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So today is GRE #2 day... hopefully it goes better than last time.
I have high hopes because I've studied like mad these last couple of months (even in the midst of finals madness) and well... I just HAVE to do better this time around.
I'm about ready to pull out all of my hair when it comes to grad school applications and I just want them all to be DONE! My goal is to have all 6 completed (University of Minnesota, University of Illinois - Chicago, Drexel, Penn State, University of Toronto and Rutgers) by the time spring semester starts... which is January 12th.
Realistically, I think I'll get in to UIC and Drexel, but I've been told to apply EVERYWHERE because admissions for grad schools are pulled out of a hat (ok well not really, but I've been told that it seems that way... a professor I had last semester got into Cornell, but not UIC... strange...)
Worst case scenario is that I work for a year as an EMT or throw in some last ditch applications to lame programs (aka Wayne), but I think I'd rather just stay in Chicago working for a year than end up in a program that will make me miserable. I've also decided that if I don't get in anywhere I'll assume grad school for history is not meant to be and I'll finish up my pre-med requirements and apply to med school lol. I'm trying to take a "zen" approach and that whatever happens, happens...
When it comes down to it though, I can't believe I'm actually applying to grad school and GRADUATING this May! When I first told people that was my plan, they looked at me like I was crazy and that it was another one of my "schemes" and that I wouldn't actually go through with it. Well guess what... IT'S REALLY HAPPENING!!! The whole thing is surreal to me... it won't feel real until I have my diploma in my hand.
I have high hopes because I've studied like mad these last couple of months (even in the midst of finals madness) and well... I just HAVE to do better this time around.
I'm about ready to pull out all of my hair when it comes to grad school applications and I just want them all to be DONE! My goal is to have all 6 completed (University of Minnesota, University of Illinois - Chicago, Drexel, Penn State, University of Toronto and Rutgers) by the time spring semester starts... which is January 12th.
Realistically, I think I'll get in to UIC and Drexel, but I've been told to apply EVERYWHERE because admissions for grad schools are pulled out of a hat (ok well not really, but I've been told that it seems that way... a professor I had last semester got into Cornell, but not UIC... strange...)
Worst case scenario is that I work for a year as an EMT or throw in some last ditch applications to lame programs (aka Wayne), but I think I'd rather just stay in Chicago working for a year than end up in a program that will make me miserable. I've also decided that if I don't get in anywhere I'll assume grad school for history is not meant to be and I'll finish up my pre-med requirements and apply to med school lol. I'm trying to take a "zen" approach and that whatever happens, happens...
When it comes down to it though, I can't believe I'm actually applying to grad school and GRADUATING this May! When I first told people that was my plan, they looked at me like I was crazy and that it was another one of my "schemes" and that I wouldn't actually go through with it. Well guess what... IT'S REALLY HAPPENING!!! The whole thing is surreal to me... it won't feel real until I have my diploma in my hand.