Tomorrow I go to Catholic U! I'll meet with financial aid in the morning. I guess I should have made an appointment, but they said that I didn't need one, I could just walk right in. Oh well, I'll make sure I get in there with a lot of extra time before my meeting at 3:30 with the department faculty! They invited me to join them for an Arabic Poetry Reading and to the reception afterward! There I'll mingle with various students (I hope I can get up the guts to approach them...maybe one of the faculty will introduce me?) and see what a student's perspective of the department is.
Then I'm meeting up with Laura for drinks under the cherry blossoms!!! haha. I believe last weekend was the cherry blossom festival, so they should still look quite beautiful. Though after the violent rainstorm the whole North East is expected to get, there may not be much left to them. boo. I'm also meeting up with Melissa sometime Saturday evening. I would say afternoon, but I doubt she'll be up and ready before 5pm. haha.
The Week:
I've also had a big week, and even last weekend was crazy. Last weekend at Bally was horrible. First another aid and I put diesel in the van when it took regular, then we lost the stupid gas card and receipt, and then Monday another aid accidentally took the keys home with her and the supervisor needed the van for the next day for an appointment. It was a complete disaster.
But I started teaching 5th and 7th grad science this week. I also took over the CARES program for good, since the 5th grad teacher had her baby. The 5th grade science class is going really well, but I feel like I'm starting to flounder with 7th grade already. It's tough science! I severely dislike biology, and even more so when it's on the cellular level. I can't wait to get through the Plant Kingdom and start talking about Ecology because I can understand that so much better. I must have like 6th grade science level, haha. Except in Earth Science. Kick butt there. That's stuff's awesome!
My days are really long (at school by 7:30, don't leave until 6pm), but the work isn't too hard. Not like it is at the home. I am totally stoked for that first paycheck, though. haha. I can buy my new laptop by the end of the school year now, instead of seeing if I can scrape something up by the end of the summer. And by new laptop, I mean a Macbook. Oh yea, goin' Pro. It's really nice being home in the evenings too, even if I am so exhausted that I don't want even want to think about lesson plans. But I must. Especially, I should be working on them NOW but I can't make myself do it!!! uuuuugh.
Alright, enough of this, printing out my directions and then I'm working on these stupid lesson plans!
26.3.10
YAY YAY YAY!
While my parents were listening to phone messages last night, they heard one from Abby Eisenberg of the Jewish Theological Seminary telling me I was accepted with a fellowship for 1/4 of my tuition!!!!! Now I need to set up a visit with them too. I'm gonna have to look for a day I'm off from the school...hmm...
Stuart came over last night, too. We had a nice time, went to an Asian restaurant and had some tasty miso soup and sushi. Then we rented The Men Who Stare at Goats. It was an odd movie but it was funny. I really enjoyed it.
Ok, I need to get moving so I'm not late for work!
Stuart came over last night, too. We had a nice time, went to an Asian restaurant and had some tasty miso soup and sushi. Then we rented The Men Who Stare at Goats. It was an odd movie but it was funny. I really enjoyed it.
Ok, I need to get moving so I'm not late for work!
19.3.10
Hopefully the letters will start rolling in now...
Well, I got an email from Brown. You automatically know you're not in if they email your letter to you. Ok, they didn't email reject me, they emailed me to check my letter on their website. That's how you know you're not in. Alright, whatever. It was Brown.
Sorry Melissa, no Emma Watson. haha.
But I'm starting to get really excited when I think about living in DC and going to school at Catholic U, so I'm ok this.
EDIT:
Yep, they're rollin right in. 'Nother rejection from Johns Hopkins. But like I said, I'm getting more and more excited about Catholic U. The rejections hurt a little less when you at least know you won't be thrown out in the cold again.
Now I just need to hear back from UPenn, Boston, and the Jewish Seminary.
Sorry Melissa, no Emma Watson. haha.
But I'm starting to get really excited when I think about living in DC and going to school at Catholic U, so I'm ok this.
EDIT:
Yep, they're rollin right in. 'Nother rejection from Johns Hopkins. But like I said, I'm getting more and more excited about Catholic U. The rejections hurt a little less when you at least know you won't be thrown out in the cold again.
Now I just need to hear back from UPenn, Boston, and the Jewish Seminary.
