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I’m loving the May 2009 edition of Monocle magazine, which covers topics from tracking pirates off the coast of Somalia to keeping on track with your workflow, Swiss style. It’s a great read and I highly recommend it to anybody interested in current events and foreign affairs.
Just wanted to give you all a quick update on my college situation, so here’s what’s going on - essentially all I’m doing right now is waiting for Howard-Payne and Abilene Christian University to let me know the exact dollar amount of the scholarships I’m going to receive. Once I get that, I can tally up the final out-of-pocket cost for all three colleges, after which I will make my final decision on where I will ultimately be attending in the fall. Thank you again for all of your support; I should be hearing from the colleges in the next couple of weeks so I’ll he sure to put up a post soon detailing what exactly happens there. As always, feel free to leave a comment!
Well, I got back from that trip to Abilene that I told you about a couple of weeks ago, and I have to say, it went much better than I expected. We drove up the night before, as our visit there was scheduled to start at 7 am. The day started with a quick breakfast and conference with the admissions advisors, after which we embarked on a lengthy tour of the campus. I was impressed by the age (or lack thereof) of many of the buildings - around a quarter of the campus had just recently been rebuilt, I later found out. Many of the facilities are very well-kept and state of the art, with technology being made a central factor in the learning experience. After the tour was rounded up, it was time for my set of two 30-minute interviews. Both went far better than I could have hoped; I was able to communicate to the interviewers everything I wanted to say in an effective and timely fashion, which was great. The interviews are one of the big factors in deciding who gets the scholarships I am a finalist for, so it was a pretty important event for me. I should be hearing back from them on whether or not I got the scholarship in late March or early April, so for now I’m just in the waiting stage. As soon as I hear back from the other colleges I’m considering, I’ll be able to make a final decision on what college I’ll be attending this fall. Our day up at Abilene Christian ended with a luncheon with the president of the university and a few short speeches by various members of the faculty. Overall, I was very impressed with the university - it certainly is ranking in my top 3 choices right now, so we’ll just have to give it a month and see what I decide! Be expecting a few posts later this week, both here and over on Six and One. If you want more frequent updates, feel free to go on over to my Twitter stream - and as always, comments are welcome! Until next time…
Just thought I would post this quick little tour of my satellite office at my grandparent’s house in San Antonio, Texas. There’s a lot of good hardware and computers to get work done there, so it’s a lot of fun. Although it can be a bit of information overload sometimes.
Well, got some good news in the mail today! I got a package from Abilene Christian University this week letting me know that I’m a finalist for their Presidential Scholarship! This consists of either a half-tuition or full-ride scholarship, either of which would obviously be a great help to paying for college. As a result, I was invited to come up to the university campus in Abilene and interview for the said awards. I will know whether I “made the cut”, so to speak, later in the month. Only a couple of each award are given out so I don’t think I have a great chance of being awarded the scholarship, but who knows what could happen, right? On February 9 I will be going up there and interviewing, and also taking a tour of the campus and doing some other exciting things. While I’m there I’ll be sure to take some pictures to share the experience with you, so be looking out for those in the next couple weeks. I am waiting on the results of a few other scholarship opportunities so I’m kind of on pins and needles about that right now. We should be hearing a response in the next couple weeks, so of course I’ll let you know what happens. As always, comments are much appreciated (just click the post title). Thanks and have an outstanding weekend!
Well, I just got back from an all-day college visit to Howard-Payne University in Brownwood, Texas. Left around 6:30 in the morning so it was a long day, but I had a great time. I met with the departments of Business, Financial Aid, and Admissions for a scholarship interview. Later on in the day we were given a very nice tour of the campus by a good friend of mine. After that we had a lunch in the very nice cafeteria, and I also got the outstanding opportunity to sit in on an English Composition class. I liked seeing the dynamics of the low teacher – student ratio in action…it gave me a reminder of why I had applied to solely private universities. Our time ended around 4:00 with a closing ceremony, and with that we were on the road. It was a very good experience that encouraged me as I begin the final stage of the college selection process.
Only a couple of each award are given out so I don’t think I have a great chance of being awarded the scholarship, but who knows what could happen, right? On February 9 I will be going up there and interviewing, and also taking a tour of the campus and doing some other exciting things. While I’m there I’ll be sure to take some pictures to share the experience with you, so be looking out for those in the next couple weeks. I am waiting on the results of a few other scholarship opportunities so I’m kind of on pins and needles about that right now. We should be hearing a response in the next couple weeks, so of course I’ll let you know what happens. As always, comments are much appreciated (just click the post title). Thanks and have an outstanding weekend!
