2nd bachelor's or 1st master's

Hello all. I'm thinking about going back to uni regardless, but I'm not sure what I want to do. I'm dying to get out and away from my family but here are my two options. 1) apply for a second bachelor's degree and transfer overseas or 2) suck it up and apply for a master's degree overseas. Either way the common denominator is overseas. Help! anyone... i'm desperate to get out.

? It depends on what you want to do....a masters or a 2nd BA? You can apply for a 2nd BA overseas too. By the sound of it your only motivation is to get away though, which is a bit weird. Why don't you just get a job abroad instead?

how do i do that? i don't have any job experience in my degree which makes it difficult. i have an account with monster.com and careerbuilder.com. (i'm currently a cashier at a retail store part-time and i'm a part-time tax preparer.)

Well I suppose you're a US citizen so the thing to do would be to send off applications to large companies that have overseas offices maybe? I would have thought that you wouldn't have such a hard time finding jobs with an engineering degree.

If you want to work in engineering then I suppose you could apply for master's abroad and use those qualifications to try to work abroad. But I still think you need to figure out WHAT you want to do before you worry about WHERE to do it.

I would do the Masters, if you are set on going to the UK that will only be a one year program. That may give you the time you need to think out exactly what it is you want to do in life, and you will come out of it with and MSc witch can never hurt you.

Best Luck.

i think i've figured out what i want to do in life. i graduated college in december of 06 and i plan on going to postgrad in 09. lately i've been interested in accounting. i wanted to change my major to accounting when i was in college but i was too far into my major to change. (plus i was ready to get out of that college.) some time this year i plan on buying books on accounting and more on financial topics. but i'm definitely considering getting my masters. i just kinda hate that the UK programs are shorter that those in the US. i'd love to stay in the UK; i hope i can after graduating...

i think i've figured out what i want to do in life. i graduated college in december of 06 and i plan on going to postgrad in 09. lately i've been interested in accounting. i wanted to change my major to accounting when i was in college but i was too far into my major to change. (plus i was ready to get out of that college.) some time this year i plan on buying books on accounting and more on financial topics. but i'm definitely considering getting my masters. i just kinda hate that the UK programs are shorter that those in the US. i'd love to stay in the UK; i hope i can after graduating...

Do you not enjoy engineering?

If you want to stay longer and are enjoying school there, you can go on for a PhD another 3 to 4 years in the UK. Also if you go to Scotland they have a 2 years visiting work program for new international graduates from Scottish universities[1].


[1] http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2005/06/16102727

Take a look at http://www.britishcouncil.org/usa-education-visas-entry-clearance.htm with regards to working in the UK. my understanding is that most US citizens can pretty much can obtain a work permit for the UK.

I would suggest that you did a masters rather than a 2nd degree The UK really wants enginerers just now, but its up to you what field. Put it this way, self funded overseas students will pay approx 12k for a one year masters or 12k per year for an undergrad degree.

so in the case of say glasgow, and undergrad in engineering will cost you £48k, where as a masters in engineering will be £11.5k http://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/studentfinance/ and http://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/financialmatters/

how much cash do you have to spend on getting away from your folks?