I am now so far behind on lj that I will never catch up.

[akujunkan]

And on everything else as well. I've been managing a book a day, only to have one or more mooches arrive via post, so that I've been hanging strong at 65 for the better part of a week.

Still haven't decided on grad schools. Time is running out.

Ma Mere: How could you apply to two schools without thinking about which one you'd rather go to?
AJK: I did! The one I wanted to go to was the one that was eventually going to accept me. I didn't think I'd get accepted to both!

The devil is that I can neither get out of making this choice, nor have anyone else decide it for me.

Thursday Chinese class teacher (hereafter: Plateman) has been giving me intermediate level sentences to write in characters on the board at the beginning of each class. Thus far, I have been able to nail them all perfectly, just going what I know of characters and guessing at the grammar. This is a good feeling.

That will be all.

Comments

[sara-tanaquil.livejournal.com]

Man, that's a tough one. On the good side, if it's that hard to decide, chances are you can't make a bad decision.

If your gut is telling you to choose the school that didn't give you as much money (and you have some financial resources, parental or otherwise) don't be afraid to go with that. When I was choosing between grad schools, I chose Berkeley (which was offering some money, but not as much) over the school that offered more money and was courting me aggressively, and I've never regretted it. But that was a fairly easy decision, because Berkeley was clearly a better match for me.

When I have to make choices like this, I fall back on gut instinct, and I haven't been wrong yet. If what you think is the "right" choice is making you feel sick to your stomach, listen to your stomach! On the other hand, if they both feel attractive, like I said, you can't lose.

Good luck!

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the advice! I was planning to comment back when I had some good news, but instead I find myself whimping out. (Bah, I've always been horrible about asking people for stuff like this.)

The thing is, I have *no* resources and virtually no money. I'm all right with that, but what's giving me pause is that GWU has been actively recruiting me since my acceptance, to the point that several profs have personally sent me emails, whereas I've heard nothing from AU (my #1) since the acceptance letter. So while I like AU just a teensy bit more, I get the feeling I'd be better taken care of at GWU. (This should probably be its own post instead of a comment...urg.)

Anyway, thanks again for the advice: I'm going to try and do something about it tomorrow. 頑張ります！