I attended a fireside with Dr. Streetman (Dean of UT's School of Engineering) last night. OMG he's such a grades/test scores/rankings whore! The admissions office rejected an applicant who had a 1600 SAT score (under the old system), so he went and personally made them admit her. Doom. Is that even ethical? Also, he goes out and recruits high- ( Read more... )

I was on 26th & Guadalupe waiting for the bus. Some crazy lady comes and asks me whether I'm from Texas and how much I pay for tuition. She then starts ranting about how schools on the east coast are super expensive and cost $50,000 a year, and how some Boston University student she talked to took out a $200,000 loan to pay for college. Me: But ( Read more... )

The person sitting beside me on the bus today wins the Most Random And Unexpected Segue Into A Topic award ( Read more... )

My manager left at 3pm today! So I'm on the LJs ( Read more... )

Things that will happen today:
1. I will get my EMag test back and cry.
2. I will continue to be disturbed by the fact that this person, who called the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting cowards, a) has a Chinese wife and b) wrote Prime Obsession, my former math prof's favorite book.
3. I will eat a cookieThings that will not happen today ( Read more... )

A creepy old man approached me this morning. He wanted me to save him a parking spot from now on.

Heh.

Actually, he has approached me once before but I didn't really understand what he was talking about that time. Basically, he stalks me and knows that I park on Whitis overnight half of the time and move my car in the morning around 7:30. Hence, ( Read more... )

Yay I got into UT. Go me! Well, I haven't actually gotten an acceptance letter or e-mail yet, but I went on the online application tracking system, and it said that they're waiting for my enrollment deposit, which hopefully means that I got in. *hugs UT, my $175 security blanket ( Read more... )