First Acceptance Letter - Tulane

Hello, my kittens.

I haven't posted in a while... I know, I'm a lazy bum. But this is a major event--and I had to blog about it.

Tulane University

I've been accepted to Tulane University, a private university in New Orleans (pictured above)--the letter came in a big fancy envelope that was difficult to open and everything! I'll admit that I expected to be accepted, but I was surprised when they offered me an $80,000 scholarship. They seem to be a pretty generous school, though.

Proof?

Dear Katherine:

On behalf of the faculty and administration, I proudly offer to you admission to Tulane University for the fall, 2011 term.

Based on your extraordinary academic and personal qualifications, I am delighted to inform you that the admissions committee has selected you as a Founder's Scholar.

Congratulations! As a recipient of this prestigious academic merit scholarship, you will receive $20,000 annually, totaling $80,000 over four years...

...yadda yadda... Tulane is great... yadda yadda yadda...

I look forward to seeing you on campus soon,

Sincerely,

Earl Retif
Vice President
Enrollment Management

Tulane is more-or-less a safety school, but it's definitely still an option. New Orleans is adorable, I love Tulane's spirit of community service, and when I visited, it was wonderful. But it is fairly close to home, and I want a school that's more science-oriented.

In other news, I have to schedule an interview with a Georgetown alumni. I hate interviews--I come across as much more intelligent in an essay. I just get so gosh-darn nervous!

Here's my response to learning about the interview:

My leg feels weird.

Jeez Louise, I can't wait for friday. It's the first week of school, and the work is already keeping me up until (or past) midnight. But I guess I prefer it. I like to feel productive.

I had a charlie horse a couple days ago. My left leg still feels weird. Bleh.

My Naval ROTC application is very near finished. I have to type up a second optional essay, get my recruiter to approve it, and then, tigercats are go! I have to get a ton of transcript requests, though--for Tulane, Baylor, AFROTC, NROTC, and the recruiter. iA, Dios Mio!

Interact and StuCo had our first joint social yesterday, "Fish Floats". It had a much better turnout than we expected, but it was quite unorganized.

That's about it. I've been pretty boring over the past two days.

Fasting and Applications

Beginning tomorrow, I'll be fasting for 21 days. Which means that I'm abstaining from facebook and solid food (except on Sundays) in attempt to get my spiritual life straightened out. Because frankly, I'm a mess. So I'll be blogging a bit more frequently over the course of the next three weeks or so--partially as an alternative to facebook, but also to keep track of what's going on in my life, for myself and for the "public".

As you may have figured out, I'm a lister. I list things. Here's a list of applications that I have completed or intend to complete (complete application, but no transcript sent marked in purple; applications that are partially complete are marked in green; applications that I have yet to start are marked in orange):

• Naval ROTC Scholarship
• Air Force ROTC Scholarship
• Army ROTC Scholarship
• Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest
• Tulane University: Early Action
• Tulane Dean's Honor Scholarship
• Tulane Community Service Scholarship
  
• Baylor University: Early Action
  
• Baylor BIC/Honor's College
  
• Georgia Institute of Technology: Early Action
• University of California - Berkeley
• Emory University
• Georgetown University
• Boston University
• Harvard University
• Columbia University

*Note that this list is growing exponentially