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December 16, 2005
December's Halfway Over!
So I have one class left to finish all my work for, and then I'm done with school for the semester. Whew! I'm looking forward to having a much lighter academic load next semester--not that my classes were super-hard this semester. I just did a lot of procrastinating which caught up with me in this last month. But it's all coming to a close now, and it's going fairly well.
One of my very best friends in the world Jonathan Jimenez (aka J.J.) is here in California visiting me, and we've yet to really break out of Claremont and start exploring LA. I've been working to finish up my classes, and he seems pretty content with relaxing, watching Sex in the City and getting over jet lag. I've got lots planned for us for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday though.
So I've finished a rough draft for all my essays for Harvard (all in one long crazy night!) and I'm even starting to receive some really helpful feedback as well. I also redid my entire resume, focusing on showing them tangible results of my efforts rather than simply narrating what my job was, and it seems to be much more useful than my previous resume.
EXCITING: So I was perusing other peoples' blogs the other day, searching for people who had participated in the IRTS Summer Fellows program in NYC and I ran across the webpage of this fabulous person, Dominique Jackson, whose resume showed that she'd been involved with IRTS during her undergrad years. I emailed her asking if she'd be willing to talk to me about her experiences with IRTS and she's been such a source of inspiration to me! She works for VH1 in Production Management, models, emcees, writes, and has her own website. She's a diva.
Anyway, she emailed me the other day with an application for MTV Networks Media Associates Program, and I am SO READY to work there. It's free housing, $500 a week, and the chance to work for the coolest television network there is. What more could I ask for?! The application is due Jan. 20, and I am just too excited to turn it in.
But I'm going to promise myself that I will not even LOOK at it again until my B-school apps are completed and turned in. Wow. January 3 will be here in no time. I better get to writing my statements for Stanford and for the fellowships I'm applying to.
It's really cool that Marquis' is doing the same MBA/MA Ed. Program at Stanford that I'm interested in. I just read about his "History of African American Education" course, and that sounds phenomenal. A class like that is exactly what I need in my life.
Still no word from SEO in NYC. I talked at length with an alum of the program who told me not to be discouraged by not having heard back from them yet, so I'm keeping my hopes up and realizing that I have other opportunities waiting for me.
NYC here I come!
Posted by kaneisha at December 16, 2005 06:12 AM