<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=179072.msg8851085#msg8851085">Quote from: Inash on 05-09-2013, 00:07:55</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yeah... I know what most graduate students actual work ethic is like though. ;D You should have time.<br/><br/>Seriously though, half the time in the lab they only need to monitor an instrument, but they don't think of doing their homework at the same time, so that 60+ hours a week is just being inefficient for most of them.   :-\  Then again I may just be a sad, twisted little man who did graduate school part time while working a full time job, remodeling a house, and starting a family - Why? Because I am a moron thats why.  <br/><br/>Ok, really seriously this time.  One of the things they don't really warn you about is the difference in intensity between a masters and a phd.  If you decide to continue that route, just be aware that it changes all of a sudden.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>You're probably right about having the time, but my main concern is that I don't want to commit to this game 100% only to realize my work load is too severe to be an effectively contributing writer.  And I'm going to a pretty big school (BU), so that may mean I have more to do.<br/><br/>Or I may just be overreacting and jumping to conclusions.  In the past week, I've attended three orientations, moved to Boston, signed my first lease, met my department, overcame some significant mental blocks regarding my grad school anxiety and inferiority (holy hell some of these people are SMART, I feel like a hillbilly next to them), attended the first day of classes, spent 10 hours reading scientific literature, adjusted to a school literally 15 times larger than my previous one, and prepared for my first day of teaching and working in a lab.  Perhaps the transition period is the hardest part, or maybe this is just a taste of what the end of semester will be like.  Either way, I'm not letting my guard down anytime soon.<br/><br/>Whoa, okay, this is all off topic, so here's a link to giantitp.com to keep this post relevant to tabletop RPGing :)