Let me start by saying congratulations to the world for not ending. I'm as big of a fan of roller coaster rides as the next guy or gal, but I am ever so grateful that the world chose not to shift completely off of its axis, sending us into a shaky doom. I applaud you, Earth. Thank you.
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So remember that 19th century literature class that I pulled an A- in? Well, I thought I had pulled an A-. I had a 92.65% as a finishing grade in that class, and I was happy and content. An A- was exceeding my hopes and dreams for this past semester in any of my classes - I was expecting to receive all B+ and make the Sussex requirements by the skin of my teeth. As it turns out, my wonderful professor rounded my grade up to that 93%! So what does that mean? It means that I have an A in that class, which bumped my GPA up .02 points! That doesn't sound like a lot, but when your required grade point average is a 3.0, every little bit counts. In case you're wondering, I ended up with a 3.0319 GPA! It was probably the best news that I'd gotten all week, and let me tell you, I almost started crying. Relief and accomplishment is all I feel and it's a beautiful thing!
[this would be proof for everyone. i'm just SO SO SO proud!]
Also going along with this, I have numbers! Paying for my time abroad is going to be no easy feat, but I am pretty positive that I can do it - either by financial aid, loans, scholarships...more than likely, by a combination of all those different methods. After doing some math, I've calculated that I need to raise a total of $35,828 dollars based on the projected numbers that the university provides for estimated enrollment costs. These numbers currently come from the estimated costs for Autumn 2012 and Spring 2013. Now, I will be going during Autumn 2013 and Spring 2014, but I can't imagine that the numbers are going to be much different than they were for this current school year. If you're interested in finding more out about the costs and the program itself, you can find it all here.
I know I keep saying "soon" for this, but there will be a donations button on this blog page soon! I promise! It's turning out to be a bit more complicated than I expected, and I am really, truly hoping to get all of those kinks hammered out before my next blog post. I really am working so hard to get all of this compiled and planned properly so as to bring the information across as smoothly as possible, so please bear with me!
In addition the University page has finally updated, as you can see by the image above, which means that yes, my application is about to go under way. I'm still so nervous! I emailed all of the professors for the classes I would like to take before finding out that I was selecting first and second year courses, when I should be looking at the third year modules! It's a little bit frustrating, as I had my year away planned out and now I need to start all over on that front, but it will be so worth it once I have it all completed and turned in. I just keep getting more excited the closer it gets to being completed!
Beyond that, this past week has been a lot of recuperating after this past semester, and cleaning. My lovely roommate Judith and I spent three and a half hours cleaning our apartment this past Tuesday - it was much more work than you would think. Our living room is all arranged beautifully and it actually looks like a living room! Yeah, we were pretty excited by that. Let's just say I walk into my apartment and I don't feel so tense and angry - I feel light and like I can breathe now. It's a wonderful wonderful! (Weeds, anybody?)
With that, I will close out this post. I hope all of you who are reading have a very wonderful holiday, a very Merry Christmas!
Until next time, guys - Keep Calm and Brighton On!
-Tayma xx
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