3/8/07

I can’t believe how productive I’ve been! I’m amazing myself. Look at how productive I’ve been this week:

Sunday I:

- emailed my academic adviser about writing me a letter of recommendation and setting up a time to talk about my courses.

- also emailed HyeJin to let her know about my acceptance. I’m waiting to hear back from her.

Monday I:

- called the Student Health Center about getting the dates for my immunizations and getting a letter from a doctor stating my medical condition. I found out that I can just walk in and get both of those. I was originally planning on doing it this week, but I think I’m going to wait and do it next week, because of money issues.

- made an appointment with my study abroad adviser and met with him. Didn’t have too much to talk about, but I got a little bit of clarification on a couple points.

- visited my academic advisor (who hadn’t read my email yet) and gave him the interview form to fill out in lieu of a letter of recommendation. I was told to get back to him Thursday (today) or Friday about making an appointment to discuss courses.

- Took out $500 from my savings account to use as the deposit needed to save my seat.

Tuesday I:

- paid my library fines to clear holds on my account and paid for an official transcript.

- ordered and received a copy of my official transcripts

- Got a money order with the money I had withdrawn so the study abroad office would accept it.

Wednesday I:

- decided with my mom that we would take the picture needed for the application ourselves so I won’t have to pay money to get it done.

Today I am going to try to remember to stop by my academic adviser’s office to get the interview form and to see if he’s in so I can make an appointment with him.

I’m worried about money. I’m low on cash and me consistently waking up late does not help with the whole not spending thing I was trying to do. I’m just going to have to cut back even more on my entertainment outings and hope for the best. Wish me luck!

3/4/07

I got my acceptance letter! It came in the mail yesterday. I'm so happy! ^_^ Now I have two weeks in which to fill out Yonsei's Global Village application, sign the study abroad contract, and get my $500 out of the bank.

The application is what I really have to worry about. Along with the application, I have to send them 2 letters of recommendation (from my academic adviser and from the director of the Study Abroad office), a physical done by a physician, and an interview sheet.

Apparently when I read over the application before, I missed the part where it states that one of the letters is supposed to come from my academic adviser. I had planned on just have my Japanese teacher adjust his previous letter so it could be used for the Yonsei application. I emailed him tonight, but I feel bad and like I am not properly presenting myself to him, because he has less than two weeks to write it for me.

I am going to call or visit the Student Health Center tomorrow to see if I can get a physical from them. If not, I'll have to ask my mom where I should go. Since I became an adult I have not had a permanent physician. Hopefully I can just go to the SHC and one of their doctors can give me the physical.

Tomorrow I am going to visit the Study Abroad office and see if I can meet with Rene. I have a couple questions about the rest of the process. I also want to ask him about the letter, if it really does have to be from my academic adviser or if I could have sensei do it. Along with that I need to ask him about the interview sheet and who/when/what I need to do to get it finished.

Friday I got a call from HyeJin! I was so surprised. My cellphone rang and I looked at the number. I didn't recognize it and almost didn't answer it, but then I realized it was an out-of-the-country number. I did and HyeJin was on the other line! She asked about study abroad news (along with other things,) but I hadn't heard anything yet at that time. I was planning on calling her back once I heard, but then I pictured her parents answering and me trying to communicate with them and so I voted against calling. I'm going to have to email her later, when I'm not at work. ^^;

I'm going to be busy tomorrow. I'll try and keep y'all posted.