obbear (2022-2023)

gone during app season...

10/27 - UNB by snail mail; full scholarship by snail mail as well, about a week later

11/21 - MSU by email; full scholarship by phone and snail mail (came with acceptance letter)

12/15 - good snail mail day - acceptance packages from Alberta and American. Time to start prioritizing my options.

12/19 - Manitoba by e-mail.

12/29 - back from holidays to snail mail acceptance and Xmas card from Georgetown. Went to decision on the 22nd.

1/5 - ASU by snail mail...phew! I was starting to get nervous. Scholarship with the package; breakdown - FT/20/20.

1/24 - Alabama by e-mail. Status checker went to decision on the 20th like everyone else.

1/26 - in at Toronto by phone call.

1/27 - admitted e-mail from GW.

end Jan - final LOR is officially processed, after a few unfortunate snafus. Time to finish off the cycle.

As if on cue...

2/5 - in at Temple via status checker.

Started withdrawing today (2/11)...I'd love to get a final decision made ASAP, but so much depends on the financial aid picture that I can't let too many places go until that all clears up.

2/12 - packet from Temple with 15K/year scholarship. That's not going to work for me, since I'm out of state. I'll sleep on it, but it'll probably be a quick W.

umm...okay, what's news? Oh yeah:

2/18 - in at UVA by the usual email followed by phone convo. Good news - I'd love to go if I can, but the money situation's looking not great.

[EDIT: 2/20 - in at Mason via phone call.]

2/23 - no GULC scholarship, so I'll be W-ing. Not totally unexpected. Also looks like I missed out on the first round of GW offers. That one hurts, but I'm staying in and seeing what happens.

2/26 - good news this morning! I-L-L-

2/27 - in at Arizona with Perry Rogers scholarship. Very excited - and now very comfortable withdrawing from a few more places.

I feel like I need to let one of the Arizona schools go at this point. Very tough. I'll be taking a very close look at both schools' programs over the weekend. I've already done that, so I'm not sure what else I can learn, but I'm not sure what else to do.

2/28 - scholarship from AU by snail mail - 10K non-renewable.

3/1 - Withdrew from American. Also withdrew from Alabama, since I wouldn't choose it over AZ even if they did eventually throw some money my way.

3/2 - full tuition at Illinois. The alma mater is an extremely good fit for me, so this could very well be the one.

3/10 - got through some more Ws. It's nearly time to call the cycle for me. Went to decision at Michigan on Saturday - likely ding, not that it really matters.

3/11 - yup, dinged by UMich. A little surprised to find out that I don't care. Seconds later, in at UBC (haven't processed my withdrawal yet I guess).