Anyone get a master's degree in one thing and then switch fields and go to school for something else?

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  • finishing up

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/17/2014 3:08pm EDT

    I'm halfway through a master's program and don't think I want to stay in the field at all, but I think I should finish since I've already come this far and I'm currently funded (enough to live on, anyway). I know what I'd really want to do, but it requires getting a master's in a different field... My statistics and general skills in research and experiment design, writing, etc would transfer, but that's basically it. Would it be foolish to switch paths? I'm only 25 at the moment, so I figure another two years wouldn't be too bad, but I feel like I'm kind of wasting time also.

  • reader of the forums

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/17/2014 3:53pm EDT
    re: finishing up

    I have a professor who earned a BA in philosophy, then earned a MA in philosophy 2 years later, then earned a PhD in philosophy 5 years later, then earned an MD 2 years later (he was in a program for doing both at the same time). Now he teachers philosophy at my university.

    Doing another MA is fine. You're only 25.

  • No More

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/17/2014 4:01pm EDT
    re: finishing up

    Switch now, the earlier the better.

  • ididthis

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/17/2014 4:09pm EDT
    re: finishing up

    I got an MA in philosophy right out of college and now I'm in my late 20s and getting a PhD in kinesiology. I started down this path when I was about 27 so you are not too old to make a change. Do it.

  • yawpster

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/17/2014 4:15pm EDT
    re: finishing up

    I did an MA in the humanities then an MBA a few years later. The MA was useless in a career sense, but I'm glad I did it - met good people and was able to soak up a lot of great thinking and knowledge.

    the liberal arts aren't a lie.

  • Critical Thinking

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/17/2014 7:14pm EDT
    re: yawpster

    If you count a JD as a master's I know quite a few.

  • registered

    MarathonMind

    Member since 07/12/2005.

    5,140 posts. Last post 10 months ago.
    9 years ago 10/18/2014 8:56am EDT
    re: finishing up

    never let school interfere with your education. Whatever path you need to take to get to your destination is the right one. If you need to switch so be it. If you're sure of your choice don't waste time and switch now. You can always recoup money, but you can never get back wasted time.

  • Sunshiner

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/18/2014 10:28am EDT
    re: MarathonMind

    No masters for me, but I do have three Bachelors. I'm 35 and there hasn't been a semester to go by where I didn't enroll in at least one course.

  • xy

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/18/2014 2:32pm EDT
    re: finishing up

    Just finish the masters. Multiple masters degrees, especially in different fields, look great on a c.v. or resume.

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