Archives for the Month of March 2006 on Oh.my.god, it's Movable Type!
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.
Admitted
Well, so, yesterday I received my acceptance letter in the mail from Case, along with the Trustee's Scholarship, which is really nice. It won't cost nothing to go, but it won't cost $40,000 either (at this point, please direct angry, conspicuous glares to the University of Michigan). So, yay!
I guess I've now got to apply for financial aid...oooh, I thought those fiendish applications were over. Guess not.
Here's how it looks so far:
MIT - Waitlist
Caltech - Waitlist
Case Western Reserve - In with a nice scholarship and cool free stuff (<--notably, this MovableType)
UMass-Amherst - In with two scholarships, one of which is really nice
UMichigan - In with minimal need-based aid
Cornell - still waiting
Harvard/Princeton - Ha, ha.
So, at the moment, it looks like Case, although UMass is closer and less expensive...I guess that'll be a decision to make...and I guess I'll have to go visit the schools...