"Myth: If you can't figure out what you want to do, you can just go to grad school.
Fact: You go to grad school if you want to pursue a career that requires it. You do not go to grad school because you don't know what else you want to do or because the job market is bad and it's somewhere to hide out for a while."
ouch. well, that's an eye-opener right there.
source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/5-Myths-That-Are-Crippling-usnews-1751909859.html?x=0