The Care and Feeding of Your 5-Year Plan; or, A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Attending Graduate School

Heed the disclaimer. This article is published under a pseudonym to keep this piece as it is intended -- confined to the realm of opinion -- based on personal experience and a little bit of math. It is solely an opinion piece that may or may not apply to your situation. Regardless, I hope you are able to get something from my experiences. Whether that be advice on what not to do, sympathy, comfort, or just sheer entertainment, with that said . . .