phd student... anyone with me? first year

[NayUCLA]

im scared shitless... i have a TAship my first quarter on top of it. i've been working full time the past three years and feel like i've lost half my brain cells at work... normal feeling right? lol.

[CityGal]

I'll be an MA student in the fall and I'm a bit scared as well. According to my friends who started law school/MA programs, you'll get back into the swing of things. Just breathe. I was looking over some of the work "required" and almost had a heart attack. So, instead of continuing to stress it, I'm going to read up as much as I can to prep myself. good luck

[arrow]

Keep us updated. I'm finishing my master's in 2008 and I've considered going for a PhD, but I have lots of doubts.

[analogman]

I just finished my 1st year of grad school. I am going part-time after working full-time for five years after college. I can definitely relate to the feeling that I have lost brain cells.

Don't be too hard on yourself if your grades aren't good at the beginning, grad school takes some getting used to especially after working for a while. My grades were not as good as they were in undergrad (and this is including that grad school tends to hand out higher marks on average) but they are getting better :)

[capella]

Keep us updated. I'm finishing my master's in 2008 and I've considered going for a PhD, but I have lots of doubts.
I second this. I am going back and forth on it. The Ed.D. I would like to pursue is 84 credit hours beyond the master's. Holy geez, that's a lot of work, time and $$$$$. It'll have to mean a sweet payoff.....