Contrary to what you may think this is the Vandy Commodore looking for my transcript that the Graduate Studies department has "misplaced". The nice folks at the Spanish Dept. told me that they aren't making their admissions decisions until March 1st and that they would contact me if they wanted me to send another transcript. Read: We're just not that interested sonny.
Oh well, they called my friend Matt and I hope he gets in because he would be happy there. I have to admit, the prospect of pulling a Krause/Wade and going to Vandy together with Matt tickled my imagination but as the fake Howard Hughes said in the Rocketeer, "The dream is over".
In other news, I'm flying out to the city of brotherly love tomorrow and I'm hoping to get some admissions love from the university where Benjamin Franklin was once the provost. Here's to hoping I don't drip cheese-steak all over my comfy new shoes.
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Don't worry. You're not missing out on much. The closer I get to graduation, the more I realize that this department is dysfunctional on so many levels. (Did you know they don't even take minutes at department meetings? Seriously. They make decisions on an issue and then months later return to the same issue and then make different decisions. It's a mess.) Granted, there are some amazing faculty members here that will bend over backwards to help their students, but then there are the pathological sadists that do everything in their power to make you squirm and suffer. The problem is that they only have as much power as you give them. Kind of like Satan. Yes, I just compared some faculty members to Satan, because I'm sure that some are his minions and call him Lord and Master. All right, that might be taking it too far, but not much. Just ask A-L or Sabio.
I have to second what James posted. If you had asked me last year, I would have given you a glowing report, but now that a bit of the luster's worn off and I'm less naive, I realize it's not as idyllic as I once thought. Don't get me wrong, I have an awesome advisor, there are great professors here, and the other students in the program are really awesome. However, one or two (or three, or four) rotten apples spoil the barrel. Don't feel disappointed if you don't get in. It'd be their loss!
I'll take a cheese-steak as well. With extra peppers... just leave it on my desk when you get in!
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