Thursday, June 3, 2010

Figuring Stuff Out

So life has been wonderful. I don't have too many complaints; I mean, it would be great if I wasn't poor but frankly, what's new? I feel like things are just good, you know? I like my job, I love my family, I'm excited about starting school and we have friends. We have become good friends with this family in our ward named the Nydegger's (NY-DEG-GER). They also happen to live in our complex. His name is Jeff and just finished his 2nd year of law school. Erin, his wife, stays busy with their two children and visiting teaching stuff. They're pretty cool. In many ways they remind us of our friends in Rexburg; they're fun, they're active, and they're good to us.

For the last couple of months I've been trying to figure out what to do after getting my MSW. I've spent hours looking into various PhD programs, MBA's, and law schools. Nothing has really resonated with me, so that's been a bummer. I finally found a couple of things that seem cool. I'm interested in the PhD in Public Administration from NYU and I'm really interested in law schools at Penn and Yale. I know what you're thinking, "dang, Yale?" I know, but what have I got to lose? Anyway, the reality is that I don't know what I'll end up doing when I'm done with my MSW. Who knows, I may not even pursue another degree; I know Catherine might appreciate that. I'm giving it about a year before I decide what to do. I figure that after a year of MSW work I'll have a clearer idea of what I want to do. I am considering a few internships with the state legislature and maybe even with some federal legislators. It could be interesting to intern at the attorney general office. I figure since I'm in Austin I might as well take advantage of the opportunities the state capital has to offer.

-JP

5 comments:

  1. Recently a teacher told Scott that ya, it's great if you apply to BYU and UVU. However you should also apply to some of the top 50 (engineering programs) schools for grad school. They need students and most all of them are willing to pay for most if not all your edu and living expenses. So don't be afraid to apply for those because they want you! I thought that was wonderful advice, because now we don't feel that we only have BYU or whatever to go to. We have a list of all the top schools and are going through them now. Woohoo!

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  2. and of course we are looking at Colombia University in New York :D

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  3. Dang straight we're pretty cool!!!

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  4. Hey! YOu're not supposed to read post that mention you in it..
    -JP

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  5. I so go for the legislature stuff...you'd be great at it.

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