That's right folks! I got into grad school!!!! The University of York accepted me (conditional of me finishing with above a 3.0 GPA) to the Public History program! Oh yes, yesterday was happy! The story is pretty great too (if I do say so myself). I had my alarm set for 7 am on Tuesday to go with a friend to the doctor... and forgot to set it back to 9 am. So, 7 am yesterday I wake up and am super confused. After I realize I forgot to change my alarm, I saw I had an email. I had to read the first sentence like 4 times.... the first because my eyes were bleary. But once I comprehended it, all I could say was "oh my God" like 4 times. Pretty sure I scared my roommate (who was asleep) because I already started to cry. After I told her, I called my dad, and scared him because I was full out crying. Then I called my mom and went online and accepted the offer. Then I was up for the day.
Bummer on the lack of sleep, but I couldn't really concentrate so... whatever. I had a good reason. And because it's J-term and I only have one class a day, I didn't have really anything to distract me. I would focus for a while then think "holy crap" and freak out a bit in my head. It's still surreal and is in the process of hitting me. I can't believe it! So happy :D
I guess that's all for now!
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Friday, January 4, 2013
New Year
Hey! So obviously I haven't been very good about blogging. But now I'm going to do a quick review of the last 2 months!
November went really fast and was mostly uneventful. December went really fast too but was super eventful. I finished my senior History paper, and just to give you an idea about how long it was, just my bibliography was 601 words. I got an A- on the paper overall (YAY) and my professor suggested submitting it the Phi Alpha Theta (History Honors Society) contest next year (also YAY). The rest of my classes went well. In my class on the Greeks and Romans I got an A (better than I hoped for) and in my recent U.S. History class I got an A as well (which I expected but I got an A- on my final project that was a little, shall we say, mushy), so YAY! I haven't gotten my grade for my Civitas/Honors project, which is my History paper plus a reflection on my paper plus a presentation, because I haven't done the presentation. But, if I do well on the presentation/do it this will probably have been my best semester (including my A in German). So, overall, YAY!
I got to go home on the first day of finals because I took my one actual test early. However, before I left, I went to the midnight showing of The Hobbit for a friend's birthday. It was super fun and a super great movie.
My first week of break was relaxing, but after the 23rd, things got crazy. First, Christmas, Merry Christmas by the way, was great. Then, on the same day, I turned 21 and had a wedding rehearsal/pre-wedding stuffs for my best friend's wedding. The next day, obviously, was the wedding.
If all this excitement was not enough, on the 30th, we went to NYC for a few days. On New Years Eve we went to Central Park and watched fireworks, after going out to dinner. We mostly walked around and looked at stuff (pictures quite possibly to follow soonish). My favorite was seeing the building where the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire happened. Yeah, I'm a history major, I know. NYC was cool, but I have mixed feelings on the city.
And now, I have a couple days before the start of my last J-Term. Hopefully, I will be better at blogging in the new year and maybe I'll actually have something to blog about!
November went really fast and was mostly uneventful. December went really fast too but was super eventful. I finished my senior History paper, and just to give you an idea about how long it was, just my bibliography was 601 words. I got an A- on the paper overall (YAY) and my professor suggested submitting it the Phi Alpha Theta (History Honors Society) contest next year (also YAY). The rest of my classes went well. In my class on the Greeks and Romans I got an A (better than I hoped for) and in my recent U.S. History class I got an A as well (which I expected but I got an A- on my final project that was a little, shall we say, mushy), so YAY! I haven't gotten my grade for my Civitas/Honors project, which is my History paper plus a reflection on my paper plus a presentation, because I haven't done the presentation. But, if I do well on the presentation/do it this will probably have been my best semester (including my A in German). So, overall, YAY!
I got to go home on the first day of finals because I took my one actual test early. However, before I left, I went to the midnight showing of The Hobbit for a friend's birthday. It was super fun and a super great movie.
My first week of break was relaxing, but after the 23rd, things got crazy. First, Christmas, Merry Christmas by the way, was great. Then, on the same day, I turned 21 and had a wedding rehearsal/pre-wedding stuffs for my best friend's wedding. The next day, obviously, was the wedding.
If all this excitement was not enough, on the 30th, we went to NYC for a few days. On New Years Eve we went to Central Park and watched fireworks, after going out to dinner. We mostly walked around and looked at stuff (pictures quite possibly to follow soonish). My favorite was seeing the building where the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire happened. Yeah, I'm a history major, I know. NYC was cool, but I have mixed feelings on the city.
And now, I have a couple days before the start of my last J-Term. Hopefully, I will be better at blogging in the new year and maybe I'll actually have something to blog about!
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