Decisions, decisions

So, the admission decisions have rolled out...at least, IIT's decisions have. As has every other school with a conscience. Georgia Tech is still holding out on me *shakes fist*. I don't mean to burn GATech, actually; they have some good programs in what I want to do next year--but their administration seems to leave something to be desired, and that's not a happy situation. Decision deadlines for graduate school offers with financial aid are April 15...so there's about 3 weeks left, if that. Come on, Georgia, we all want to know.

Anyway, besides that gripe, I got into University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign and University of Washington; rejected from Princeton and CalTech. Not too surprising, in a time of such finances and me not having any grants, fellowships, or other funding to bring to the table.

Visiting a school before choosing is kind of important; one of the reasons I wish UW and GATech had their decisions out earlier; I don't want to visit a school that will reject me--also the whole approach to the visit is different when you're admitted vs. when you are just looking around. I visited UofI and had a great experience; talked to 4 professors, 3 of which were really excited to talk to me (almost as much as I was to talk to them!) It's a great campus, closer to home than the others, good department, good professors, and a good financial deal :) That's always important.

So, thus far it's looking like U of I.

In other news, projects are taking over my life about every other week. Then I turn them in (i.e. have a deadline) and relax for the rest of the week (this is the stage I am in now). Aaaand then lather, rinse, repeat.

5 weeks of class left...I never imagined myself here.