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My status on the limbo-list at Columbia hasn’t changed.  It seems like I’m obsessed with it, but really, I’m not.  I just know there are a lot of people out there who want as much info on the waitlist at Columbia as they can digest.  This is why I’m here…full disclosure.  I got this about [...]

Here’s the text of an email I received on Friday, letting me know the money is no longer mine: — Dear Xxxx I’m writing to let you know that we have received your tuition deposit – thank you!  We are delighted that you will be joining us and we look forward to welcoming you to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Not much, to be frank.  But here’s the email correspondence I had last Friday/Saturday with NYU.  I’ve detailed in previous posts that I am awaiting my decision from them and had emailed the director of the News and Documentary program last Monday; she told me she’d need until Wednesday.  I emailed her again on Friday, [...]

OK, so maybe I’m lying here by saying things have been updated.  But you, as the reader, can suffer vicariously through me, right?  That’s how empathy works, last I checked.  And if nothing else, I soak up pity like a tampon in a swimming pool. — Hello again Professor Yyyy, I am following up, again, [...]

  …and they’re running outta you!  HA!   My last contact with NYU was on April 2nd, as documented that day from my post about emailing them.  It is now 9 days later, and I have no new information. Additionally, I re-emailed my local Rotary club about how we would work together in putting together my [...]

In an ocean of endless possibilities, the disappointments seem to wash ashore.  At least, that’s how things appear in my little world in recent times. Today, I got my financial aid info back from Northwestern.  Needless to say, I was a little let down.  I knew I was out of the running already for the [...]

Mizzou’s application was the most different from the three other schools I applied to.  While most schools do everything online, and I mean everything, Mizzou does not.  Instead, they’ve got this nice little form you have to print out and return.  In addition, and I found this out the hard way, they require everything, including [...]

I got an interesting email today from Mizzou.  To be honest, it’s a top-notch school, and the only things preventing me from going there and applying for as many assistantships and research positions as they offer are 1) having a two year program and 2) being in Missouri for two years.  In my eyes, Missouri [...]