I would like to go for a Ph.D. but I don't know what to do. My education is quite uncommon. I am an international student. I was first pursuing a degree in my home country at an american style university(maybe an institution would be more adequate ). I ended up completing my degree in one of the school partners to the University I cited above. It was the University of Central Arkansas(I don't really highly this university, to be honest) in BBA with a track in finance and risk management. After completing my degree. I was in a weird spot, to be honest. As an international student, you have 30 to 60 days to decide what you will do after your bachelor. So I ended up going for bachelor degree at another university(for very odd reasons. Because my GPA was lower than 3.2, 3.15 to be exact, I had to take the GMAT if I want to continue a MS at my previous university. The timing and the uncertainty about actually passing this exam push me to go elsewhere).
So currently I am enrolled at Texas A&M Commerce(I don't rate this school either but I was told it was a good school. I don't know but I doubt it. I pick them more because The tuition was affordable and they will accept my candidacy without asking me for a GMAT result ). Currently, I am doing a MS in finance and my GPA is good(3.7).
I want to go for a Ph.D. But I don't know what Ph.D. I can do with a background like this one(BBA in finance in Low ranked University with a weak GPA and a MS in an average school ). I don't want to do a Master in finance. Not only do they have a strong preference for Stem Students but I don't want to be a professor.
Also, I would like to make a short aside. I have huge regrets, to be honest. Like I am 23, I completed a bachelor and am on the verge of completing a MS but I regret it. If I could go in the past, I would have done things very differently. I feel like I waste 5-6 years of my life. The worst is I am 23. I am not so far from 30.
For me and my parents mainly, coming to the US was an end in itself. I know they thought they did good but with more insight, I would have picked a different degree(mathematics, engineering, or physics) and scheduled things a little bit better. I would have avoided taking the first school that accepts me and planned my way to a Top tier school. I would have gone directly to the US (instead of an american institution ) to a Community College. I would have picked one in accordance with my goal and went there, have a good GPA, and then transfer to a target school and complete my undergraduate degree. I am really pissed just thinking about it. I really regret it. There is nothing to "gain from this experience".
Sorry for this little rant on the side but I need to free my mind on this one.
Submitted December 01, 2022 at 07:06AM by Big_Hearing6536
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