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NYU took it upon themselves to send me some very useful messages in the last week…not. First, they sent me an email last Friday nudging me to make my admissions decision.  Well, seeing how I had 4 weeks from the time they sent me my official acceptance letter, which was dated April 23, 2009, I [...]

Not that it’s news, so much as an inevitability, but today I sent off the fun little form, sans $250 tuition deposit, to NYU to let them know that I will not be attending school there come Fall 2009.  My reasons are well documented.  Now, they are official and in triplicate.  Although, I’m not sure [...]

Yesterday I had two phone conversations of note: one with Rose Choi, Administrative Aide for Graduate Affairs at NYU, and another with Jacqueline Francis, Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid at Medill. In order to not bore readers by writing about boring things, I’ll keep the synapsis of both conversations brief. First, Rose gave me [...]

In recent days, the gravity of my decision has begun sneaking up on me.  The idea of my soon-t0-be outrageous amount of debt, relocation, work prospects, and all that jazz are creeping up.  Decision time looms.   In no uncertain terms, my first choice was Columbia.  Once I was put on their waiting list, the [...]

I got this email about 2 minutes ago.  I’ll comment on it at some point later, but I have no idea what it’s going to mean for me in terms of where I’m going and how much that’s gonna cost.  We shall see. — Dear Xxxx, I am pleased to tell you that we have [...]

Well, I sent off the official letter to Mizzou yesterday, stating that I will not be attending.  To be honest, none of the teaching or research positions they offered were ever of much interest to me–until yesterday, when it didn’t matter anymore.  There was a position running their radio program, Radio Adelante, which requires someone [...]

Apparently, there are more people like me out there in the world. Thus far, I’ve gotten a few comments, which is simply delightful.  Honestly, I would rather respond to people’s musings and questions (despite what that sidebar may say) than simply post more drivel here.  But until that time, drivel is what you get. I’m [...]

  I’d liken the experience of being put on a wait list to stepping in a big pile of dog shit; it really stinks at first, and you know it won’t last forever…but even if things get cleaned up, you still know it happened and that smell is etched in your brain. Well, thank you [...]

Actually, NU told applicants they’d get a decision by midnight, 3/1…which I was one of those people who thought that meant Saturday going into Sunday, 3/1, not 11:59 Sunday.  I emailed them that afternoon, in a very polite freak-out about where my admissions decision was and why it wasn’t blaring on my screen at 00:00 [...]

What up world.  Here’s the body of the email I received from Mizzou on 3/6/09.  Since then, I’ve been bombarded with emails about teaching assistantships and research positions in the Graduate school.  Anyway, here’s what an acceptance letter looks like: ————————– Congratulations! You have been accepted to the graduate program of the School of Journalism [...]