Thanks, Daisy. It all depends on the degree plan and specifics. Geology is not conducive to online work, they expect you to go out and play with rocks where they live. Also, to afford grad school I need a graduate assistantship with at least a partial tuition waiver. And that requires me to be on campus. I have a few options like joining some student organizations for a social life. The summer is going to suck though.
My other gripe is that since I did my undergrad here and now I'm getting my masters here as well I am pretty much committed to continuing on for a PhD eventually. Double-Cross Oil (Exxon-Mobile) has a habit of paying for PhD work though, as do many other oil companies. So I've just sort of been pushed into an oil career, at least for a while, which was not my first choice.
Meh. That's a long way off, I have to get through this first.