In true form, it's been 7 months since my last post. I didn't get a job this summer at a zoo, but I'm back working at school in the same job I had last year as a sub. I have a contract for this school year, so I'm saving money living at home, carpooling with mom every day.
But with no real job prospects on the horizon, I'm planning on taking the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) in January or February, so I can attend Graduate School in Fall 2012. My goal school is the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP), for environmental education. There are a lot of steps for an application for grad school, though. It's a bit daunting. There's the application to the university, then the application to the department, then the GRE, then the essay, letters of recommendation, resume, and a few other things (and then add in any financial aid forms/procedures, or applications and hoops for possible assistantships or fellowships). So I'm seeing the little life I had going away fast. The application deadline for UWSP is March 1, so at least I'll be done with the laundry list of things by the time I head to Germany for Claudia & Maik's wedding! In addition to all that time, I'm at a loss for money too (so I'll take donations!). It looks like grad school tuition at Point is around $19,000...which on top of my undergrad loans, could really bury me for a long time...so hopefully President Obama will save me from the suffocating loans.
But for now, I've got the 2011 GRE Prep book, and all the online prep stuff that comes with it. So I'm working on a schedule, and reading the book, and pacing myself, so that I can learn & remember everything that I need to know for the test. Not to mention scheduling my time so that I can get all the application materials finished, in time, in an orderly fashion.
So I guess don't plan on hearing from me socially until Summer 2014--with a Master's in Environmental Education and hopefully a job under my belt!
