prospective student weekend
This is the weekend where some candidates for admission to the doc program get wined and dined by the college. I wrote about this when I was a prospective student, then again last year when I participated as a current graduate student. Today my new little buddy asked me how I am feeling about it this year, but I have to say now I just feel like it's a responsibility. I care about who will come here and be part of the department next year, so I want to meet the prospective students and get to know them and help them make the right choice. But I don't have the same weird feeling of nostalgia as last year. I guess that means something about where I'm at these days or something.