<p>what do you guys think of working straight out of college. I think many of us are unprepared and we don't need 42 hrs/week taken out of our lives so soon.
I kind of want to take an extra year off but i'm not sure when I should do it. Should I just take a year between college, after college, or stay in college but be part time for 2 years instead?</p>
<p>haha, it's probably not very likely to find a job straight out of college anyway, unless you already got connections.</p>
<p>^^
I'm not certain where you got that information, many schools have very, very high job placement... It depends on the major also.</p>
<p>seniors at my school ( engineering majors) are hired 6 months before they even graduate =</p>
<p>I wouldn't be super optimistic about your chances of being hired straight out of college, but I wouldn't be pessimistic either. It really depends on your major, experience, whatever.</p>
<p>Anyway, I'd say you should take some time off after college if you don't feel ready for a full-time job. It's the best time in your life to travel or volunteer or do whatever else you've always wanted to. As long as you don't take too long off :)</p>
<p>there are some majors where you pretty much HAVE to get a graduate degree to do anything (psychology, sociology, basically alot of the humanities/social sciences). Others (like engineering) you can go straight into a job right after college, and many people in those majors do just that. Personally, I'm going to have to go to grad school anyway, so I'm taking a year off before that to work and travel for a while, and then I'm going back to grad school for however long THEN getting a job. I'll worry about a job after I finish my Ph.D in 6 years.</p>
<p>Seriously? You spend thousands of dollars for four years, and then you just want to take a year off? Because you don't feel "ready" to work full time? Wow. Just wow. I can understand needing a graduate degree, etc. But just...not feeling like working full time? </p>
<p>Wow.</p>
<p>Some kids have it all don't they URichmond?</p>
<p>If you've got the cash to take a year off and no immediate plans to settle down (house, etc) then taking a few months off to hit up Europe or something isn't a terrible idea.</p>
<p>Yes, let us not get jobs right after we have no other commitments and are expected to.</p>
<p>Let us bum off our parents for a longer period of time.</p>
<p>I'm sorry, but unless you have a trust fund or won the lottery, you need a job to even rent an apartment and buy food.</p>
<p>You get your degree for a reason, not so you can sit on your ass the rest of your life.</p>
<p>Thank you, K314...</p>
<p>he only wants to take a year off, not for the rest of his life. geez louise. college is stressful, both emotionally and mentally. I might only take a few months off, but some people need longer time to recover. Besides, it depends on your major too. Some people might not even be able to get jobs right away and will just have to bum around. you people are crazy. i think it's better to work when you're fully ready, rather than forcing yourself to just make a few extra bucks and eventually burn yourself out. you'd probably do a better job when you feel ready too.</p>
<p>The point is for those who need a little more help understanding: How much longer are you going to depend on your parents?</p>
<p>If you have the money and can get somewhere to give you a place to live(beside your parents), then more power to you. But by the end of college you're a grown adult and you cant put off having to support yourself much longer.</p>
<p>No one is making you dedicate the next 40 years of your life to a cubicle, so please... don't complain about it. If that's what you want to do with your life, go ahead that's fine, but no one is going to break out the violin and play a sad song for you. </p>
<p>Only about 1-2% of the world gets a chance to go to college, and if you asked anyone in China or India or pretty much any other country for that matter, the idea of taking a year off to have some fun before getting down to business is simply ridiculous.</p>
<p>I, personally, don't think it's that absurd that a person would want to do something enjoyable and fulfilling before dedicating the next 40 years of their lives to a cubicle, especially if college was difficult. Edit: I'm sorry, that was an exaggeration. I do not have a 40-hour job nor am I on a career track to get one - but, that is the norm for many people. I'm not complaining about anything. Please keep your assumptions about me to yourself.</p>
<p>I do not need a "little more help understanding," but thanks. I'm perfectly aware that some people had to depend on a lot of money from their parents. I'd like to remind everyone that some of us got scholarships, or worked for our own money, or went somewhere our parents could afford. Maybe the OP has money saved up from a part-time job, or maybe it's really not a hardship for his or her family.</p>
<p>I'm also going to say that the OP was asking for our opinions and advice, not condescending criticism. If you disagree with the idea of travel, perhaps you should say why instead of making assumptions about where the OP is going to get his or her money from. Or maybe you should answer his or her original question instead of trying to shoot down mine.</p>
<p>I think travel is great if it's once again not mommy and daddy's money, especially after college when they've probably paid all that for you too.</p>
<p>I agree. I don't think this was intended to be a discussion about money, but more what options there are for someone who would like to take a year off. If money was a problem the OP probably wouldn't be asking this.</p>
<p>I'm sensing a lot of jealousy here, exemplified by the quit jump to assuming that the OP is either a trust fund kid or has rich parents, or is on his parents' dime, whatever. How exactly did all of you make that determination, or are you just being ****y and shooting from the hip?</p>
<p>Personally, I don't think I'll need a year off between college and starting work. If you think you do, go for it. Might as well take the time now when you're young, and can experience all these things for yourself. Despite everyone's ranting here, there is nothing wrong with taking a bit of time to just enjoy yourself.</p>
<p>Finally, a special mention of someone who said something egregiously stupid:</p>
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Only about 1-2% of the world gets a chance to go to college, and if you asked anyone in China or India or pretty much any other country for that matter, the idea of taking a year off to have some fun before getting down to business is simply ridiculous.
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<p>Yes, and because you are posting on this forum, you are one of the tiny percentage of people in the world who goes to college, has Internet access, etc. And I see you talk about transferring out of Wesleyan a lot. Why not just be happy with what you've got? Lots of Indian and Chinese kids would kill to have it.</p>
<p>The answer is, just because some people have less than you, does not mean that you should not strive to have more. If you only ever focused on what people with less than you have, you would never try to get anything for yourself - because there is always someone worse-off than you are.</p>
<p>As I always say: drink your beer, there's sober kids in India.</p>
<p>So when does taking a year off mean striving to have more? I'm happy with what I got, but I also know I could do so much more at a bigger institution, with more resources and opportunities. And if someone thinks that taking a year off will help them become a better person, then that is great. Nowhere did I ever tell them to be simply content with what you have, just because of course there are other people worse-off than me. I simply emphasized that most of us here are lucky enough to choose what life occupation to pursue, and to be cognizant of the fact that much of the world does not have this same privilege. Sorry for being so "egregiously stupid"!</p>
<p>And yeah, thanks for taking the time to go through my post history and bring up Wesleyan... not creepy at all. Seeing that I am currently writing my essays for the transfer application due on Mar. 15th, it would make sense that I talk a lot about transferring, no?</p>
<p>That was the point, that you're being highly hypocritical by taking this guy to task for wanting to do something that he thinks will improve/add something to his life, while doing the same thing yourself. It might be a bit creepy, but I had the strong intuition that if I took a quick look through your posts, I'd find exactly that kind of hypocrisy. And I did...</p>