<p>So I was offered a GA spot at a university. It was tentative based on me getting into its Sports Administration program. I took the gre back in feruary and was planning on submitting my application soon after. I had to get 3 letters of Rec but one ****** took 3 months to write it while one took 2 hours and the other took less than a week. </p>
<p>The guy told me it was a long shot that I would get in since my gpa was under a 3.0 and that they are only enrolling 25 students to the program this year. I was going to just move on since I though that one guy wasn't going to write me a letter. But the guy pulled through and I submitted the app a month ago. Just received notice that I got accepted. </p>
<p>So I got in contact with the staff member that offered me the GA spot and told him that I have been accepted. He replied and said the position has been filled. Story of my life.</p>
<p>I really want my masters. Things have been crappy lately and I really want to go back to school. But there is no way I can pay $1200 per unit. I am already in 30k debt from undergraduate. Not about to go another 50k in debt. </p>
<p>Is there grants for graduate school?</p>
<p>Being $30k in debt already. got my BS in Accounting. Didnt get a high enough gpa to get an accounting job. </p>
<p>With that being said, is it worth going another $30k+ in debt to get my masters in sports management? thats just tuition, it will probably be another $15k+ with rent and other fees.</p>
<p>So getting my masters and then entering the work force with roughly $75k in debt vs. entering the force right now and probably make around $25k-$30k a year with $30k in debt?</p>
<p>What are salaries like in sports management? That will answer your question. Med school expenses are high, but physicians (particularly specialists) can expect to make money back to pay for it all. MBAs, too. Whether or not it’s “worth it” depends on whether you can get the kind of job you want and can afford to repay those loans without struggling or living an uncomfortable lifestyle due to the loan payments. I suspect that sports management jobs are not plentiful and high-paying enough for that to actually be the case.</p>
<p>Accounting jobs, however, <em>are</em>. Unless your GPA is like sub 2.7 I find it hard to believe that your GPA is too low for accounting - that is one of the few fields that is still in high demand right now. I would take my chances on the market first, until you can build the kind of background that would make a GAship more likely again or until you’ve saved the kind of money that would allow you to live during grad school without borrowing for living expenses.</p>
<p>my undergrad gpa is extremely low. 2.67 cumulative. 2.2 accounting. I know my strengths and weaknesses, and I am confident at what I can do. But ALL entry level accounting jobs require 1+ years of prior experience. And they basically told me that I am incompetent due to my gpa.</p>
<p>Might be worth it to work just a few years to pay down some debt before getting into more. Even just one or two years will help, and the work experience will help to clarify what you really want to do in regards to school/career path. In the meantime, just keep applying like crazy for accounting jobs. You never know where you’ll find some success. You might have to take a lower salary at first with a smaller company, but work your way up.</p>
<p>Congratulations on being accepted. If it’s possible another option that you should think about is deferring for a year(if there’s no rush). This would give you the option of paying your current student down a little, saving, and allowing you to reapply for the GA position. Just my $0.02</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Deferring is an option I guess. </p>
<p>The GA spot won’t be available for another 2 years. It’s within athletics. So the people who got the position this year will be there for 2 years. </p>
<p>So it is basically between enrolling and going $40k in debt + my original $30k of debt OR moving on and trying to go the accounting route and get my cpa.</p>
<p>If they ALL really required 1+ years of experience, no one would get a job ever because no one would have the 1 year of experience you needed to work. Everyone has a first job.</p>
<p>Personally my vote is for moving and finding an accounting job (or one in a related field) that works for you. Your GPA will only hold you back until you find a first job; after that, it’ll be all about your performance.</p>