Aug 24 2008
I ended up with enough scholarships, grants and fellowships this semester to go to school full time. I’m not taking out any loans and I’m only working part time, too!
Pretty much this is going to be the best semester of my life. I’m even turning down some commitments I made when I thought I was going to be in school part time which means that I might actually get some sleep this semester!
Aug 18 2008
I’ve got a scholarship interview tomorrow. Any money I get at this point will reduce my loans for the semester, which would be wonderful. I’m a little nervous and very worried that I’m going to have a migraine.
Yikes!
***UPDATE***
I got it!
Apr 21 2008
I brush my teeth twice a day. I floss every day. I use mouthwash. I go to the dentist and get a cleaning and fluoride treatment every 6 months.
But at that cleaning, my dentist always regrets to inform me that I have more cavities. By mid-May, I will have spent almost $900 getting my teeth fixed since January. On the upside, the dentist is fixing them before they get bad and I’m rich enough now that I can have all of this paid off by June AND make rent. The downsides are 1) I have no savings and cannot buy pretty shoes/dresses/books and 2) MY TEETH ARE ROTTING OUT OF MY HEAD.
Apr 15 2008
Apr 13 2008
Mar 30 2008
I wasn’t chosen to go on the ESA SEEDS field trip to Alaska, which was disappointing because it would have been so much fun. More disappointing, however, was not getting the Goldwater. That would have allowed me to go to school full time and cut back on how many hours a week I’m working. I’ve applied for a few grand in scholarships from my school and department. I should find out about those soon, so wish me luck!
Mar 28 2008
Siberia is melting fast and so is Antarctica
Fox news: Democrats are mommies, Republicans are daddies
No frogs + no bats = serious bug problems
Dolphins give their girlfriends flowers too
Velorution (why doesn’t my school do this?)
Follow the money - which politicians get money from oil companies
The music biz and the moral high ground
Mar 28 2008
I wrote a few days ago about not having enough money to attend the ELME summer program. This morning I found out that I was receiving a fellowship to attend. Money problems solved! Theoretical population biology, here I come!
Mar 26 2008
I recently applied to attend the Enhancing Linkages between Ecology and Math summer Program at Michigan State University’s Kellogg Biological Station. And I got in! I’ve even been offered an awesome scholarship that covers tuition, room and board. I had been hoping for a fellowship because it would have covered travel and given me a stipend. I can’t afford to not work for 7 weeks. I found out I’m pretty high on waiting list for the fellowship, so I’m hoping one of the people offered the fellowship has a better summer opportunity. I’m also digging around for some other funding sources. Keep your fingers crossed!
I had also applied to go on the ESA SEEDS field trip to Alaska, but got my rejection letter yesterday. I hate when they say things like “not being selected is not indicative of your quality as a candidate.” It makes me imagine them pulling names from a hat.
I’ll find out about the Goldwater by the end of the month and a bunch of departmental and general scholarships through my university sometime in April. Since my financial aid award suggested I take out a bank loan with interest rates higher than my credit card, I really hope I get some good scholarship money for next year.
Mar 11 2008
If I had more time and money, I would
Since my situation is unlikely to change for quite a long time, I have resolved to do as many of these things as I can, regardless of the constraints of time and money. Time is harder to get around than money. Hopefully, someone is working on a time machine as we speak. I would be very excited if it actually looked like this:
