So, after yesterday’s cryptic comments about life decisions, I suppose I should offer some kind of explanation.<\/p>\n
It goes a little something like this:<\/p>\n
I\u00c2\u00a0 want a career change. Emily is ready to be done with Baltimore. Add those together and you get a pretty good idea on why I took the GRE in December and applied to grad schools in February.<\/p>\n
I didn’t think I’d get in. My GREs were not too shabby, but my undergrad GPA was a travesty. A mediocre travesty. My academic performance was traviocre. So, I thought I’d get rejection letters.<\/p>\n
And I did. I got one rejection letter from Ball State University in Muncie Indiana.<\/p>\n
But then, just days apart, I got three acceptance letters. I have the opportunity to earn a Master’s in Historic Preservation from either Goucher College or the University of Vermont. Or, I could take a slightly different course and get a Master’s in Public History with a certificate in Cultural Resource Management from West Virginia University.<\/p>\n
Holy. Crap.<\/p>\n
I can’t believe I got accepted anywhere. I’m really not trying to be pessimistic, I am really not looking for validation, but I honest to God thought I was applying for the same reasons the geek asks the homecoming queen out. Because they’re sure to say know, but rejection is better than never knowing.<\/p>\n
But they didn’t say no. They said yes.<\/p>\n
So I decided that I’d do it. I am going to go to grad school. I don’t know where yet, although I am leaning in one particular direction. Each has pros and cons.<\/p>\n
It’s crazy to think of leaving this job that is comfortable yet which I hate. It’s crazy to think of (possibly) leaving the only state I’ve ever lived in. It’s crazy to think of making no money at all. (Or, if I want digital cable and the occaisional DVD of getting a part-time job to find my nerdosity). It’s scary and exciting and then scary all over again for different reasons.<\/p>\n
But it feels like I’m finally doing something<\/em>.<\/p>\n It’s better to try something and fail than to be left wondering “if”.<\/p>\n Next week I’m letting the 3 schools woo me. Monday\/Tuesday I’ll be in Vermont, Wednesday is a lunch meeting with the head of the Goucher program, and Friday I drive out to Morgantown to meet with the professor who would be my advisor at WVU.<\/p>\n I plan on trying to take pics as I travel for, you know, posterity or something.<\/p>\n Holy crap. I’m gonna go to grad school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, after yesterday’s cryptic comments about life decisions, I suppose I should offer some kind of explanation. It goes a little something like this: I\u00c2\u00a0 want a career change. Emily is ready to be done with Baltimore. Add those together … Continue reading