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I Want to Go to Grad School

So a friend on SW encouraged me to post a story or I guess more a question about grad school. I recently graduated from college with a degree in early childhood development and I have been accepted to Grad School to be a speech therapist. Since last year I have been working at an office/clinic that aids in speech therapy. The work is not too exciting, and I know that I want to one day be a speech therapist, but I also know that I am kinda burnt out with school, and I just want a break.

So for those that went to grad school right after college would you recommend that I take 18 months off and get work experience or just charge through and go to school?

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Good for you. If this is the next step, then certainly go for it.

I do recommend you get work experience first. Several reasons for that, and I'm speaking from experience.
1) Get some money. Don't have to get rich, but save up some funds.
2) Get life and work experiences. It will give you context, and respectability.
When I went to graduate school with a fellowship in an international program, the big dividing line between us was not between US and non-US students, it was between those you came straight from bachelor studies, and those with work and real-life experiences.