Browsing New York Law's Archives »»

2010 10 Jan

Choice of grad school? Have a hard time choosing?

Hi, I recently graduated from a CUNY school with a biochem B.A. I’m looking for a job and stuck btwn law/business school. I might do a PhD but lab work is so boring. I tutored math at a high school, was an intern for a AIDS organization and was a cashier. Im having a hard time finding an entry level job so i figured i would start studying. how is the market now for lawyers/business women? i’m good at math and science and i would like a career that enables me to do so.
any advice for someone lke me out there?
should i start a small internship at a big company (if i can even get one?) or should i start grad school for a PhD.
By the way, my GPA is around 3.47
med school is out, you should see how many MDs are in new york

Well, with the economy being the way it is and jobs being hard to get, I would recommend doing an internship. It’s the easiest way to get your foot in the door with a company. The reason for this being is because a company can have someone do a job for cheap or even free as opposed to having to pay someone a salary. Then after you have worked there for a few months or maybe a semester, they will usually hire you for a full time position (if you did well). It’s easier to get a job after an internship because your employer already knows what you can do, and you’re already trained and used to working with a company as opposed to someone else who’s looking for a job. Don’t go to grad school unless you really want to, and most of them these days prefer people who have had experience in the working world. Also you need to get a masters before you get a PhD. But yea get a job in the working world so that you can find out what you like and don’t like so that then if you decide to go back to school, you’ll know what you’d like your concentration to be.

Law School New York, Albany Law School


Published under New York Lawsend this post
« Previous PageNext Page »