I have been accepted to study at Cambridge university next year, when my daughter will be just under a year old. I would like to go to Cambridge, as obviously it is a very good university and having a degree from there would provide me with lots of opportunities. However, we would be extremely stretched financially if I went there, as a rule is that you have to live within 3 miles of the university (where rent is very high) and that I cannot even work part-time. My partner would have to travel a total of up to 4 hours a day for work, then when he got home he'd have to look after our daughter whilst I went to library to do my uni work so we'd never see each other, and have little quality time with our daughter. I'm considering not going, and just getting a job as family life is more important to me but my partner thinks I'll end up regretting it if I don't go, and that it will be worth the struggle for 3 years...what do you guys think? Go, or work up to a career elsewhere?
2007-10-08
02:47:16
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