<p>Ok, anyone else on here in their last year of college and about to graduate in 2011? What are your plans? I had plans to go to Medical School and those changed and then I was going to apply for a Child Life internship but I don't have the credits I need completed in time to be reviewed by the national board...so basically I'm stuck just working jobs, not careers, after I graduate for a little while. I decided I would wait to go back to grad school for a few years.</p>
<p>Anyone else freaking out about graduation???</p>
<p>I am graduating in 2011, too! I was going to go to law school, but I have decided I want to put that off until after I pay down some of my undergraduate debt and after I am done having a family. There are other careers I’d rather do right now and I’ll be better prepared for law school when I am not planning on having babies in the next five years or so and when I don’t have 50k in student loan debt. If I went to law school now I don’t think I’d ever be able to buy a house with the way my financial picture is now. It will just have to wait, and I am perfectly fine with that, even if I end up never going. It’s just not a good idea right now.</p>
<p>I am not 100% sure what the plan is now. I have been establishing programs in the disabilities office at my school and my highest hope is that they’ll hire me to run them so they don’t fold when I graduate, but I HIGHLY doubt that is going to happen. lol. That’s just my dream job. I am working on getting my certification for court transcription so I can guarantee I’ll be able to make my loan payments and feed myself after graduation (and work from home!), and in the meantime I’ll probably be working for non-profits trying to work my way up the ladder. I am getting married in 2012 so I can reasonably afford to do that as long as I have court transcription to fall back on if we need more money for bills. That is what is keeping me from panicking, I have guaranteed employment with extremely flexible income and hours so I can do it in conjunction with something else. That is the current plan, subject to change.</p>
<p>I’m graduating in December. Not freaking out or anything though, probably because I should be starting grad school in January. So just more school for me.</p>
<p>I’m not graduating until Spring of 2012, but I felt like replying anyway :D</p>
<p>I plan to apply to graduate school. I’m trying to get my M.S. in Speech Language Pathology! I’m spending Junior and Senior year building my resume and experience. </p>
<p>I’m a bit nervous. There are two labs at my school that I’m particularly interesting in applying to work at that involve human development. I hope to get chosen to work for at least one of them! And I have to start studying for GREs soon so I can take them in the Spring.</p>
<p>I wanted to take a year off before applying to graduate school but I figure I should apply anyway to begin a few months after graduation. If I get accepted to any of the four or five colleges that I’m applying to, I’m content.</p>
<p>I’m graduating this year too, a year early! :] I liked my 2012 grad-date, but I think I can accept 2011 for saving $12,000+. :P</p>
<p>I’m applying for quite a few programs to teach English abroad, varying from scholarships to actual jobs. Assuming I get none of them, I might study abroad through my university for a semester (if I can afford it), and then travel around Europe for a bit, then reapply the following year. After that, if I get rejected again, then I’ll start worrying. </p>
<p>My original plan was to go straight to grad school, but that changed. Boy, did that change, and so did my major. I might go back later, and it’s a bit frightening to not have a career-goal set (like, “I wanna be a doctor!” or “I wanna be a teacher!”), like I used to, but I have more ideas now than I ever had. As long as I don’t end up working at a grocery store or hotel, I think I’ll be okay.</p>
<p>So no, I’m not freaking out about graduation. It can’t come soon enough. :] I am freaking out about these applications, though. They’re long, detailed, and the application processes are months long. lol</p>