Edjumacation
My SMP adviser, the fabulous Kate Meatyard, told me today that I was doing everything right with my SMP, was well on my way to being done, and that she was proud of me. And this was before she found out that I emailed her another 14 pages of text. Great people make everything better.
I am very done here at St. Mary's. Coming here was one of the best decisions of my life. I've learned so much, academically and otherwise, but I'm ready for a new environment and more autonomy, mostly concerning my living situation. My mom's sooooooo excited for my graduation especially since she didn't get to see my walk for high school graduation (since I didn't).
Concerning gradschool applications, I've been relatively calm. I'm not stressing myself out over the dreaded envelopes arriving here. I feel more like, my grades are pretty good, my applications turned out well, this is really what I want to do, but there may be someone who took Egyptology as an undergrad and they could get a spot over me. At the time I started college, I was so unfamiliar with everything that I had trouble finding programs that offered undergrad Egyptology so when I found St. Mary's with an archaeology program, I went for that. But I'm not being pessimistic either, just waiting to see so I can go from there. If I get in anywhere, fabulous, if I don't then I'd like to look for some sort of job involving anything like museums, archaeology, or the like and I'm not that far away from DC.
Ah, the future.
I am very done here at St. Mary's. Coming here was one of the best decisions of my life. I've learned so much, academically and otherwise, but I'm ready for a new environment and more autonomy, mostly concerning my living situation. My mom's sooooooo excited for my graduation especially since she didn't get to see my walk for high school graduation (since I didn't).
Concerning gradschool applications, I've been relatively calm. I'm not stressing myself out over the dreaded envelopes arriving here. I feel more like, my grades are pretty good, my applications turned out well, this is really what I want to do, but there may be someone who took Egyptology as an undergrad and they could get a spot over me. At the time I started college, I was so unfamiliar with everything that I had trouble finding programs that offered undergrad Egyptology so when I found St. Mary's with an archaeology program, I went for that. But I'm not being pessimistic either, just waiting to see so I can go from there. If I get in anywhere, fabulous, if I don't then I'd like to look for some sort of job involving anything like museums, archaeology, or the like and I'm not that far away from DC.
Ah, the future.