Status update
Continuing in my three-post trend here of admissions updates and brilliant commentary on cool free stuff like MovableType...well, yesterday was the Day Every College in the World Sends Decisions. I got them today, and temporarily placed my traditionalist values aside and checked online the one decision I hadn't gotten yet (it turned out well).
So here is the final update with regard to admissions. It's actually not very final.
Case - In with lots of free stuff
UMich - In with no free stuff, except see below
UMass - In with lots of money
Cornell - In with unknown quantities of free stuff
MIT - Waitlist
Caltech - Waitlist
Harvard - Waitlist
Princeton - Waitlist
The visiting of schools will begin tomorrow with UMass. And I'm planning on a visit to Case during April vacation.
But, more about UMich and free stuff. While, unfortunately, it appears I'll be paying full tuition if I go there, there's a regional admitted students reception, where I'm being promised a free T-shirt. Free T-shirts are always cool, such as my high school class t-shirt. I love it and wear it all the time. In fact, not including the soon-to-be-mine Michigan T-shirt, I have no less than seven free T-shirts in my wardrobe.
Free laniards are another cool thing, and I've got a couple of those as well. Free frisbees are a little trickier - in my experience, they tend to be cheap frisbees of little aerodynamic value, unless it's from a company like hp.
And that ends my commentary on free stuff, for now.
Comments
Posted by: Sandy Piderit
Posted on: April 1, 2006 03:31 AM
Congratulations!
Good luck sorting out the rest of your options, without too much angst from your parents about the cost of the various options. You want to be happy where you land, and not feel like you settled for the "sale outfit" instead of the one that would really fit you like a glove. After all, you'll be wearing your diploma on your wall (or at least on your resume) for the rest of your life.
If you don't get enough "free stuff" during your visit to Case, please stop by Wolstein Hall, on Bellflower Road, and express an interest in a management major, or an accounting or economics or banking and finance or information systems or marketing minor -- I'm sure we have lanyards and t-shirts, and possibly some other stuff, too!
-Prof. Piderit
Posted by: Sandy Piderit
Posted on: April 1, 2006 03:33 AM
Congratulations again! (I hope my previous comment went through... if not, please let me know.)
I also meant to mention that I attended U of Michigan for graduate school, and if you want to talk through the pros and cons of Case vs. UM, I'd be willing to share my views.
-Prof. Piderit