I would think that if these are your interests, you find grad school boring because you are no fun to talk to or have no friends. If you had an interest in other people, you would enjoy the group projects more.
I would think that if these are your interests, you find grad school boring because you are no fun to talk to or have no friends. If you had an interest in other people, you would enjoy the group projects more.
Is there no professor in your program who can offer you anything at all? If thats the case, leave (or finish that degree for those extra letters by your name if you think those matter) apply to a phd program at MIT, Stanford, Harvard, or wherever your studies will be useful. But really look into it this time, research it and find a few professors to study under who can further your education. In a way, its kind of your fault for not learning more about your program before you started. You won't be the first person in the world to find grad school a waste of time. When you make contributions in your field, no one is going to care what your degree is, unless you make the contributions in a university setting.
Hmm. You did expect a lot from the graduate program. You definitely have some disappointed expectations. The solution? Have low expectations and you'll always be surprised.
As an undergrad, I took basically my final year at the graduate level, and I was left with many of the same feelings as you. Grad courses required some more reading and writing, but did not offer stimulating discussions. The grad students were more engaged, for sure, but not impressive. It is annoying that I might be swamped with work without learning anything useful, which is why I so eager to work and contribute to something when I graduated. The eagerness and curiosity for learning are rare traits, even among some academic circles. A lot of us are just going through the motions. So I know the feeling.
I wonder if the experience would be different if I went to a top school with tighter admissions standards. But my family could not afford such institutions, so I did not even apply.
Professors might not actually care that much about instruction. They might be there for the research or the college environment or ogling young babes, and not put much effort into the instruction.
About leaving the program, yea, I can't offer anything there. I wonder if you would be able to attain the same level of qualifications in other ways besides finishing the program. Kinda sucks how some fields require certain qualification to move up, even if those qualifications did not build any useful skills for you. Perhaps transfer to a different program after a year? But if your work is paying for your graduate degree, why give up the opportunity for a free degree?
Like you, I can get frustrated with being among certain types of individuals. I learned to accept people for what they are and what they have to offer. It was arrogant of me to believe that a person had no value to me if we may not be on the same page about things. Taking a leadership role always is invigorating. Be a leader in engaging your classmates or changing the program, and that might lead somewhere. I know that years of being dismissive of people did not help me in the least bit.
Good luck.