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Yup, it's just that an MS in engineering is a useful degree, in say chemistry, it's nearly worthless.  You won't get paid any more than someone with a BS.  

A PhD in engineering is nearly worthless outside academia, in many cases, whereas in the sciences it gives you an entry point well ahead of anyone with an MS.

I'd rather have my finger and toe nails plucked out, one by one, than go ice fishing. It would have the same effect on my fingers and toes anyway.

I will never live anywhere again where there is a potential for ice and snow. I love shoveling sunshine during the winter here in Phoenix. 

My wife and I met when she was  nearing the end of Med School and I was nearing the end of law school.   She was stunned by the complete indifference we all had to studying or caring all that much as a 3L.   

We have totally different study habits and strengths , hopefully our kids can benefit from that balance.  I handle all of the writing, research and general humanities while the wife does all the math and science .

Regarding the "the competition is over" comment, it reminded me of a study I learned about many years back. The study was trying to correlate college choices with future earnings. 

• The correlation wasn't what college you graduated from. 
• The correlation wasn't what colleges you were accepted to. 
• The correlation WAS what colleges you applied to. 

Essentially, if you have balls and put in the time to apply to Harvard, you're probably the type of person who at least has SOME shot of getting into Harvard. You're not going to even apply if you're the type of person who would only qualify for your local community college. 

The study kind of concluded, to a large extent, that individual success had nothing to do with how "elite" the education you received was. It had much more to do with what you brought to the school to begin with. 

That said, I'm guessing that if you make it into Harvard Law School, your likelihood of blowing it after that point is nearly zero, barring outside forces [drug addiction, legal trouble, etc]. You've already signaled to the world that you're the type of person who is going to be a success. If you were going to fail, you would have done so much earlier and never gotten into Harvard Law.

If I coached at a Georgia Southern kind of school, I'd run a gimmicky offense and find those "dual threat" QBs who are offered to play safety at UGA etc.  I might devise some kind of two QB system, or go the other way and just run the "single wing" kind of thing.  Sorry if you're a WR in my system, you are a decoy, you needn't come to practice.  We're going to play 8 on 8 or 7 on 7, maybe you can block a bit.

I just got done reviewing 30 applications for Michigan's DC alumni chapter scholarship, and I have to say that most of them were rather authentic and well-written, many had a good idea about what they wanted from their college experience and even professional goals, some even already had meaningful internships and research experience, and it appeared that most of them had genuine need for the scholarship (some were first-generation students, immigrants, ailing family members, parents with blue-collar jobs, etc.). There were a few duds (and maybe the rest had already been filtered out), but I was asked to score and rank them, and most of them were pretty tough to differentiate, though it's also hard to compare an aspiring computer scientist or engineer to an accomplished musician or entrepreneur.... Unfortunately 1 will get the scholarship, and sounded like only a few others might have the means to be able to attend even though they were all admitted and many stated Michigan would be their top choice despite having also applied to Ivy League and top ACC schools.

I post this not to brag about Michigan, but it's a nice reminder that there are a lot of intelligent and motivated students out there who have integrity and don't have the advantages of people who grew up like I did, much less those with wealthier parents than mine. For any of you who have the opportunity to be involved in your own local alumni club's scholarship committee, I highly recommend it.