life update i suppose =)
so earlier this week i found out i got the Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship i applied for then interviewed for over spring break. i am quite honestly shocked. i think that my "on paper" scores most have been pretty good, because honestly my interview didnt go that well. i also think i lucked out that i am part of the first group of people, as next year will be the first. i got into my 1st choice university, which is Purdue University, meaning i am part of the STEM into Rural program. basically, if i accept, i will start at Purdue on June 15th and go there until next June. then i will teach biology in a high need indiana high school in one of many high need rural school districts throughout indiana for three years. after two years, i will graduate with a masters of education (which is why this program appealed to me more than other volunteer teaching programs).
i really am shocked. i have to sign the papers and mail them back in less than two weeks, so i guess all there is left to do is decide. i mean, i need easter to be over so i can call Purdue and Woodrow Wilson for a few clarifcations (bc there are 4 different universities that we applied to, and each program is a little different, im a little confused about some of the details).
i came home from break, and my dad had picked these tiny purple flowers from our backyard and put them in a Purdue shotglass at my dinner spot. my mom had me looking at apartments near Purdue.
then i panicked, haha. so i ended up calling wilson at 2 in the morning, which im sure was just great for him, especially since i have bronchitis so im coughing up a lung every other word, and a sinus infection so im sneezing every 2 minutes. he is always 100% honest with me, which is helpful and since he is only a junior hes a little more neutral. of my 3 roommates, 1 is off to med school at OU next year so she is all abt me going to grad school and having a plan like her, 1 has no plan at all right now other than her wanting to stay in cleveland near jobs and her bf so hearing about my plans makes her nervous, and the other im not that close to but doesnt have a job either, so they are all a little hard to talk to about this. they were really cute though when i found out, and threw me a little "FOR THE LOVE OF REBS TAY" kings and beer celebration in our room.
anyways wilson agreed with me that neither of us can 100% see me as a high school teacher. but he also agrees with me that its like, how can i not take this? i will have a job for three years in this economy, its a huge honor to be selected, and indiania is not impossibly far away. and if i am miserable, well, 4 years isnt really that long. he told me that if i needed, he would send his family's jet to come get me every weekend and fly me to cleveland or columbus, or he would come visit me, haha. plus, like he said, i will be always asking what if if i dont do this.
so i think as of now, i am gonna accept it. pending the few questions i have. but probably yes, will take it.
i think im mostly worried about loosing all my friends, which is silly. as far as my high school friends, whenever we talk, we can pick right back up like we were never apart, and i think it will stay like that. mind you, i pretty much have like 5 HS friends left, but they were the people i knew i would stay friends with. college friend, that is going to be a whole different ballpark. in the end, i think i NEED to keep katie, jess, wilson, and probably kristin in my life forever. and i probably will, because i cant survive without them, lol. then there is a list of about 6 other people that i really WANT to keep in my life. and i think that i have as much chance as keeping them in indiana than i do anywhere else, so balls the wall i guess.
i just cant believe im graduating. just like in high school, i am so not ready. its weirder than high school though. just cause your friends in college know you on such an intense, personal level that comes from doing EVERYTHING together, i think. idk. carroll was the best thing that happened to me, thats for sure.
so that is my life update as of now.
wow.
i really am shocked. i have to sign the papers and mail them back in less than two weeks, so i guess all there is left to do is decide. i mean, i need easter to be over so i can call Purdue and Woodrow Wilson for a few clarifcations (bc there are 4 different universities that we applied to, and each program is a little different, im a little confused about some of the details).
i came home from break, and my dad had picked these tiny purple flowers from our backyard and put them in a Purdue shotglass at my dinner spot. my mom had me looking at apartments near Purdue.
then i panicked, haha. so i ended up calling wilson at 2 in the morning, which im sure was just great for him, especially since i have bronchitis so im coughing up a lung every other word, and a sinus infection so im sneezing every 2 minutes. he is always 100% honest with me, which is helpful and since he is only a junior hes a little more neutral. of my 3 roommates, 1 is off to med school at OU next year so she is all abt me going to grad school and having a plan like her, 1 has no plan at all right now other than her wanting to stay in cleveland near jobs and her bf so hearing about my plans makes her nervous, and the other im not that close to but doesnt have a job either, so they are all a little hard to talk to about this. they were really cute though when i found out, and threw me a little "FOR THE LOVE OF REBS TAY" kings and beer celebration in our room.
anyways wilson agreed with me that neither of us can 100% see me as a high school teacher. but he also agrees with me that its like, how can i not take this? i will have a job for three years in this economy, its a huge honor to be selected, and indiania is not impossibly far away. and if i am miserable, well, 4 years isnt really that long. he told me that if i needed, he would send his family's jet to come get me every weekend and fly me to cleveland or columbus, or he would come visit me, haha. plus, like he said, i will be always asking what if if i dont do this.
so i think as of now, i am gonna accept it. pending the few questions i have. but probably yes, will take it.
i think im mostly worried about loosing all my friends, which is silly. as far as my high school friends, whenever we talk, we can pick right back up like we were never apart, and i think it will stay like that. mind you, i pretty much have like 5 HS friends left, but they were the people i knew i would stay friends with. college friend, that is going to be a whole different ballpark. in the end, i think i NEED to keep katie, jess, wilson, and probably kristin in my life forever. and i probably will, because i cant survive without them, lol. then there is a list of about 6 other people that i really WANT to keep in my life. and i think that i have as much chance as keeping them in indiana than i do anywhere else, so balls the wall i guess.
i just cant believe im graduating. just like in high school, i am so not ready. its weirder than high school though. just cause your friends in college know you on such an intense, personal level that comes from doing EVERYTHING together, i think. idk. carroll was the best thing that happened to me, thats for sure.
so that is my life update as of now.
wow.