back to school

Wow, I never thought that INSEAD was actually a business school instead of some science research facility centre that looks like it came out of a B grade horror scifi flick. Hmm. And it's near my house too. BUT! Get this:

INSEAD is known to be one of the most selective business schools in the world, with an admission rate undisclosed but considered to be roughly 20% of the applicants.[citation needed] The Admissions Committee selects candidates from a pool of applicants on the basis of various qualities, including academic performance, career progress, interpersonal skills and leadership potential.

All applicants must hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent and are required to submit an application with detailed essays supporting their case, two recommendations, their Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score and academic transcripts. The MBA participants' average GMAT score is currently 706 (class of July 2007).[citation needed] Applicants who successfully pass the initial screening process are invited to two separate interviews conducted by alumni over the world.

Crikey.

I've been thinking about this quite a lot as of late.

I want to go back to school. There are 2 options; JCU and SIM. JCU offers BA in Psychology as well as Masters in Guidance and Counselling. SIM offers a degree in Psychology with a base in Sociology. The BA in Counselling looks exactly like what I was planning to take after OKCU.

Just need to talk to my parents and get their thoughts. Somehow, I doubt I'll be able to further my studies. At least not at this point of time.

Why must tuition fees be so expensive?

Alternatively the plan is to work for 5 years, putting aside enough so I can fund my education and then getting out of the arts industry and working with schoolkids. It seems decent... at least to me.

Sigh.