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Despite my wish to quit life, the universe has said, "Whoa, Liz. The game isn't over yet."

I woke up this morning (okay, noon, but I don't work today and I was up doing absolutely fuck all on the internet), crawled in and out of the shower, and then sat down to check my e-mail. I have an e-mail from the lady who heads the program I applied for at Brooklyn College, bam, she wants to set up a phone interview. In my state of COMPLETE AND UTTER SHOCK I begin to putter around the house, wandering back to my computer every now and then to answer IMs from

thinkatory and

sleepyjeans to assure them I haven't died of the shock. So I go out to get the mail, and there are two letters from Columbia and SUNY. The OTHER two schools I haven't heard from.

They were small letters, and I thought okay, they don't send small letters to people who they've accepted. But I open them anyway and Columbia told me no (fine), but SUNY outright offered me admission. MORE SHOCK.

Then I started crying because a) something is finally going right, b) New York is a long ways away, and c) I am on the rag so everything is making me cry (but no migraines this month yet!). And I finally calm down because of those two Brooklyn is my first choice (I haven't heard very complimentary things about SUNY's program, but it's on Long Island so I thought a little New York was better than no New York) and, dude, they haven't offered me anything yet. As usual, I'm getting ahead of myself.

And then I started laughing like a complete loon because I realized I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY. SUNY offered partial tuition scholarship at the in-state rate and they'll help me establish residency but I STILL DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY AND I STILL ONLY HAVE ONE JOB AND I'M CRAP AT MONEY. LOOOL oh god I'm starting again. Hysteria, god I'm having fun.

I need a hug.

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OMG! YOU GOT IN! YOU GOT IN! Good job, doll! You are going to grad school.

Now. About the money. Partial tuition is no small potatoes, especially if it's an MA program. Many folks (me included) get squat for their MAs. Then, you're probably guaranteed up to $20k per year in subsidized government loans, depending on the participation of the schools. The money is the most stressful part of the whole stupid crapfest, but you'll be able to work through it, I'm sure. <3 One million congratulations to you.

edit: oh, right and *hug*

Edited 2009-04-17 20:33 (UTC)

*hug!!!*

student loans are yay?

They better be.

si. tbh worse case scenerio, you have to get a private loan and get a cosigner, which just means that they run their credit, not that they are financially responsible. it'll all work out.

Also I think

jennifercarolyn went to SUNY and I never heard anything bad from her. so idk.

Edited 2009-04-17 22:02 (UTC)

Yeah. I am just inwardly cringing at the thought of how much debt I am putting myself into. Probably not any more than the average person in the U.S. today, but it still makes me cry.

Well just the dramaturgy program, but then again, eh.
But YAY PEOPLE I KNOW NEARBY?

It happens. I hate to say it, but I had to do it to be able to live and get my undergrad. The thing about student loan debt is that in repayment, most lenders will work with you and what you're making. Rather than credit card debt where they are like ALL YOUR LIFE IT BELONGS TO US.

yay! Oh, well then again, you have to remember you get what you put into a program too. But.

Didn't go there, but it's a good school (I don't know about the particular program, but it's one of the top public universities in the state).

Oh >_> fail. I thought you went there for grad school dude.

Easy mistake. I went to Long Island University, not the State University of NY. I did get 12 credits from Stony Brook though, so you're totally not wrong.

oh okay yay !

You did it you did it you did it. <3

I knew you could. So much love. (And hugs, clearly.)

SUNY Stony Brook? Because I live 15 minutes from there! And also there's a LIRR train that stops at the school and you're 1 hr into the city (and believe me it can take an hour by MTA public trans to get from Brooklyn to Manhattan) so really it's not too bad and Stony Brook is a beautiful area.

Edited 2009-04-17 23:07 (UTC)

Yay! Congrats about your acceptance!

And if this is SUNY Stony Brook, then, bear in mind you'll still be an hour and a half from NYC. But hey, I've had another fandom friend who works there (though she's leaving in May), and we still totally got to hang out and do crazy antics in the city.

And Brooklyn College is a better location, city-wise obviously.

But yays!

*hugs* Congrats on getting accepted to SUNY! And I wish you luck in your interview with Brooklyn. :D

See? Things could still turn out really great!

:D Congratulations, Liz!

Whee! Congrats and good luck!