A huge congrats to all of you who have secured places and a good luck to those still waiting. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you all.
I'm actually having a bit of a wobble this week about the whole SLT thing and was wondering if anybody had any thoughts or experiences that would slap me back into shape.
I've been accepted at QMU to start this August. I'm a mature student in my late 30s and reasonably new to Scotland. I can earn a reasonable income in what I'm currently doing (over the starting salary for SLT'ers) and to give this up for two years, spend over £16k on a Masters, and potentially not secure a role afterwards, is now starting to hit home. It seems to be continuing and downward doom and gloom in the EU which leads me to question whether things will be better in two years as I'd hoped. We can move overseas if need be but we're also hoping to secure a mortgage this year so there is the chance we'll be settled enough post-Masters to not want to. Should I also be focusing on popping out a baby before it's too late and looking at the career thing later instead?
I've never been one of these people who've known since age 5 that they want to be a doctor or pilot or whatever. I landed on SLT through a process of elimination, looking at my values, character, work experience etc. I'm 80% sure I want to do it. But is that enough?
I'm sorry if this seems unappreciative to anybody who hasn't secured roles. It's just such a huge step for me.
All thoughts very much appreciated.