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yenchin
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Dear all, I am currently working as a lecturer at a polytechnic. I have recently been accepted into a master program (by research) in mathematics (I obtained a B.Sc (Hons) in math 2 years ago). Given that my aim is to get into a good phd program, do you think that I should:
My undergraduate transcript isn't beautiful, and I hope that I can get a better result in M.Sc, sort of to make up for my undergrads results. So naturally I would think that full time master will allow me to concentrate more on study. But several others have advised that I should keep my job (which works 8.30pm to 6pm 5 times a week) because an experience of having lecturing in a polytechnic can help to get into a good phd program. But I very much doubt that is going to help much if my grades ended up mediocre... besides having day jobs mean that I am missing out on most of the interesting courses as only a few courses are conducted in the evening.
I think I just need more opinions as to whether I should go full time to pursue my dream, or keep my current job in the hope that it will also somehow help me in the long run... Please advice. Thanks.
My undergraduate transcript isn't beautiful, and I hope that I can get a better result in M.Sc, sort of to make up for my undergrads results. So naturally I would think that full time master will allow me to concentrate more on study. But several others have advised that I should keep my job (which works 8.30pm to 6pm 5 times a week) because an experience of having lecturing in a polytechnic can help to get into a good phd program. But I very much doubt that is going to help much if my grades ended up mediocre... besides having day jobs mean that I am missing out on most of the interesting courses as only a few courses are conducted in the evening.
I think I just need more opinions as to whether I should go full time to pursue my dream, or keep my current job in the hope that it will also somehow help me in the long run... Please advice. Thanks.