The Cheesy Coffin Nail: Another Graduate School Update

Friends,

All schools are accounted for. So barring Wisconsin being consumed by the sea, here's the final graduate school score:

Where We Are Going:
University of Wisconsin - Madison (heretofore known as UW)

Those Who Said Yes:
University of South Carolina
Denver University
University of Southern Mississippi
Louisiana State University
Simmons College

Those Who Said No:
University of North Carolina (The Shitheels)
University of Michigan (The Assholeverines)

North Carolina was the only school that could possibly reroute us away from Farvesylvania and today Emily received a rejection letter from them. C'est la vie. They were the only school that could possibly change our course because their assistantships were phenomenal, as in they remit tuition fully, pay year round, offer health benefits, and you accrue vacation time like you are regular library personnel.

Another interesting school note. She recently turned down Denver University, but today we got a financial aide package from them. Get this. Even with taking out the full amount of loans offered to her ($25,000) and taking the $4,500 scholarship, for one year of school, Emily would still have to pay $25,000 out of pocket for one year of school. Yeah. Apparently Denver University is like the Wonka Factory of universities, otherwise I can't square their price of admission with anything I know about that school. I mean, they run off trimesters for pete's sake. Isn't that the horse and buggy of mester systems?

And South Carolina responded to Emily's e-mail saying she was going to Wisconsin by saying, "That's too bad. We really wanted you to come to SC." Now that's a classy organization (unless they were being smarmy gits...but they had the smiley emoticon thing, so that's gotta be sincere right?). Truly, out of all the school's she applied to, South Carolina had its head screwed on straightest. Website was wonderfully designed. Prompt answers to questions. Didn't misfile her forms. Say what you will about their ignorant flag business, and being the first to secede from the Union, they sure can run a college program efficiently.

Okay, enough grad school trepidation...let's go find me a job!


viva job hunt!