This summer I managed to enter one school where I can get PhD degree in economics. But I didn't expect it to be so intensive. Besides I'm not so mathematically inclined as they want people to be here. I'm not really happy with styding in this school. I do not like the economics they study here at all. I feel over-stressed, I have insomnia and I do not have full-fledged week-ends as we always have many homeworks to do and as it is really complicated doing them takes all my "free" time. But in this school I get stipend and good accomodation. Now I have another option to choose but without a stipend. Only with subjects I will really enjoy to study. What should I do? I do not have enough courage to make an appropriate decision although I know the one that will suit me. All people in my present school will think that I am weak and stupid in case of my dropping out. I'm lost in my own thoughts. How to make a right decision?
2006-11-16 20:31:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Don't worry about what the other people think, they are not important for the decision.
You have to undertake something where you are interested and passionate enough to enjoy what you are doing and put in the work required.
If you continue with something you dislike it will simply grind you down and you will suffer as will your study results.
2006-11-16 20:37:40 · answer #1 · answered by Vanguard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The stipend is always a good thing, but if you are studying something that you do not enjoy (especially at the PhD level), then you change to the other program. Is it possible to find another program in which you will get both a stipend and subjects that engage you? Otherwise, you will have to find the means to support yourself. You are not weak or stupid for wanting to change your program. It is not a moral nor a professional failure to change fields in graduate school.
2006-11-16 20:37:48 · answer #2 · answered by retorik75 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hang on a sec... get a hold of yourself. What on earth are you talking about with this "all the people in my present school..." stuff?? This is YOUR education. What difference does it make what anyone else might think? Do you really think that they spend that much time thinking about YOUR actions? Their lives are about them. Your life is about YOU. Go to school to pursue further study about what you are most passionate. If that means changing schools, change schools. And for pete's sake -- stop wasting any more time being concerned about what anyone else thinks.
2006-11-16 20:38:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing to warry about this you have to do littile things:
select one topic and then stuied for two hours with full concentration and that to in your form of word which you like.
parllely every morning when you wakeup see your both hands and tell to your self that u will do it.
moreover keep your self happy if ur brain is not happy then ur whole body is behave in the same manner.
and take full sleep.
2006-11-16 20:39:50 · answer #4 · answered by VKS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U know what u want. and head towards it. If u make a wrong choice now. u would repent who;e your life. Dont think about the immediate consequence but about the latter which could be more important.
2006-11-16 20:44:25 · answer #5 · answered by aqua456 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Loosen that belt buckle and reach down deep and get a good grip on those sweaty cajones of courage and do what you need to!
2006-11-16 20:39:23 · answer #6 · answered by OldCripsWife 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just do what you feel like - don't push yourself into anything. Drop out, go to that other school.
2006-11-16 20:37:19 · answer #7 · answered by akroj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DO YOUR BEST AND GOD WILL DO THE REST. PRAY PRAY
2006-11-16 20:38:36 · answer #8 · answered by elishamae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