Is doing a masters degree hard?

I was recently offered a place to study at UCL a few weeks ago and whilst I felt excited and happy, I've always had second thoughts as to whether I should do it.

I only considered it for CAREER PROSPECTS and the fact that I have been jobless for 10 months. I feel like going down this route will refresh my status as a student again and maybe open a lot more doors for me in terms of employment.

The financial side of doing it isn't the issue, I have that covered. It's the mental side of doing it, as in exams, coursework and dissertation. I'm lazy af and at 25 I think I should be out there working for hard money and not studying and wasting more time

Masters degrees are very intense and doing one in the hope that it'll increase your employablity is not a good idea at all. What is your story with looking for a job?

Well to be fair I have been jobless for a while now. I've been applying a lot lately even whilst putting through the applications. There is just something that employers don't like

In any case, why say no to a masters degree if you have good funding opportunities?

I'm lazy af and at 25 I think I should be out there working for hard money and not studying and wasting more time

I think you've answered it yourself. If you consider yourself lazy then doing a Masters will just be a waste of your time as you could potentially fail or come out with just a Pass.

Candidates for jobs who also possess a Masters will most likely have the upper tier classifications (Merit/Distinction) so your year will be essentially pointless, unless you have a genuine interest in the topic, rather than just for a career boost.

You should only go back to full-time education if your heart is truly in it.

The fact that you also described doing postgraduate study as 'studying and wasting more time' says a lot about your attitude towards it.

Masters degrees are very intense and doing one in the hope that it'll increase your employablity is not a good idea at all. What is your story with looking for a job?

To be fair, it depends on OP's career goals.

I know that for entry-level jobs I applied to, I got rejected from 7-8 different places because they said even though the jobs I had applied for state a bachelor's is all I need, they had stronger candidates with master's which also gave them better industry knowledge and experience.

So, here I am, going to do a MA in the hope it will make me more employable. I would love to get into my career (PR) without having to do a MA. But a BA isn't cutting it.

But the difference between myself and OP, I want to do a MA anyway. The course excites me. But OP has an awful attitude lol.

If you've applied for jobs and have received that sort of feedback then you know that the masters will increase your employability in the field but if that's not the case then the assumption that it will is iffy.

Masters degrees are very intense and doing one in the hope that it'll increase your employablity is not a good idea at all. What is your story with looking for a job?

But are they? I'd say that an English taught Master's is one of the easiest qualifications to obtain, requiring only 6 contact hours per week, six 4000-word essays (some RG unis demand only 4) and a dissertation (12-15000 words). Not a lot of effort for a postgrad degree.

I refer only to a taught Master's in the social sciences and humanities, as I have no idea what is required in STEM subjects.

But are they? I'd say that an English taught Master's is one of the easiest qualifications to obtain, requiring only 6 contact hours per week, six 4000-word essays (some RG unis demand only 4) and a dissertation (12-15000 words). Not a lot of effort for a postgrad degree.

I refer only to a taught Master's in the social sciences and humanities, as I have no idea what is required in STEM subjects.

Are/have you done it? I don’t think it’s the contact hours that are intense. It’s the work required to do well coupled with the timeframes. But that’s not to say that everyone will find it intense.

I was recently offered a place to study at UCL a few weeks ago and whilst I felt excited and happy, I've always had second thoughts as to whether I should do it.

I only considered it for CAREER PROSPECTS and the fact that I have been jobless for 10 months. I feel like going down this route will refresh my status as a student again and maybe open a lot more doors for me in terms of employment.

The financial side of doing it isn't the issue, I have that covered. It's the mental side of doing it, as in exams, coursework and dissertation. I'm lazy af and at 25 I think I should be out there working for hard money and not studying and wasting more time