Accepted into the Statistics Integrated Degree Master's Program!
In the midst of finals' week, I received a little (okay, maybe somewhat big) piece of exciting news!
I got accepted into the statistics department's integrated master's program! Look at that fancy official letterhead, lol.
I am so stoked about this since I spent most of spring quarter contemplating if I should apply for the master's program because there were so many others, who I felt are more qualified than I am, who were applying. And then once I made the decision to apply, I went back and forth on who I wanted to acquire letters of recommendations from, and if my GPA would pull me through to get me in (if you've read my old blog posts from my freshman year, you know I wasn't a star student then due to many complications). After approaching all the necessary professors for letters of rec, I received an email one week prior to the deadline (i.e. last week) that one of them had not turned in a letter yet! Anxiety to the max.
Then two days ago, I received an email titled "Integrated Degree Program" and was kind of nervous because I thought I failed for sure since they responded so soon, lol. But yay! I'm in!
I just wanna say thank you to everyone, friends, classmates, and family alike, who believed in me, prayed for me, listened to my endless pros and cons reasoning and calculation about whether or not I should bother, and finally, convinced me to just apply anyway despite my reluctance and lack of self-confidence in my own academic ability. To be fair though, I still wouldn't attribute this good news to my ability, but rather, God's gracefulness and love for surrounding me with so many loving and supportive people!
Now, the tables have turned. I'm the one who has to decide if I wanna accept it or not, which in part, depends on my final year's GPA and/or GRE results. Anyway, I'll leave that to another time to worry about and just shout, "hallelujah" for this awesome news!
P.S: I have to say that I am very surprised at this turn of events, given that I was the least likely candidate to apply for a masters during my high school years, and in statistics too, despite my constant struggle with anything math related. Add-math with Mrs. Bong was not a pleasant memory.
I got accepted into the statistics department's integrated master's program! Look at that fancy official letterhead, lol.
I am so stoked about this since I spent most of spring quarter contemplating if I should apply for the master's program because there were so many others, who I felt are more qualified than I am, who were applying. And then once I made the decision to apply, I went back and forth on who I wanted to acquire letters of recommendations from, and if my GPA would pull me through to get me in (if you've read my old blog posts from my freshman year, you know I wasn't a star student then due to many complications). After approaching all the necessary professors for letters of rec, I received an email one week prior to the deadline (i.e. last week) that one of them had not turned in a letter yet! Anxiety to the max.
Then two days ago, I received an email titled "Integrated Degree Program" and was kind of nervous because I thought I failed for sure since they responded so soon, lol. But yay! I'm in!
I just wanna say thank you to everyone, friends, classmates, and family alike, who believed in me, prayed for me, listened to my endless pros and cons reasoning and calculation about whether or not I should bother, and finally, convinced me to just apply anyway despite my reluctance and lack of self-confidence in my own academic ability. To be fair though, I still wouldn't attribute this good news to my ability, but rather, God's gracefulness and love for surrounding me with so many loving and supportive people!
Now, the tables have turned. I'm the one who has to decide if I wanna accept it or not, which in part, depends on my final year's GPA and/or GRE results. Anyway, I'll leave that to another time to worry about and just shout, "hallelujah" for this awesome news!
P.S: I have to say that I am very surprised at this turn of events, given that I was the least likely candidate to apply for a masters during my high school years, and in statistics too, despite my constant struggle with anything math related. Add-math with Mrs. Bong was not a pleasant memory.
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