Worst decision I ever made was to get a MA in "Museum Studies" from George Washington University in DC; it cost me about $120,000 in student loan debt to network and intern with Smithsonian Institution staff who worked as adjunct instructors (which GWU has offered to me on multiple occasions - because now I am one of those Smithsonian st…
Worst decision I ever made was to get a MA in "Museum Studies" from George Washington University in DC; it cost me about $120,000 in student loan debt to network and intern with Smithsonian Institution staff who worked as adjunct instructors (which GWU has offered to me on multiple occasions - because now I am one of those Smithsonian staff -- it will pay me about $200/class for a semester. No thanks!!!!!!). It took me 7 years to find a permanent job 🙃
Between my husband's law school loans and my loans (shout out to the graduating college class of 2008!), our monthly IBR payments were about $1500 before the pandemic student loan moratorium, which means we have saved about $30,000 since the beginning of 2020. THIRTY! THOUSAND! DOLLARS!
I could go on and on but just know that every time I "guest lecture" a "museum studies" graduate course, I tell them to run for the hills lol
Worst decision I ever made was to get a MA in "Museum Studies" from George Washington University in DC; it cost me about $120,000 in student loan debt to network and intern with Smithsonian Institution staff who worked as adjunct instructors (which GWU has offered to me on multiple occasions - because now I am one of those Smithsonian staff -- it will pay me about $200/class for a semester. No thanks!!!!!!). It took me 7 years to find a permanent job 🙃
Between my husband's law school loans and my loans (shout out to the graduating college class of 2008!), our monthly IBR payments were about $1500 before the pandemic student loan moratorium, which means we have saved about $30,000 since the beginning of 2020. THIRTY! THOUSAND! DOLLARS!
I could go on and on but just know that every time I "guest lecture" a "museum studies" graduate course, I tell them to run for the hills lol