Recently, I was asked a very interesting question: how do you decide when to go to grad school? Considering this is my second stint at grad school, I'm not sure if I'm the right person to answer this question (because obviously 'always' seems to be my one word take on it!) but I'll still try.
I decided to get back to school because of two reasons. One, I had, over the course of my working life, changed my career goals. In fact, I'd changed careers entirely. So I felt the need to specialise in what I aimed to do now. Two, I love school (in general - not so much when I have a gazillion papers due). These reasons made grad school look like a perfectly good reason.
Most people are caught up in the whole 'experience' 'no experience' debate. There is really no one, correct answer for that. Some people thrive at grad school after a few years of experience while others are good to go straight out of undergrad. It really depends on the kind of person you are and also on if you were lucky enough to figure out just what you wanted to do early or a little later in life.
Another thing people often forget is that there's no judgement involved in going to grad school 'early' or 'late'. In fact, there is no early or late. Whatever time you decide is good for you is a good time for grad school. I have classmates who are 40 and some who are 21 and I think each one of them deserves to be here! What really matters is what you want out of your degree and grad school and the level of clarity you have about your end goal.
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