The reality of the semester has finally dawned to me after talking to both my adviser and yy's adviser (who actually offered when not asked! he is seriously the nicest adviser EVER) and I need to decide whether to do 1) another non-summer semester or 2) cram everything and finish by the end of summer semester. Catch is that in the former case, I need to secure financial support for the new semester and in the latter case, I'll prolly have not enough time to do proper job search and go back home straight after the degree. And the "going with the flow" with job searching is really only meaningful if I tried enough to find a job here for the experience sake, but with my current schedule, I don't have time to prepare for interviews... Also it occurred to me that if I don't wanna be here in mid-long term, that doesn't mean I don't want to stay short-mid term... well, sort of like, "if not now, when?" situation since if I leave UIUC when will I study again at such a prestigious institution (not saying this cuz I go here :p)? and when would I come back to live in the USA?
It could be a light decision or not, certainly 6 more months is not a long time seeing how the 2 years are almost up, and with the job market here as it is right now, I'm keen to wait it out, whether I end up going back home all the same or not. Either is fine with me, here of home-bound, it's just that I want to know for sure that I tried everything I can before saying "eh fine I'm going home".
Hmmmmmmmm not knowing what I want is a headache, huh.
Any two cents?
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