On the value of Grad school...

[SweetSecret]

I would say this is pretty slanted as well. In my case I'm under-employed right now (a bit by choice since I need time for the capstone), though during summer I was pretty well over employed but under-paid. After my injuries left me out of work, and many months after I signed up with DegreeForum, it took a few years to prove my injuries and receive assistance from DVR along with the scholarship. Its now been years since my initial injury and up until fall '14 I wasn't employed at all. That was essentially years of lost time in work experience, and depending on which job you compare to I am only making about 10% now of what I used to make per hour. I plan to go for a masters degree because it will give me a credential that can help me sort of make up for the lost years, also check off a box that is generally needed for an Executive Director or CEO position, and give me certain skills so I won't need to be asking other people how to make things happen - or getting others to invest. While some people may also balk at the idea of going for a masters at prestigious school, in my case it would probably be very helpful because I need to quickly create a very solid professional network, since my previous line of work wouldn't be at all helpful in the future since it's pretty much like the work I'll be doing is calling out all of the shortcomings and law bending of my previous field. The prestigious school could in my case also help me look more legitimate on my rÃsumÃ, which is important for someone coming out of my line of work which was legal but often not viewed as legitimate because of all the law bending that often happened. Sometimes its all a matter of personal situation.