8.3.10
Second Grad School Letter
Unfortunately I was not accepted into Bryn Mawr, my number one choice for graduate school. That's alright, it was doctorate program and I'm sure they were looking more for MA students. I'm slightly disappointed but not so much because I at least know that I will be going somewhere in the fall. I have at least one place I can go.
Other bad news was getting an email from the Jewish Theological Seminary saying they're missing 2 of my recommendation letters AND my GRE scores. I had sent a reminder to everyone who I asked to write a recommendation letter at the end of February when I submitted my application to make sure they all emailed the recommendation. Much easier for them to do than snail mail, that's for sure. Dr. Knauth's email was the only received recommendations and Dr. Gaber told me that she had already submitted her recommendation. Dr. Johnson's was the second one to be received but Dr. Cagle and Dr. Gaber's still haven't arrived. As for the GRE scores, I was hoping they'd arrive by March 1st but wasn't counting on it. Having heard that they still haven't received them, even though I got a receipt from ETS last Wednesday confirming that they submitted them, concerns me. I emailed them back to let them know about the paper receipt I got from them and where exactly they sent them to in order to make sure they weren't just misplaced. Stupidness.
But I have been busy - I submitted my FAFSA, and since I've already completed my federal return, I don't have to worry about a thing as far as "fixing" anything. I included all the schools I applied to (minus Bryn Mawr, since that's the only negative answer I've heard so far). Oh, and I didn't send it to UPenn either, because apparently they don't exist, according to the FAFSA website. No matter what combination of searches I included ("PA", "Philadelphia", "UPenn", "Univ of Penn", "Univ of Pennsylvania", etc) it did not show up. Well, whatevs. If I receive an acceptance letter from them (though I'm not too certain I will) I'll just have to ask them for their federal school code.
Ok, time to get ready for work tonight.
Other bad news was getting an email from the Jewish Theological Seminary saying they're missing 2 of my recommendation letters AND my GRE scores. I had sent a reminder to everyone who I asked to write a recommendation letter at the end of February when I submitted my application to make sure they all emailed the recommendation. Much easier for them to do than snail mail, that's for sure. Dr. Knauth's email was the only received recommendations and Dr. Gaber told me that she had already submitted her recommendation. Dr. Johnson's was the second one to be received but Dr. Cagle and Dr. Gaber's still haven't arrived. As for the GRE scores, I was hoping they'd arrive by March 1st but wasn't counting on it. Having heard that they still haven't received them, even though I got a receipt from ETS last Wednesday confirming that they submitted them, concerns me. I emailed them back to let them know about the paper receipt I got from them and where exactly they sent them to in order to make sure they weren't just misplaced. Stupidness.
But I have been busy - I submitted my FAFSA, and since I've already completed my federal return, I don't have to worry about a thing as far as "fixing" anything. I included all the schools I applied to (minus Bryn Mawr, since that's the only negative answer I've heard so far). Oh, and I didn't send it to UPenn either, because apparently they don't exist, according to the FAFSA website. No matter what combination of searches I included ("PA", "Philadelphia", "UPenn", "Univ of Penn", "Univ of Pennsylvania", etc) it did not show up. Well, whatevs. If I receive an acceptance letter from them (though I'm not too certain I will) I'll just have to ask them for their federal school code.
Ok, time to get ready for work tonight.
25.2.10
I'M GOING TO GRAD SCHOOL!!!
Best. Day. Ever!!!!!!!!!!
First, half day of school due to snow, no school tomorrow already because of the expected snow, and now THIS:
I am so happy! Now I know that I will at least be going somewhere in the Fall! Now I just need to wait for 6 more letters!!!! All my applications have been sent and everything is squared away now for just waiting!
First, half day of school due to snow, no school tomorrow already because of the expected snow, and now THIS:
Dear Ms. Davis,
I am pleased to inform you that you have been admitted to the M.A. program in the Department of Semitics for the Fall Semester 2010. [contact info...enrollment info...]
On behalf of the faculty of the School of Arts & Sciences, I welcome you to graduate studies at The Catholic University of America.
Sincerely,
Hanna Marks, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
I am so happy! Now I know that I will at least be going somewhere in the Fall! Now I just need to wait for 6 more letters!!!! All my applications have been sent and everything is squared away now for just waiting!
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