I got a “letter” (it was actually a pdf attached to an e-mail because this is the twenty first century, baby!) this morning from CU, and here’s the most important part:
During your graduate program, you will be under the supervision of Dr. Mary Kraus.
Also, this:
The Department of Geological Sciences has advanced your name to the Chancellor of the University as a candidate for the Chancellor’s Fellowship.
Plus a lot of other details that indicate this magical, magical thing: I’m going to have funding! So I can actually afford to go!
Edit: And hilariously enough, I just got an acceptance letter from the School of Mines as well, in the actual hard copy mail. They are also not offering me wads of money to defray the cost of my tuition. Though even if they were, I wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to work for Mary for anything. Still, it’s a lovely ego boost.
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Wow, congratulations!!! :D That’s so awesome! :D
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Congratulations, Rachael! Do you know what project you’ll be working on?
I don’t know precisely yet. Mary’s put in for some NSF funding for a project that would use a lot of cores. She’s still waiting for the verdict on that, though.