Mailed!!

After a weekend of being incredibly impatient and anxious, I finally mailed off all of my remaining stuff today. 

One of my teachers didn't come through on a recommendation letter. Anticipating one of them failing to deliver, I asked FOUR teachers instead of three so I'd have three letters to send off. The ones that I did get are amazing, and I'm lucky I have teachers who like me so much, heh. 

My mom ended up paying $39 to FedEx my packet to Madrid. It is GUARANTEED to get there on Wednesday, which is great because then they'll make a decision and I'll know that much sooner. I e-mailed the woman who will be my admissions counselor, letting her know that it would be arriving. I'm hoping she'll send me both an e-mail and a letter letting me know their final decision. The awesome thing is about three days after getting my packet, they'll have made a decision. I'm crossing my fingers to find out next week.

All of my friends are jealous. It's funny because this is not what I expected the college admissions process to be like. But then again I never expected to want to go to school in Spain.

I'll be holding my breath until I find out!

doing a bunch of legwork

Now that the application is in, it's more a matter of playing the waiting game. All of my teachers are buried with recommendation letters right now, and I hate those kinds of kids who are like "WELL I NEED IT NOW" so I gave them all a November 1^st deadline. Technically they're optional, but I'd be stupid not to take advantage of the looove that my teachers have for me. That, and the online application limited how many characters I was allowed to type so I don't think it painted an accurate picture of what kind of student I am.

I did finish my resume and printed it out and some of my mom's fancy cotton paper. This too is optional but there was no way I wouldn't send one. Having done way too much in high school, in terms of extracurriculars and community service, I needed something supplementary because the application just didn't do me justice.I'm trying to make myself seem as appealing as possible to these folk. I would be surprised if I didn't get in, because they accept something like 85% of their applicants, but, things happen.

A teacher-friend of mine actually is going there for her master's in Spanish, and she's writing me a "character reference"--mainly because she got a 4.0 and I think if a student of her standing vouches for me the admissions counselor might be swayed in the right direction. She seems to think that this school would be absolutely perfect for me, and though I don't plan on going to visit, she knows what kind of student/person I am and I trust her judgement. 

Plus if I end up absolutely hating it, I can just transfer home. It's an American university after all 8-)

They should be sending me a confirmation letter for my application in the mail any day now. The only crappy thing is it takes FOREVER for something to mail overseas, not to mention costing an arm and a leg. Because it's so expensive, I want to get everything together by November 15^th or so and send it all over- recommendation letters, transcript, resume- at the same time. It'll probably cost me anywhere from 15-30 bucks, but sometimes in life, evils are necessary. Meaning I'll just ask my parents to mail it for me. Hah. 

HASTA LUEGO.

new blog!

BRAND NEW!

For your viewing pleasure 8-)

Anyhow, I've been meaning to get around to this for a while now. Fortunately, I haven't done much that's so far over and done with that I can't post about it, though even if I did I don't think it'd be a problem because I daresay nobody is reading this thing anyway....yet! 

In a nutshell, this'll chronicle the process of me applying to SLU Madrid, (hopefully) getting in, and going through the crazy but fun process of preparing to study in a foreign country. Should all go well and good like I hope, this blog will most likely eventually become a daily play-by-play of my life in Madrid, serving as my vent and a link to me for everyone back home. 

If anyone happens to stumble upon this here blog, bookmark it so you can check back frequently. Good things are bound to  happen!