OMG HAPPY!!!!
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
I got my email from the History Department today, and they've accepted me into the Master's program!!! I'm sooooo happy!!!
Even better, I'm second on the waiting list for a Graduate Teaching Fellowship in the History department, which is frickin' awesome, because all I need is for two people who were offered GTFs to go to a different school, and then I've got it! And the GTF is fucking sweet. It's basically, yeah, you work as a TA and teach a few discussion sections and grade papers, but for that, you get a tuition waiver PLUS a stipend. And hell, given what I made last year on my super part-part-time job, the stipend is about equivalent to that. So it's like I can go to school, work my butt off, but basically do it for free if I get this Fellowship.
AAAAAAND... the guy who's been assigned as my principle advisor is friggin' awesome, and he called me about 15 minutes ago to congratulate me personally and tell me that he's available to answer any questions I might have. It's like, damn. They really want me to go here. Dude, how awesome. *momentary ego boost*
So I asked him if I could get a list of suggested reading for the summer, so I can get a bit of a head start, since I tend to read more on the slow side than fast. So we're going to set up an appointment sometime soon, hopefully, so I can meet him and get started on some books.
OH MY GOD, I'm SOOOO HAPPY!!!!
I mean yeah, it's 2 more years of school after I agonized through undergrad. But it's more like I have a direction this time, while in undergrad it's often like, "What the hell am I going to do with myself after I finish here?" And you're a bit more in control of what you're studying while in grad school, even though it's a fuck of a lot more work than undergrad.
God, it's so wonderful to know what the hell I'm doing with myself, at least for the next two years. I'm so ready to work my ass off for the first time in my life.
Heh, this is so funny, coming after my "Oh my god, my life sux!!1!" rant literally two days ago.
*hugs flist* Thanks for putting up with my volatile moods all week!
I got my email from the History Department today, and they've accepted me into the Master's program!!! I'm sooooo happy!!!
Even better, I'm second on the waiting list for a Graduate Teaching Fellowship in the History department, which is frickin' awesome, because all I need is for two people who were offered GTFs to go to a different school, and then I've got it! And the GTF is fucking sweet. It's basically, yeah, you work as a TA and teach a few discussion sections and grade papers, but for that, you get a tuition waiver PLUS a stipend. And hell, given what I made last year on my super part-part-time job, the stipend is about equivalent to that. So it's like I can go to school, work my butt off, but basically do it for free if I get this Fellowship.
AAAAAAND... the guy who's been assigned as my principle advisor is friggin' awesome, and he called me about 15 minutes ago to congratulate me personally and tell me that he's available to answer any questions I might have. It's like, damn. They really want me to go here. Dude, how awesome. *momentary ego boost*
So I asked him if I could get a list of suggested reading for the summer, so I can get a bit of a head start, since I tend to read more on the slow side than fast. So we're going to set up an appointment sometime soon, hopefully, so I can meet him and get started on some books.
OH MY GOD, I'm SOOOO HAPPY!!!!
I mean yeah, it's 2 more years of school after I agonized through undergrad. But it's more like I have a direction this time, while in undergrad it's often like, "What the hell am I going to do with myself after I finish here?" And you're a bit more in control of what you're studying while in grad school, even though it's a fuck of a lot more work than undergrad.
God, it's so wonderful to know what the hell I'm doing with myself, at least for the next two years. I'm so ready to work my ass off for the first time in my life.
Heh, this is so funny, coming after my "Oh my god, my life sux!!1!" rant literally two days ago.
*hugs flist* Thanks for putting up with my volatile moods all week!