This past weekend I visited Duke and had a fabulous time. It was cool to be back east (trees! so many trees!). Also, the visiting-campus part was really really good. They paid for everything (my expenses for the entire trip amounted to $40--and $30 of that was for US Air's stupid stupid pay-to-check-your-bag policy, because they're jerks). My host ( Read more... )

I just got accepted to Duke.

...and can't really get a coherent thought past that.

Well, that and "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

But the coherency of the latter is debatable. ^____________________________^

EDIT at 4:02 pm: I just got a phone call from the department. They will fully fund me for five years--tuition, fees, and health coverage ( Read more... )