Category Archives: Back to School

It may not look like it but I’m getting pretty beat down by school this semester. I have no excuses, frankly. I’ve even put off getting a job in order to keep the GPA. The lesson learnt here is that … Continue reading →

at this point they realised, she just didn’t give a rat’s ass about the supposed curriculum intentions in classroom teachings.

So the story goes that about a month ago I heard from Rutgers who wanted to know if I would still liked to be considered for admission. I was a little nonplussed thinking that they are finally writing to me … Continue reading →

Professor: G, what is a thesaurus? Me: A dictionary of dinosaurs! … Grad school? Really?

Some people freak about their first date, others throw up before the big game. I experience extreme headaches before my first classes. School in the formative years left some scars. (Naah, work wasn’t the answer)

An update on grad school application: Indiana University – conditional yes U of North Texas – yes University of Illinois – no University of Toronto – no Still waiting on Rutgers and UBC.

Whoah. Just received letter today informing me that Indiana University’s School of Library and Information Science has accepted me into their graduate program. On probationary terms. Which just means they didn’t like my undergrad GPA. A nice surprise after a … Continue reading →

Well, deadline’s been blown. Only managed to send in ONE application. And even then, I’ve got one more item to complete that app. Here’s my excuse: it’s not that I didn’t work on them. I got lots done (stuffing envelopes, … Continue reading →

Aight.. I’ve dawdled an awfully long time and it’s crunch time for college applications. I give myself next Wednesday, Jan 11th as the deadline to mail out every single last document to all five schools I have left on the … Continue reading →

It’s now 1:50 in the morning. I’ve forced myself to write and complete an essay for the first school. I will file the entire thing tomorrow, one day short of the deadline. One down, five to go. Geez.

Kids, it’s not true that you do your best when the deadline looms over your head like a Malaysian afternoon thunderstorm. Ok, maybe that used to work with your homework but hese days there are the unknown factors out there … Continue reading →

The University of Michigan put their cart in front of their horse, so to speak: I’d requested an informational CD from the School of Information website and about a week ago, i got the CD in the mail. When it … Continue reading →

It definitely kicked my ass. Hard. In the math (otherwise known as the “quantitative”) section I had ran out of time and was literally tembaking, picking the answers that looked prettiest, for the last six questions. And writing… I hate … Continue reading →