Why Is It Worth Going?

I. Is It Worth Going?
A widely used cliché states, “It’s not the journey that matters, but the destination”, consequently echoed is “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. Furthermore, Webster’s dictionary defines “survive” as to remain alive or in existence, particular to live on after the death of others. For our context, survival – i.e., staying in existence and successfully finishing is the destination of we term “graduate school”. Yet, ponder is the “Return On Investment” or ROI for short worth the “journey”? Also, in the grand scheme of your life, does “traveling those thousand miles” matter? For the purpose of this guide, let’s assume of course, priorities vary as widely as do people. For instance, some individuals choose “graduate school” for personal growth while another may seek greater career advancement. In most graduate programs, you persevere or you perish. Period. Not completing is the one sure “perceived” way to fail. At this particular time in our history and economic climate, whereas time to completion of a graduate degree could range from two to ten …show more content…
We will demonstrate based on our experiences how to survive those conflicts by providing tactics those work-no theories, just facts. More importantly, by preparing you in advance and sharing practical ways to survive the first-year challenges in graduate school; we want to assist you in persevering. Then after you’ve managed to survive the first year without giving up, we hypothesize the odds are great that you will continue long enough to make it to your destination, completing the master’s (M.S.) or doctorate of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree. Over our graduate matriculation, we’ve had a tremendous resource pool of experiences from which to draw our lessons and examples (note for your convenience some quotes are highlighted throughout the guide). But first, let’s consider what do you