Interior Design Virginia
should i do my masters straight after college or get a yr or 2 of work experience first?
im graduatin from Virginia Commonwealth University BA major in Interior Design with minor in Graphic Design, im scared if i start working ill get too into it and become too lazy to go back to studying? any thoughts?
ok several reasons for wanting to go into the working field for a while-
design is a growin gchanging discipline- if ur out there mingling with the rest of the crazy ppl ure uptodate witht he trends u pick up on the good resources and i even end up changing my ming abt what i want to do for my ma-for now its architecture.
prons are im scared ill like it too much ill just end up working which is cool too i mean no problem with that bt i kinda have this inner voice telling me dont stop on this u need more then just ba, is the lil voice schizo or should i listen to it 
It depends on why you feel you need to work. If you want to work for the purpose of getting more experience, then fine. If you want to work because you are afraid you won’t get into the grad scool program of your choice, then no. If you are working for financial reasons then that is also reasonable. You have to figure out why you want to work and how it fits into your future career plans.
In terms of how to fit it into your career plans, I assume you want to do something related to design. You may want to work with professors on establishing contacts that you can use for future employment. Perhaps set up a one to two-year ‘apprenticeship’ with an established interior decorator to get some experience and figure out if there is a particular area in which you would like to specialize. Putting a set time on it means that you end up going to grad school at the end, or else you will have to find another job!
I took a couple years off between college and grad school and loved it. I was too lazy (or in denial about graduating) to apply to grad school straight out of college. I saved up so that I could interview and travel to new cities to explore different schools. I paid off some of my loans. I visited friends who were in grad school. At the end of my time working, I took off to Europe for a month. It was the best time of my life.
Of course the grass is always greener on the other side. I loved working, but wished I was in school with no obligations. Then when I was in school, I had the perspective of someone who worked, but then I wish I had the cash flow I had with my job.
In summary, it won’t make you lazy to work for a little while, as long as you have a good reason why you are taking time off and a definite plan of when you are going back to school.
I have set up a website for admissions consulting to which I continually add articles related to the above question.
www.essay4success.com/resources.html then click on Advice
Interior Design Virginia
should i do my masters straight after college or get a yr or 2 of work experience first?
im graduatin from Virginia Commonwealth University BA major in Interior Design with minor in Graphic Design, im scared if i start working ill get too into it and become too lazy to go back to studying? any thoughts?
ok several reasons for wanting to go into the working field for a while-
design is a growin gchanging discipline- if ur out there mingling with the rest of the crazy ppl ure uptodate witht he trends u pick up on the good resources and i even end up changing my ming abt what i want to do for my ma-for now its architecture.
prons are im scared ill like it too much ill just end up working which is cool too i mean no problem with that bt i kinda have this inner voice telling me dont stop on this u need more then just ba, is the lil voice schizo or should i listen to it
It depends on why you feel you need to work. If you want to work for the purpose of getting more experience, then fine. If you want to work because you are afraid you won’t get into the grad scool program of your choice, then no. If you are working for financial reasons then that is also reasonable. You have to figure out why you want to work and how it fits into your future career plans.
In terms of how to fit it into your career plans, I assume you want to do something related to design. You may want to work with professors on establishing contacts that you can use for future employment. Perhaps set up a one to two-year ‘apprenticeship’ with an established interior decorator to get some experience and figure out if there is a particular area in which you would like to specialize. Putting a set time on it means that you end up going to grad school at the end, or else you will have to find another job!
I took a couple years off between college and grad school and loved it. I was too lazy (or in denial about graduating) to apply to grad school straight out of college. I saved up so that I could interview and travel to new cities to explore different schools. I paid off some of my loans. I visited friends who were in grad school. At the end of my time working, I took off to Europe for a month. It was the best time of my life.
Of course the grass is always greener on the other side. I loved working, but wished I was in school with no obligations. Then when I was in school, I had the perspective of someone who worked, but then I wish I had the cash flow I had with my job.
In summary, it won’t make you lazy to work for a little while, as long as you have a good reason why you are taking time off and a definite plan of when you are going back to school.
I have set up a website for admissions consulting to which I continually add articles related to the above question.
www.essay4success.com/resources.html then click on Advice
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