Stick with the BS or go for the MS or PhD?  How to choose my advisor?
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Go to work now and have your employer pay for your continuing education.
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Which would be better for you?\n\nI would very strongly recommend not going straight to post grad work after getting your BA or BS. \nIf you go to the Division I school just for football, please contact the sports department to see if you are eligible.  Maybe starting work on a second BA or BS degree would be your best option.
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Try Penn-State, they offer a few on-line MS and PhD degrees.\nhttp://itss229.ed.psu.edu/k-12/edpgs/su96/ece/dap1.html\nhttp://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/degrees.shtml\nhttp://www.libraries.psu.edu/ebsl/curri/early.htm\nhttp://www.gwctc.commnet.edu/earlychild.html\n\nAll the best along your journey to accomplishing your goals.
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why not do both?  business is a facilitator.  science is a mechanism.  You know what I mean?  Get an MBA and a PhD.  With that combination, you will be very successful and your career path will reveal itself to you.  dont be afraid of the 10 years you will need to complete this tract.  It will be well worth it and you will be able to make your investment back in no time.
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I say, don't freak out on tests, get to know your professors well, see a tutor (they're not just for saving you from failing, a study group might also help if you think there are others in your position).\n\nAlso don't feel bad about getting Bs.  (If you haven't yet you could take more exploratory classes and see if there is just something else you are better at).
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Generally ME is more focused on application and MS is more focused on theory.  My alma mater has the ME candidates do a project for their ME and the MS candidates do a dissertation.
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Your Bachelor's degree is good enough to do MS. You probably need to take TOEFL and  GRE.\nThe best university for IT may be MIT or Berkley.
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Your girlfriend will need no less than a Masters and should have a PhD to do anything worthwhile in research.  She may, however (if she's very, very lucky), snag a position as a research assistant as long as she's working on a higher degree, although a BS is preferable to an AS. Even if she lands a job she may not immediately get into an area of research she considers "something that matters".  This could take time and she stands a better chance if she has previous experience in the field.
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I've been thinking about other things that i can do to fall back on and two majors that stand out to me is liberal studies and women studies. they both have many things that you can do with either degree and for the moment you don't have to use it right away so i think that they can be good. personally I've chosen many different things to fall back on that i want to go to school for like event planning, interior design and different languages to go along with my teaching degree. it's all about options. look around and choose a degree that you will enjoy and that in being a stay-at-home-mom can do to help your children. when you are at home you can work from there doing interior design or event planning by having your own business. you can go to school for teaching as you will be teaching your children in some way shape or form even if they go to school. like i said, think of something you enjoy and then find out from a counselor if you can major in it or something similar. good luck and have fun!
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Assuming that you meet all of their requirements for admission (i.e. a BA and some kind of Master's plus the required GPA), why not go ahead and apply instead of trying to outguess them.  Or at least go talk to a real live person instead of relying on what their catalog and website say.    \n\nYou are anticipating the worst when you haven't really tried yet.  You are reading between the lines and coming to conclusions that may not be warranted.  Go find out what the real story is.
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Sorry Eddie, your question is much too general... what goals do you feel you need to reach for your Ph.D. to be "good"?\n\nFrom your question, I'm going to assume that you are not currently in graduate school.\n\nPh.D. Program: As a minimum, you should expect the Ph.D. program you attend to give you a tuition waiver and living stipend.  Some of these stipends are tiny ($5-10,000/year) and many have T.A./teaching requirements attached to them.  Working a part-time job is next to impossible so be prepared to be poor.  Depending on the program, you can often pick up extra money your 2nd or 3rd year working on a grant-funded project or doing other degree-related work.\n\nBeyond the minimum, go for the highest "ranked" program you can get accepted to.  If you are accepted to more than one similarly ranked programs, visit and try to get a feel for the academic culture - are the students cutthroat? Is it a "pressure cooker"?  Do any students have difficulty getting access to their advisor?  How long is the time to degree? Are the students getting jobs after graduating?\n\nAdvisor: Select a graduate advisor you feel comfortable talking to and make your post-graduation goals clear from the outset.  A good advisor will shape your training to fit those post-graduate goals.  \n\nThesis: In general, it is better to have a decent completed thesis than an awesome uncompleted thesis.  Many graduate students spend years (literally) doing a fantastic dissertation.  However, for many of their career goals, they should have done a simpler thesis (in half the time).\n\nBy the way, no matter how excited you are about your thesis to begin with, you'll hate it by the end.  That's just the way it works.\n\nSorry I couldn't offer more specific advice, but I hope this helps...
