Or, I hope so anyway.
I feel like these days, grad school has become my word vomit.
I’m going to be a diplomat one day, y’all! These grad school apps are the first step in my five year plan of gaining entry into the Foreign Service by age 30.
. . .Did I just put that in writing? Guess I gotta put my money where my mouth is.
Anyway, I’ve been working on applications to six different graduate school programs in public policy and public affairs. I’m ALMOST. DONE. (With the apps, that is.) Recently, I have been spending so much time in front of a computer screen. For a second there, my eyes were starting to go all Googly and I thought I was getting slight carpal tunnel.
I have decided to apply to six schools: UC Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Harvard, Princeton, Syracuse and. . .at the last minute. . .I decided to apply to. . .d00k.
Yea, I know, I know. No, I will never wear d00k blue and I would NEVER cheer for the Blue Devils. Not even in a game of rock-paper-scissors. I have to apply there, though. It’s the only strong policy analysis program I’ve found in the state of North Carolina. (Carolina doesn’t have one—I checked.)
My recommenders have all been AWESOME in helping me out. At this moment there should be seven people in Chapel Hill and Panama City writing about my awesomeness. Hopefully this awesomeness combined with my essays/test scores/GPA will leap off the page and call to admissions officers and say THIS GIRL HAS THE REQUIRED LEVEL OF AWESOME TO EXCEL IN YOUR GRADUATE PROGRAM!
My goal is to submit these applications by the end of the month, and I’m well on my way to being able to beat my goal by about a week. Then I can focus on fellowship applications. (Yea, the process isn’t going to be over any time soon.)
In other news, I took the FSOT (Foreign Service Officer Test) again last week! Those of you who read this blog might recall that I took it blind last year and just barely passed. This year, I’m hoping to improve upon last year’s scores and pass so that I can have another shot at writing my personal narratives and hopefully get invited to the Oral Assessment this time around. This application is another practice round for when the time comes, but I still want to do as well as I can in all phases of the process. I’ll keep y’all updated on how this goes!
Everything’s going pretty well for me here in Meteti. As #presidentkennedy, I’ve been gearing up for some youth camps that the Gender and Development Committee will be hosting again this summer.
I’m also very excited to report that I’ve achieved the ultimate the Holy Grail of feel-good Peace Corps projects—the US Embassy is sending my high school kids to the States!
I’m just going to leave you all with that info for now. When I find out more information about the trip, I’ll let you guys know the whole story.
Love and hugs and kisses to everyone in the States! I’ve got about six months to wrap up my Peace Corps service and I’ll be in y’all’s kitchens eating your food and dancing to the music in my head in no time!
