- Fuel your already bloated ego.
- You have lots of money, don’t know what to do with it.
- Decide to travel exotic places in the name of education.
- You came to know about the free food available at conferences and seminars.
- Your parents happen to be overqualified.
- Because your friend just graduated.
- The illusion of a great career thereafter. ( $$$ )
- The sudden realization that you are too young to work.
- You decide to pursue that special area of interest you had since kindergarden.
- The realization that your current discipline sucks and that you desperately need a change.
- Someone told you that teaching positions open up at universities once you have your masters.
- Oh oh, I thought I’d never come to this. You love research and decide to pursue a Ph.D
Lol the first one cracks me up but the last reason is most accurate for me 🙂
Ya for most of them, yes. But I do think they all seem valid at one point or the other. 🙂