It was miserable out today so I didn’t go for a run. Hopefully tomorrow will be nicer.
Got an email from a professor at Oregon State who I emailed months and months ago about graduate study. She was email backlogged and didn’t respond until now, but her response was very positive. It’s obviously [...]
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Niamh mentioned that I haven’t been updating my weblog lately. I told her I’ll update when I hear from Cornell. No sense in updating if I have no life events to report on.
Well, I still haven’t heard from Cornell. I was rejected from UCSD a few days ago, but I don’t really [...]
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I just set into motion the consolidation and refinancing of my student loans. I now have all of my loans locked in at 3.375% with nelnet, which is actually a few hundredths of a percentage lower than my current variable rate loan. And significantly lower than the 5% my upcoming Perkins loan was [...]
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As of tomorrow I will be covered by short term insurance. It’s a 100/0 plan with a $2,500 deductible, which would suck if I were in the doctors office, but will be excellent if I am in a catastrophic accident or am suddenly struck ill.
Hopefully this will provide some karmic insulation against getting in [...]
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The green and red are creeping into my Graduate Application list. Today I got two letters: one from Indiana accepting me to their program and one from Carnegie Mellon’s Psychology Department rejecting me. Indiana has also volunteered $13,250 a year plus tuition waver for two years, which I suppose is how long the [...]
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Niamh should be here any minute, and then we’re off to Granby, then to the airport on Sunday and to Colorado! I’m excited.
Interview went well today. Let’s hope I get the job so I won’t be poor anymore.
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Well, after a dramatically depressed entry, I am happy to say that I have been accepted into the M.S. program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Cool. It’s a much smaller committment than the Ph.D. programs, which is appealing. And will put me in a new and exciting place. If [...]
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