I'm glad the 15 hours ended up being worth it, then, and maybe I'll see you there next fall.
So much of the grad school application process ends up being like a really cheesy love story marketed towards teenagers, really. OU is like the completely awesome girl who sits in the back of the room and wears glasses and paints, and you don't know how completely awesome she is and how great of a couple you would be because, you know, she wears glasses.
I understand the draw of a university named after dead industrial tycoons, though. If only OU were sponsored by, say, J. P. Morgan and Charles Schwab (Morgan-Schwab U)! Though both CMU and UPitt apparently invested their money with firms who are now being investigated for fraud (I believe CMU's endowment went to the purchase of collectible teddy bears for the wife of one of their investment managers?), so maybe just "OU" is a safer bet.