I'm having one o' those days where I'm sure I'll get a call from C saying they've just realized they made a terrible mistake. "Sorry, but we really wanted to accept someone else and accidentally called you." I know...it sounds weird, but there it is...
Another weird thing is that at times when I least expect it, I'll suddenly remember that I've been accepted. Yea, I'm all quiet, enjoying the drive home and the sunset, then I start grinning and the people on my NJ express bus look like they're sure I've lost it. And then it's hard to stop smiling, even though I'm getting a weird look from someone, because the feeling of elation is so unexpected & I almost don't know what to do with it.
This Friday, I should be closing on my house. As it turns out, I'm not the only person to go through this months before starting at CBS. Gravette, the new BBSA prez went through all of this housebuying anxiety around the same time before she started at school as well and has been great with offering advice. I'm just praying everything goes smoothly. Dang, C's summer jumpoff is right on time. A girl needs to party off some stress.
I haven't really started hard on the housing tip yet. I have decided this much, though, I don't want an "apt" but rather a "room". Yeah, cheaper. I'll have to share a kitchen and maybe even bathroom with other students, but it doesn't have to be bad. There are good ones 15 mins away from C in Harlem and I can't wait to start checking them out.
Gotta run, y'all. We'll talk soon.
The high of getting into a top MBA program didn't last very long for me. I quickly had to come back to reality and fill out alot of very detailed financial aid forms.
There were no fellowship applications (non-Finance gal here) that I had to fill out. But I had to hear about a lot of them. Seriously, there are lots of fellowships out there for Finance students, and it's enough to make a sister wonder if maybe a Finance concentration isn't so bad an idea after all.
I also had to really start studying for my quant (preparation) class, train for my upcoming running event and try not to get too screwed as I try to buy my first home. Fortunately, CBS students are awesome and answer every burning question I have which helps a good deal.
So, may all of us admits land as much free money as possible. Waitlist peeps, stay up!
(Say, anyone know how buying this home will affect my financial aid situation now? I think that as I type, my case is being reviewed in the Fin Aid office and I wasn't in the process of buying when I submitted the forms)
So, I'm in at Columbia and thank heavens! What a relief!! I feel so blessed.
I was so not looking forward to living in New Haven for 2 whole years. I really wasn't; tho' that school had its own merits. Not in at Wharton.
Open House at Columbia was great...I even got to respond in an actual class we had on entrepreneurship and had the professor vigorously nodding while pointing at me. Hope that's a sign of things to come. Met some really cool people, too. I wasn't sure what to expect but was pleasantly surprised by how open and friendly everyone was.
The CEO of the New York Philharmonic told us about his career after Columbia while we were being wined and dined. He also said there's no way he'd have gotten into Columbia today if he applied because of how difficult it's become.
The Dean, Feldberg, gave the classic "by all indications, this looks to be the best & hottest class ever" speech. More than anything else, it was great to start forming bonds with future classmates. 'Specially at BBSA's party where the bonding was over lots of alcohol & done to the beat of reggae & hip-hop. Oh yea! Y'all know a sis represented. I ain't gonna mention no names, but someone on these boards was all OVER that dance floor, hear?
Catch y'all later. Congrats to everyone who's made it through the application process.