While I still have two years before I finish undergrad, I definitely want to go to grad school. More than likely it won’t be right away though. My issue is that I’m much better at the qualitative aspects of economics, and not the quantitative. I can do the quantitative, but I’m not amazing at it. When I graduate I’ll likely only have taken Calculus 1, Stats 1, and an econometrics course. While going to grad school for economics would be nice, I would not be able to handle all of the heavy math. I’ve thought about an MBA as a possibility but I’m worried that a Masters in Public Policy, or something similar, wouldn’t be worth it. Also, would I have a chance to get into a good grad school even if my undergrad institution isn’t amazing? My GPA is very good so far. Thanks!
Should clarify that my undergrad school is a good school, it’s just not top 25 or anything.
If you’re unsure AND you know that you want to take some time off, there’s no need for you to decide right now what field you want to go into. You’ve got plenty of time!
With that said, graduate degrees are designed to help you get to a specific career goal. In other words, you don’t think about what grad degree to get - you think about what careers you might want and then what grad degree (if any) you need to get to those careers. If you don’t know what kind of career you want, then just concentrate on trying to figure that out and maybe find a job that you enjoy post-college - do some internships, some part-time jobs, just test the waters. If you do know what kind of careers you might want, then you might just want to explore what graduate degrees the people in those careers have and that will help you figure it out.