did I mention that I am officially withdrawn from U of T? um...congratulations? no, seriously, having done it once myself, i recall that with the mixed feelings came a balmy sense of relief.
at least you're not overdrawn...
now all i have to do is find a place to put all my shit. and move on with my life. oh, is that all?
storing one's shit: $50/week moving on with life: priceless
probably. im sure that played a major role. but i definitely need time away to recover and forgive myself for not making it through in spite of them, and to forgive them for not meeting my expectations.
This is a huge step, and I definitely agree that giving yourself the time to make it is VERY important. You're doing better than I am at this point in knowing your limits/tolerance.
speaking from personal experience, if you decide to go back to grad school, admissions committees are willing to overlook a lot if you give them some data to back you up. don't put it in your statement of purpose or anything, just write a short letter to enclose with your applications that basically says you didn't have a good fit with your previous program and see, your grades in other departments were fine. i think admissions committees are a lot more comfortable if you can point them to specific things in your transcript (like good grades in other departments) and explain to them why you are still a good student despite an imperfect record.
i wrote a two-sentence letter to enclose with my applications, and i really do think it was the difference between getting rejected nearly across the board and getting accepted to the number one program in my field.
yeah, thats kind of what im feeling. since i also plan to wait a while and pursue other (related) interests, i think that i will have better perspective on what i did and did not get out of my program, when the time comes to account for it. hell, ive already been practicing the positive spin ("i found myself enjoying the reading and writing a lot more than the studio work"), which seems to be working. i even almost believe it.
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um...congratulations? no, seriously, having done it once myself, i recall that with the mixed feelings came a balmy sense of relief.
at least you're not overdrawn...
now all i have to do is find a place to put all my shit. and move on with my life.
oh, is that all?
storing one's shit: $50/week
moving on with life: priceless
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i wrote a two-sentence letter to enclose with my applications, and i really do think it was the difference between getting rejected nearly across the board and getting accepted to the number one program in my field.
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