Pathway after Graduation

Career Advice

Hello! I am a current undergraduate student at Ohio State. I am getting my degree in logistics, and I am having a difficult time knowing if I should pursue a master's after graduation. Key factors: I went to CC for a year, then transferred to OSU, and I am on track to graduate a year earlier than everyone else my age (only got 2 real years of the "college experience"). I have a super day for an internship tomorrow, and I think my odds are good in securing it (also in Columbus). If you get an internship at said company, you have a very high chance of being offered a job after graduation. I am going to be graduating with zero debt, but if I pursue a master's after graduation, I will have to take out a loan for the majority of it. So I am really contemplating what I should do.

Option A: Get the internship and get a job offer in Columbus right after graduation. Work there 9-5. Live in an apartment near campus and still go out and hang with my friends during the weekend. The issue I see with this is that the real world vs the college world are so different that would this even work realistically?

Option B: Do not work after graduation, live with friends, or continue being a RA while pursuing my masters full time and working part-time somewhere else. So I get to have my "senior year." Issue still going to have to take out a loan.

Option C: Move away somewhere on the East Coast and start my life from there. The issue I have here is that I don't get to have that senior year, but I am setting up my future life. I do feel like I would feel completely isolated, and I somewhat don't really feel ready to take that jump yet.

Option D: Add a minor and push my graduation date back to Winter 2027. Will have to take out a loan to pay for this. If I get the internship (I did tell them I was graduating spring of 2027), I could potentially start working after that.

I know that from most perspectives, the obvious answer would be A, but I feel like my undergraduate experience is something you only get once, and I feel like I rushed it too much. I also don't want to live in Columbus forever, and I plan to move somewhere else at some point. I'm just in a very weird spot with it, and I really don't know what to do. It's like I am about to enter the real world, but no one else around me is even close to it, so it's like, do I keep trying to build relationships and a life here? Any advice? I really am at a loss and don't know what to do. Thank you in advance.

Posted Feb 19, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC

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