Midlife change??

[malkin]

I'd go back to graduate school in a minute!
Trouble is, I'd have to get a Ph.D, because another masters degree would make three, and that would just be too silly!

[Red Rock]

Malkin-I have been one of those perpetual students. After I got my first degree, I went back to certify to teach. Then a few other courses here and there. Just recently, I went back to do the Medical Technology stuff until everything came to head and I figured the "job" was not right for me so now I have stopped that. I am looking for something else that meets my life/living requirments and is not as stressful.

I have always had fears of getting into grad school. Studing for the GRE looks like a bear. Then you throw in my GPA from college and I was not super smart there. I passed but was not an A plus student to say the least. Would they even let me into a program???

Are these "normal" fears of people or am I just not thinking straight?

Thankyou,

Red Rock

[michelem]

Red Rock,

My hubby did not do well as an undergrad. Years later when he decided to pursue a Master's, he was accepted as "probationary" student. Well, he ended up graduating with all A's and one B.

Something you might want to think about doing is interviewing people in the career in order to get a feel for whether this is something you really want to do. Public library jobs are being cut left and right in our neck of the woods (can you believe that all of the librarian positions in our school district have been cut??? CRAZY). No sure how the job market is for librarians who work for private companies though . . .

Good luck to you!

[Red Rock]

michelem- thankyou for the input. I guess that is why I'm kind of taking the wait and see approach right now. I do not want to push anything. I just want to be educated on this more before I do anything, that is for sure.

Thankyou,
Red Rock

[Irulan]

The degree you might be thinking of is MLS - master of library science. Things have really changed since the days of card catalogs.

One of my very good friends is a MLS. He worked the reference desk as an information specialist for many years. You know, the desk you call for questions on "anything". The internet has really changed how things are reseached these days. If anything, the field has gotten way more complex.
Many MLS work in the private sector managing all sorts of information.

He recent started a new job, setting up the whole new library for a brand new university. How cool is that?

[Crankin]

It's never too late to go back. I am 55, have an MA in Ed, plus about 90 hours beyond that. I quit my job last year and now am back in school to get a master's in clinical mental health counseling. It's basically the degree I need to do the job I want. I was in a PhD program many years ago, but it was not for me and I am glad I went back to teaching instead.
This is the first time I've been a full time student since 1975! I love it, though I must say the program is a bit more rigorous than my first masters. If you are unsure about how you would do, you can usually take 3-6 credits as a non degree grad student while doing the admissions process. Also, I would highly recommend a prep course for the GRE. I didn't have to take it, because I already had a graduate degree, but I would have definitely needed help with the math part of the GRE.
My husband went back to finish his BS after a few years of working. He did terrible the first time around and then graduated with a 3.9 average. And he was told by an advisor that he would never make it because he had a wife, a baby, and a job, with a tough major. He's now the world wide director of over 200 engineers...