Grad school
I have the best new ever! I got a graduate assistantship for Akron! It comes with a tuition waver for 9 credit hours (full time) and a stipend of $6,400 a year! I'm so so so excited! My grad schooling is being paid for! I was sure I was getting nothing but no I'm being paid to go to grad school! ok that's probably way to many exclamation points...
The department seems nice too, which is good. I was worried about missing the geology department at Dayton. Donna (the secretary) was like the department mother and she kept up with what was going on with everyone. And all the profs were very friendly and involved anf really cared about the students. So i was worried it wouldn't be like that at Akron because it's a bigger department, and i haven't heard of any one else ever say that their major's department was close, or nice, or involved or anything. But the people I've talk to sound great and I can't wait to get to know all the profs and find out who I'm researching with. I want to start classes now. This is partly because I'm crazy bored, but also I'm so looking forward to grad school, because I know I can do it and that it will be a fun challenge.
So Monday morning I'm going in to sign my contract and prove that's I'm me, and meet my adviser, and find out what classes I'm taking this fall, and all that good stuff. I'm kind of excite.
Also Monday I'll hopefully hear back from Eddie Bauer and find out if I have a job. I'm kind of hoping I can get a summer job with the department instead, but I'm not expecting anything.
The department seems nice too, which is good. I was worried about missing the geology department at Dayton. Donna (the secretary) was like the department mother and she kept up with what was going on with everyone. And all the profs were very friendly and involved anf really cared about the students. So i was worried it wouldn't be like that at Akron because it's a bigger department, and i haven't heard of any one else ever say that their major's department was close, or nice, or involved or anything. But the people I've talk to sound great and I can't wait to get to know all the profs and find out who I'm researching with. I want to start classes now. This is partly because I'm crazy bored, but also I'm so looking forward to grad school, because I know I can do it and that it will be a fun challenge.
So Monday morning I'm going in to sign my contract and prove that's I'm me, and meet my adviser, and find out what classes I'm taking this fall, and all that good stuff. I'm kind of excite.
Also Monday I'll hopefully hear back from Eddie Bauer and find out if I have a job. I'm kind of hoping I can get a summer job with the department instead, but I'm not expecting anything.