Sunday, July 5, 2015

The First

I could start this post by talking about what made me decide to start a blog, but that seems redundant, overdone, and a tad absurd. Instead, I will tell about this summer, and a little earlier. 

April: 

  • Notified that I had been pulled from the waitlist for a graduate program, now accepted (yay!)
  • Had to decide whether or not to attend that program, with a set deadline for an answer
  • Decided, "What the heck, why not?"
  • Overwhelmed
May: 
  • Moved all undergrad finals so I could start graduate school the week of undergrad finals (I'm insane, I know)
  • Decided to break an engagement... long story
  • Started the program, THEN graduated undergrad
  • Overwhelmed
June:
  • First month of living in this supposed "real world" they speak of-- at home, at graduate school 2 days a week and home doing homework the other 5.... Not real.
  • Decided I'd start a new relationship, because that makes sense (really do care about him and appreciate that relationship, but that's irrelevant at the current moment)...
  • Midterms
  • "W" Day passes
  • OVERWHELMED

July:

  • Sudden realization of the INCREDIBLE amount of debt for a private grad school with no financial aid-- interesting how misleading pre-orientation paperwork can be
  • Loans, debt, and other scary stuff
  • SO......... I call up some people for advice, shoot an email, and come August, I'll be out of grad school --hell'a ride
  • Now I make myself finish these exams and stuff, hoping to make it out with decent grades...
  • And quick question, who assigns homework without grades attached? 
  • Still somewhat overwhelmed

Next step:
Finish this semester and then enter the real, "real world" for a while until the application opens up at another school. No thanks to a life of debt from a "half-time" program that has 19 credit hours for the summer term. Yes, 19. 19! Anyway....... I can find a better deal and like it more. 

So, welcome to the blog. The insights and thoughts from a girl who broke off an engagement and dropped out of graduate school. But hey, I'm just 20, I've got tons of time. 



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