.