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Originally Posted by Naijaman
Hi all,
I greatly appreciate all the responses from everyone. The feedback might help me evaluate my decisions and chances...
AstralTraveller, I am 28 years old--I would be 30 by the time the program starts in '09. I had no idea until I started coming onto these boards that age would be such a factor.
I guess age is an issue, because though I am quite inclined to continue teaching on some level, and doing some research in my field of interest, I do not know if I can spend my early 30s making minimal income. Though public school teaching does not pay what I desire, I am not quite making chump change either.
I like teaching, and I like the lifestyle that being a professor would afford me, and will look into the requirements for research and publication required of me in order to attain such status.
Thanks again for responses.
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Just don't give up hope. You might actually end up finding out a professorial career is exactly your ideal career move. You have to try and test the waters to find out.
30 years old wouldn't be that bad. It would be perfect age for US citizens (you are one, right? I am not, and have no States experience, so it is more a factor in my case than yours).
Don't dismiss the pre-doc program at Stern. It can open many opportunities. And it is taught at a world class business school.