#and I can definitely apply for aid and osap and whatnot

[tiredbiostudent]

Oh cool are you actually going for the MSC degree? Exciting and good luck!

noooooooooo no MSc in the near future for me, I'm actually looking at either a post-grad certificate or an advanced standing diploma in environmental tech/ecosystem restoration etc etc, and it'd only be a one year program (thank u god). I've heard really good things about them- lots of practical field experience and really beneficial when applying for jobs! essentially my plan is that if I don't hear back from any bio jobs I've applied to by the end of january and the program I'm looking into is still taking applications then I'll apply and do that for next academic year aka this fall-next winter. and try to find some sort of outdoor or bio job for the spring-summer and volunteer somewhere if I can find a spot ! sorry for the info dump my mind has just been going brrrrrrrrrrr all this week :-)

#it would be through a college not a university #in the states I think you guys call them community colleges #my one concern about doing school again in the fall is if it's online because I'll genuinely drop it #because I'm going for the in person learning and hands on field experience and making connections/friends #I'm actually a little excited thinking abt it :! #I've kinda been all over the place though like ohhh maybe I should shift into forestry because then I can make #decent money and still be able to spend time outside #but rn I think I'm gonna keep pushing for my main career goal which is essentially a wildlife biologist field technician #I really want to be working outdoors collecting samples/data/etc doing population monitoring all that good stuff #and if it's really not working out after a few years then I might switch to forestry or I also saw some cool programs #for adventure tourism but ya again idk if that would be more lucrative anyways #I think the one year program will be nice because it's not a crazy time commitment and I don't really see any #downsides to having that diploma on my resume because I'll gain a lot of technical skills #I think the total program cost will be ~$5000 which is what one semester of university cost me not even #and I can definitely apply for aid and osap and whatnot #I can try to pick up a job during the year too because I'm not expecting the workload to be as intense as university was #and I'll be living closer to home so that'll be cheaper #anyways omg did not realize how much I needed to air out my thoughts in the notes lmao #asks