I made it into City Year San Jose. :)  In other words, I have a job set up for next year.  I won't be paid very much (it's part of Americorps, so it's basically a no frills living stipend with health insurance and an eventual education award), but I'll save some money by living at home.  I'll also save money on clothes, since we always have to wear ( Read more... )

1) travel as much as possible ( Read more... )

something else first.  I've known about City Year for some time now.  It's a one year commitment and is part of Americorps.  I wouldn't be paid too much (just a living stipend), but I'd get a $4,500 education award for grad school and could probably live at home if I'm able to stand the commute.  I might also be able to take Spanish at night at a ( Read more... )

The first time that I considered teaching was probably in elementary school.  It wasn't something that I remained consistently passionate about (I think the profession that intrigued me the most in my youth was being a writer), but it never fully went away.  I dressed as a teacher for Halloween one year in middle school.  I also volunteered at an ( Read more... )

I am considering go to the Idealist Graduate Fair on Wednesday evening in San Francisco after my interview.  Idealist.com prefers that you preregister, and while I was skimming the form, I encountered this question:

Where in the world you will study?
San Francisco area
United States
International
Other

Apparently, we can ( Read more... )

I'm taking the GRE's at 3:30 today.  I haven't been doing as well on practice problems as I did prior to zlot, and the analytical writing section makes me nervous, so yes.  I'm beginning to be a bit more frightened.  Not quite panicky, but not entirely calm either.   I think that I took the SATs too many times--perhaps I've gotten the feeling that ( Read more... )

My parents would like me to go to grad school. I too would like to go to grad school. The problem: I don't know what I want to study. I was pretty sure about getting a master's in public policy, but now... I don't know. My successes last semester in my Development Studies classes made me wonder if I should continue more international studies. ( Read more... )

It looks like I'll be moving into the apartment tomorrow night. Classes start on Monday. I'll be taking 22 semester units, which is the equivalent of 33 quarter units (SU*1.5=QU). I also would like to get an internship since I have lots of free time on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday mornings (nearly all of my classes are on Tuesday and Thursday ( Read more... )