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b1anthony
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I took some time off twice getting through college just about a year each time. I also have about a years worth of failed classes and a GPA of about 2.02. Although my major GPA is around 2.5 still not that great. Graduated in 2017 officially but last class was taken in 2014. So its. . . well been a while. 2003-2014 off and on gap then diploma in 2017.
I recently found that by talking with admissions that I might be accepted into a State University online program for a Masters in Data Science. I am being encouraged to consider a job first by friends and family before doing this, and I'm trying to decide what the best plan is.
I am currently saving up money after getting though a rough patch and getting sober, so I feel like I'm finally ready to do something with my degree. Although I've talked with someone who graduated almost 10 years before me who I started school with and they mentioned how most places want to hire someone fresh out of school, and most entry level jobs want some experience. So this lead me to think about getting the masters to help make me look better on paper.
Is a Masters in Data Science (which I believe is through the IT department at this college), going to be worth the ~30k it costs. I wonder if I would be taken seriously as having a "related field" to computer science. Will it help me get a job that I would normally apply to with only the physics bachelors? I think it would but how much? and is it worth getting in debt while working a part time job and living at home cheaply.
Unless I can find a job suited to furthering my career locally, (small town central California) which has seemed unlikely and difficult but not impossible. The plan now is that I would be saving up for 1-2 years to have the money needed to look for a job and cover moving costs to the city. Or working and getting the masters over 3 years (2 classes per semester) while saving up money then finding a job and moving to the city with the student loan debt.
I've had people tell me to try and get my masters paid for by my employer, but I wonder how likely that will be since I am only think of getting a masters from a school that accepts a 2.0 GPA and in a field different than my bachelors.
Will anyone take me seriously with such a bad transcript and it being almost 7 years since I've attended school with 0 career related experience?
Is feeling like getting a Masters will help fix this issue and that is my only option but is that just wishful thinking? Will I still be in relatively the same position I am now? Or is that the best way to be taken seriously in the job market as a soon to be graduate from a masters program?
I recently found that by talking with admissions that I might be accepted into a State University online program for a Masters in Data Science. I am being encouraged to consider a job first by friends and family before doing this, and I'm trying to decide what the best plan is.
I am currently saving up money after getting though a rough patch and getting sober, so I feel like I'm finally ready to do something with my degree. Although I've talked with someone who graduated almost 10 years before me who I started school with and they mentioned how most places want to hire someone fresh out of school, and most entry level jobs want some experience. So this lead me to think about getting the masters to help make me look better on paper.
Is a Masters in Data Science (which I believe is through the IT department at this college), going to be worth the ~30k it costs. I wonder if I would be taken seriously as having a "related field" to computer science. Will it help me get a job that I would normally apply to with only the physics bachelors? I think it would but how much? and is it worth getting in debt while working a part time job and living at home cheaply.
Unless I can find a job suited to furthering my career locally, (small town central California) which has seemed unlikely and difficult but not impossible. The plan now is that I would be saving up for 1-2 years to have the money needed to look for a job and cover moving costs to the city. Or working and getting the masters over 3 years (2 classes per semester) while saving up money then finding a job and moving to the city with the student loan debt.
I've had people tell me to try and get my masters paid for by my employer, but I wonder how likely that will be since I am only think of getting a masters from a school that accepts a 2.0 GPA and in a field different than my bachelors.
Will anyone take me seriously with such a bad transcript and it being almost 7 years since I've attended school with 0 career related experience?
Is feeling like getting a Masters will help fix this issue and that is my only option but is that just wishful thinking? Will I still be in relatively the same position I am now? Or is that the best way to be taken seriously in the job market as a soon to be graduate from a masters program?