Facts

I had a vague notion that it would be interesting to try to get a Master's Degree in more than one subject, and just try to subsist on whatever salary I could get from TAing plus whatever I've saved. My immediate thought was that universities wouldn't be supportive of a Master's Student treating getting Master's Degrees as a leisure pursuit, because they generally treat letting a student into their graduate program as an investment - they expect the student to bring prestige to the university somehow. I know this sentiment characterizes Stanford, but I'm not sure about other universities.