misskira

Is there an international student department at your school? I bet they could at least point you in the right direction for some accurate information.

I'm watching the entire grey's anatomy series on netflix. I'm on season 5.

It's a really cruel joke that my email hasn't been working all morning. Yahoo is experiencing "technical difficulties."

I think this is something that really depends on your personality, organization, support system, and parenting style. I had my first my 3rd year of teaching. I was able to take 4 months off with him, then he went daycare. It was hard for me, but as a teacher my breaks allowed me lots of days home with him to look forward to. Also, it was important to me for health and budget reasons to breast feed, so I had to keep a pumping schedule. It was doable. But I can't imagine how I would have been able to work at home. He was a lot of work and I didn't have much time to focus on any one task for long before I was needed or interrupted. I had my 2nd 2.5 years later. Oh my was he a busy baby. At 22 months he still is. I was able to stay home with my guys this time, and I can't imagine being in school for the last 2 years. Not with dr. appts, preschool runs, sickness, and the daily care. Plus the irregular sleep at nights. But they are at an age now that it really feels doable. My oldest will be starting kindy in the fall and the 2yo is SO ready for something more than mommy. So for me personally, I know I could have made it work, but it would have taken really careful scheduling and maximizing my time at school. I know I wouldn't have been able to count on homework happening until after kid bedtime at 8, and that assumes the kids cooperate. You also need to have trustworthy and most importantly dependable childcare. At my job I had 10 personal and 2 family sick days. That's not the case at school. As far as physical pregnancy itself, I worked as an elementary special education teacher. 6 kindergartners with severe autism does not equal a sit down job, lol. Women work full time pregnant in all kinds of jobs. Severe morning sickness and serious fatigue are the hardest things to combat if you have it, but otherwise being pregnant isn't to hard. Towards the end you have a higher chance of needing beadrest or having more severe pain or complications. I had to stop work 2 weeks early with my second due to complications, but my work was prepared for that. As long as you have a standard birth or csection without complications, you can be back to class quickly. The problem with pregnancy and birth is you obviously don't know ahead of time what will happen. So that was a pretty long winded way of saying, it's up to the person and up to chance how it will work, lol. I certainly would do it if I wanted children. 5-7 years is a long time to put it off, and then you'll be heading towards career mode after that, so there's never a perfect time for kids. If you wait for the perfect time, it just may never happen.

I took it for my special Ed program at University of Oregon. I was wondering the same thing, but decided if they offer it, they must not hold it against you. I hope im right. I decided to apply late, so needed to get the test done ASAP. The MAT was easier to study for, much cheaper, and same day to schedule, so its what I went for. I think I ended up scoring better on it that I would have for the GRE. I ended up with a 90 percentile for both overall and my major. I will say its the weirdest test I've ever taken.

Another week down with no word. Sigh.

Can you look up what the grads from each school end up doing?

If they can, its nice to see I'm in good company at least...

It could also be she will be starting a new project soon that isn't listed in her cv?

The school I applied to has a blurb on their website that says funding is decided after the admissions process, matching each persons interests and skills up with the best funding fit. They have fellowships, grants, and ta opportunities. But they do guarantee full funding for phd so it takes the mystery out in that respect. I don't think it would hurt to call and politely ask when those decisions will be made. If they ask why you want to know, tell them you're working on possible living arrangement plans.

Turns out I will be making quillows... One of mine is a former colleague and Facebook friend and apparently she needs a quillow for the car. My other referees are also former supervisors who I know we'll, and I think they would like quillows too, lol. Quillows for everyone! If I get in, it will be a huge thank you. If not, I will need there references for jobs. So either way, a good thank you is in order.

I would prioritize the interview if you hope for an acceptance at that school, over the visit where you already have an offer.

Or uhhh... A week late. To my credit, the idea of going didn't occur to me until the evening before the deadline.

No, you can't. Private loans are protected as well. Eta: I should add you can, but its VERY difficult. You would have to prove undue hardship which is rarely granted. I doubt going to graduate school would qualify. You pretty much have to prove you have no way of making a decent salary or have a major medical issue preventing you from working. I have substantial student loans... I will be putting my private student loans on forebearance but will continue to make at least payments on the full interest so they don't grow. My federal loans will go to income based repayment and I will have a $0 payment. But I will continue to pay the interest on those as well. After I graduate I will hit them hard with any extra income I have at that point to pay them as quickly as possible.

Doooooont do it. I have 90k in loans for my undergrad and masters on a teacher salary. That's about $750/mo out of 2,300 straight to loans, to give you an idea of what you're looking at. This is a small part of why I'm applying to phd... Eventually a higher salary to help knock those out. The only choice you have is to pay them every month.

My locs finally show as received plus additional info processed (test scores?) so at least an acceptance could even be possible now. That's a good sign. Before I still had an incomplete application.

Effing wrong number. :/ showed up as a number I don't recognize for the right area code, and it was for Ramona. Gah.

That's exactly how it is here. My family can rent a whole hous for the price of the UO's premium single bedroom grad apartment. And I will be on the right side of campus.

In my town, absolutely. But in some of the big cities with crazy col, sometimes university housing is a savings or equal, plus more convienant, nicer, and safer.

My grandpa just asked what my next step is? Ummm... Waiting. And maybe some more waiting. What else?

Ohhh, I looked up the atoma notebooks. So cool!

Raises hand I have a family that includes a hubby and 2 kids. It doesn't help that hubby would be 20 miles closer to work if we move near the university, and my oldest could start kindergarten at a much better school. We could move anyways, but if I don't get accepted I will be applying for teaching jobs. So I need to be here at our current house until I know if/where I'm hired. It's not a huge issue, but just one more factor making the wait so hard.

Well, I should at least hear something tomorrow. My status still says incomplete so I emailed to make sure my recommendations and transcript made it in. How sad is it that it will be the highlight of my week when she gets back to me?

Except you know you will get something on Christmas. There is guaranteed to be at least something under the tree. But now? It's like waiting for that gift you've been begging Santa to get for months. And if its not there... There's nothing. Lol.

It's what you wear with the uggs that determine if they're ok or not. just saying. My sister wears them and pulls them off every time. But she doesn't wear them with mini dresses or leggings. And we are also in oregon. We are known for frumpiness.