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The past month or so of checking the mail has been a slow stabbing with a knife kind of torture- every day, I run out to the mailbox and anxiously flip through the envelopes to see whether or not I had one of the coveted big envelopes (acceptance) or the dreaded small envelopes (rejection) with my name on it. After getting a small envelope back from Boston College, I had figured, "Well, NYU and the New School have got to be more selective than BC, so screw it." I originally applied to BC, BU, Northeastern, the University of Oregon, Humboldt State, San Francisco State, New School University and NYU, and with that in mind, I came to the conclusion that I'd get rejections from everywhere but U of O and SFSU.
The rules of the game changed a bit when I got a package from SFSU telling me that I'd qualified for financial aid with them. "Cool," I thought. "At least it looks like I got in somewhere." I checked U of O's application database, and found out that their poli sci department had recommended that I be admitted, and that my application was pending approval by the main graduate school. I was really stoked on that, so I gave my family a ring to let them know.
Later that day, I went and got the mail. I flipped through the various pieces of junk mail and such and found a big envelope from NYU's graduate admissions department. "No bigs," I think. "Probably another 'Come to an open house!' cold mailing." I tear it open, and my heart fucking stopped. NYU's offering me admission to their Political Science Master's program, with emphasis in Comparative Politics.
This pretty much changes fucking everything. Prior to Thursday, my top choices were the New School, U of O, and SFSU. I figured I'd be at least competitive for U of O and New School, and my "reach" schools were NYU, BC and BU. NYU was pretty much a gigantic reach- I have to admit that I wasn't even prepared to get admitted to their program. Especially since my application was nearly two weeks late because of a snafu with my letters of recommendation.
I've only heard back from two schools officially: BC and NYU. However, given that I just got accepted into one of the top programs in the country, I'd say it bodes pretty well for my other applications. I don't know if I'm going to accept the admission into NYU immediately- only because I'm waiting to see if the other universities will offer me funding or a TA position. To think that I was preparing for rejections from everyone- I was starting to look at paramedic/ff and teaching credential programs in preparation for that. Now, instead of being faced with too few options, I'm going to be looking at too many. It's a nice place to be in.
Moury's already made the decision for me that I have to go.
The rules of the game changed a bit when I got a package from SFSU telling me that I'd qualified for financial aid with them. "Cool," I thought. "At least it looks like I got in somewhere." I checked U of O's application database, and found out that their poli sci department had recommended that I be admitted, and that my application was pending approval by the main graduate school. I was really stoked on that, so I gave my family a ring to let them know.
Later that day, I went and got the mail. I flipped through the various pieces of junk mail and such and found a big envelope from NYU's graduate admissions department. "No bigs," I think. "Probably another 'Come to an open house!' cold mailing." I tear it open, and my heart fucking stopped. NYU's offering me admission to their Political Science Master's program, with emphasis in Comparative Politics.
This pretty much changes fucking everything. Prior to Thursday, my top choices were the New School, U of O, and SFSU. I figured I'd be at least competitive for U of O and New School, and my "reach" schools were NYU, BC and BU. NYU was pretty much a gigantic reach- I have to admit that I wasn't even prepared to get admitted to their program. Especially since my application was nearly two weeks late because of a snafu with my letters of recommendation.
I've only heard back from two schools officially: BC and NYU. However, given that I just got accepted into one of the top programs in the country, I'd say it bodes pretty well for my other applications. I don't know if I'm going to accept the admission into NYU immediately- only because I'm waiting to see if the other universities will offer me funding or a TA position. To think that I was preparing for rejections from everyone- I was starting to look at paramedic/ff and teaching credential programs in preparation for that. Now, instead of being faced with too few options, I'm going to be looking at too many. It's a nice place to be in.
Moury's already made the decision for me that I have to go.