To get my masters or to not...

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>I'm a CMIS (Information Systems) major. I will be graduating in Dec. of this year. I have been offered an assistanceship at the school I currently attend (full-ride plus a *fairly small* monthly stipend). I'm wondering now whether I should get my masters or whether I should simply take my chances in the job market... and if I do go for a masters, I need to decide what in, a Masters of Science in CMIS or an MBA in Information Systems. The MS route would take me a year and a half, the MBA route, only a year. I do enjoy school (I do very well in school) and I like my job (it will turn into an assistanceship position if I go to grad school) which involves helping out kids from underpriveledged areas make it though school. BUT I am fairly SICK of attending classes, studying all the time and living like a welfare recipient. Now, for those of you out in my field right now, is a masters really worth all that much (unless you want to teach)? Is getting your MBA right out of school really a bad thing? Hopefully somebody out there can provide me with some insight.</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>If you're honestly sick of school, it's probably not what you should do right now.</div>

[Zhuge Liang]

<div style='font: ; text-align: left; '>Why do you assume you won't be living like a welfare recepient after you graduate while trying to look for a job? If you have a good job lined up (like Lox) and are sick of school, then the choice is easy. But you don't right now.</div>

[Ishamael]

<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>LOL! I love how you say you enjoy school in one sentence, and then turn around and say you hate the studying and attending classes business. bwahahaha! High comedy... :)</div>

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>It's a love-hate thing. :)</div>

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Good point.</div>

[Lox]

<div style='font: bold 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Well, I can also get UPS to pay for Grad school so I am going. I'm looking forward to it.</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>How many years?</div>

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>A year to get an MBA, a year and a half to get a M.S. in Information Systems (because of the mandatory internship).</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Not too bad.....I'd go for it</div>