Tuesday, December 30, 2003
scores
Hey guess what arrived last week? My GRE scores... the ones that were sent out before I called them and asked them to send it again. I'm not sure how and why they arrived after the second set was sent out. It's slightly disturbing. When I received them, the envelop was partially opened. Hm.
My application process is this month. Ugh.
Hey guess what arrived last week? My GRE scores... the ones that were sent out before I called them and asked them to send it again. I'm not sure how and why they arrived after the second set was sent out. It's slightly disturbing. When I received them, the envelop was partially opened. Hm.
My application process is this month. Ugh.
Tuesday, December 23, 2003
the process
Okay, it's been quite a while. The application has come and gone for me, for the most part. For some reason, all of my deadlines were December 10-15, which had me scrambling to get my crap together. Thankfully, I managed to crank out a readable personal statement, dust off an old writing sample from undergrad, and fill out all the necessary forms. In addition to making sure my test scores and transcripts made their way to the respective admissions offices.
Definitely not the way I wanted to go about this process. I had to send all my stuff in different components, which makes does not sit well with me. But there's not really much I can do about that. Filling out online applications was pretty convenient (which most schools stated as the method they preferred) but it definitely felt weird... it's been so long since my undergrad application years. I remember slaving over those things. This time it just seemed like I threw this and this together, filled out the application like I was ordering something on Amazon.com, and that was it. I wish I could have felt there was more care in it all.
Oh well. It's out of my hands now. The only real hurdle left is to apply for financial aid. And after that... the waiting.
Okay, it's been quite a while. The application has come and gone for me, for the most part. For some reason, all of my deadlines were December 10-15, which had me scrambling to get my crap together. Thankfully, I managed to crank out a readable personal statement, dust off an old writing sample from undergrad, and fill out all the necessary forms. In addition to making sure my test scores and transcripts made their way to the respective admissions offices.
Definitely not the way I wanted to go about this process. I had to send all my stuff in different components, which makes does not sit well with me. But there's not really much I can do about that. Filling out online applications was pretty convenient (which most schools stated as the method they preferred) but it definitely felt weird... it's been so long since my undergrad application years. I remember slaving over those things. This time it just seemed like I threw this and this together, filled out the application like I was ordering something on Amazon.com, and that was it. I wish I could have felt there was more care in it all.
Oh well. It's out of my hands now. The only real hurdle left is to apply for financial aid. And after that... the waiting.
Monday, December 08, 2003
I should have received my scores by now. I didn't. So I called the evil ETS and asked them why they were dragging their feet. It turns out they sent it like 3 weeks ago. Hm. I think I either threw them out with the pennysaver ads or it got lost in the mail. Either way, I'm still waiting for my stupid essay scores to come back.
Now that the test is over, do we change the name of our blog? Minsoo's application process will be ending in about a week so I guess I'll be on my own with this whole grad school thing. Is this blog on its last leg?
Now that the test is over, do we change the name of our blog? Minsoo's application process will be ending in about a week so I guess I'll be on my own with this whole grad school thing. Is this blog on its last leg?