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I spent twenty-year years working at the University of California and one thing I told students was to pick a major they enjoyed.  There is a misconception that in order to be a doctor you have to take nothing but courses related to medicine.  Not true.  There are people in medical school who have bachelor's degrees in all different fields.  For example, should you decide during you BS degree that medicine is where you want to be, you start taking the preparatory courses.  My biggest pain were parents who insisted their children take degree programs in which they sucked.  If you can't do Math, then an accounting degree is a poor choice.  You aren't likely to succeed.  *smile*.  There is no limit to what you can achieve with a BS in Liberal Arts or Communication because you can always add courses to prepare you for another avenue should you so decide.  I had students who were shocked to learn that Sociology degrees would help them in Law Enforcement.    Hope this was helpful.
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Here are some basic steps, all of which are essential:\n\n1) Identify scholars in your field whose work (METHOD and/or AREA of specialization) you admire.   Google their names, and find out where they teach, and whether their university has a graduate program.  If not, FIND OUT WHERE they did their graduate study.  <---------  (This step is SO important.)\n\n2) Speak to your current professors, especially those in your field of study whose METHODOLOGIES and/or AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION you find congenial.  Ask them which grad programs they'd recommend for you.\n\n3) Research graduate schools.  Barron's publishes reference guides for every field, identifying every graduate program in that field.  It is COMPLETELY worth the investment to buy those guides, but if you simply cannot, the academic advising office at your university, or your university's library, should carry up-to-date versions of these guides.\n\n3) Using the advice of your professors, your knowledge of where the top scholars in your area studied, and the appropriate Barron's guide, narrow down your options to five or so schools.   Visit the websites of these schools, and find as much information as you can about their graduate programs in your area of study.  Get all the answers to your basic questions here.\n\n4) Contact the DIRECTORS OF GRADUATE STUDY (not the department chairs) at these schools.  Email inquiries are best, but telephone calls are  fine.  Apprise them of your interest, and after introducing yourself and familiarizing them with your particular area of interest, ask if you might correspond with them and/or speak to them about some other questions you have.  In your next email or telephone appointment, ask these questions:\n\nAre campus visits encouraged?  (Some programs can even help you defray the cost of your visit, but don't ask this question outright.  The graduate director will tell you if funds are available.)\nWhat are the particular resources this program has pertaining to your specific area of scholarly interest?\nDo most students complete the program?\nOf those that do, what do these students do afterwards?\nIs there strong mentoring of students by the faculty in the program?\nAre there language requirements?\nIs the thesis (or portfolio, depending on the program) requirement integrated into the program? How?\nAre most students who are accepted into the program supported? Does this support include full tuition remission? Is there a stipend? \nAre stipends only given to teaching or research assistants?\nIs there a separate method to apply for an assistantship?\nCan non-funded students serve as teaching or research assistants?\n\nIf you follow these steps to the letter, you should be able to narrow down your choices to those four or five grad schools, and you should have all the information you need to begin application.\n\nI promise that this is the best darn advice you could possibly receive.\n\nBest wishes!
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I did a PhD in biomaterials engineering, involving some engineering and some biology (microbiology). First 3-4 months i did a literature review to see what has been done in the field and how. Then, I chose a particular subject and decided how to improve, what would be new and how top do it (agreed with my supervisor). It is very much like a job, the outcome being your thesis, title and specialized knowledge, which should make things easier to get a job. It can be hard in occasion, and it's hard work, but if you enjoy the subject , all worth it.\nThe details about holidays can be found on the website of university and will be specified in your contract. depending on the funding body, you'll have a budget, but remember that you'll supervisor will countersign your orders, so a good human relationship with the person might help going through , as being clear why you need to do something (so do your homeworks before, as academics tend to be very busy people). And also remember that it's usually university policy to allow more supervisors, so if you feel you need another one just ask for help. On the best side, is nice life, self-managing your time (most time), meeting nice and brainy people also interested in the same field as you, and have the chance to make friends for life. If you have secured funding (scholarship or something) and like the subject, go for it. I personally never regreted my choice, but i considered myself very lucky to graduate from a top uni (Nottingham), it really matters when going in the real world.\nGood luck. all the best
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I am pursuing this career also.  My main advice if you're just starting is to make sure the school you choose is accredited.  Many unaccredited programs will offer you online courses and take your money, but a degree from them isn't really worth anything.
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I like the B.A. myself, I think it is more rounded, but a B.S. is more traditional for a science related field.  In general, however, most employers won't care much one way or the other.
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1.Because it has a higher pay off, you will be making twice the money having a PhD and you will with a BS\n\n2. It's not true that Masters are more expensive than PhDs (comparing same University in the same line of study). When you are in a PhD program, it's usually easier to get assistantships that will help you cover tuition and living expenses. PhD programs usually will have better financial assistance than Masters (as you are actually bringing benefit to the University with your work/research).\n\n3. You are being taught be highly qualified professors.