[quote=spdrun]Probably buy a property or two in NJ (gone up some, but foreclosures are still there) and use it to pay for expenses whilst in grad school. Real world is overrated. PhD with minimal school debt sounds like fun.

Worst case, I’ll end up with a roof over my head and a teaching job. There are worse ways to live — never really liked the corporate/business world, found it boring.[/quote]

Oh my gosh. There’s enough cynicism in academia. Instructors are supposed to be positive and excited about their subjects – unless you have a very Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde personality, do the kids at Farleigh Dickinson a favor and rethink this. Here’s an idea: how about doing something about which you can actually say something positive? Plus, the words that you’ve used on the board suggest your social media footprint might get in the way …..