Just Sitting Back and Waiting for the Decision Letters

Whew! All done. Over a month later, I've finally finished with the whole grad school application process. This process was a lot more arduous than I was expecting. I knew that it was going to take a while, but it was making sure that all of the little pieces were in place that proved to be most challenging. I suppose, however, that applying to eight(!) separate schools didn't really help matters. As if I didn't already have enough to worry wbout, for Georgetown, I even had to convince some generous native German speaker to fill out a form attesting to my language ability as part of the application process. What's the point of that? Do they honestly expect you to think that they aren't just going to re-test you once you get to campus? And if you don't already speak a language, it's a university. You can just learn it when you get there. That is the purpose of the university, isn't it? To teach you stuff. If I'm supposed to already know everything before I get there, why am I paying you 40 grand a year?

Now that my applications are all in, I don't really know what to do with myself. Before there was always some preparation that needed to be done. There was always a form to fill out, an essay to revise, or statistics homework to do, but that's all done now. So after work, I find myself with all of this free time on my hands. Part of me says that I should use that time to take on noble and enriching endeavors such as volunteer work or French classes or visiting museums or staying a little later at work to get ahead. However, that's only part of me. A very small part. The other, and more influential, part of me says that my free time would best be spent out drinking and partying with my friends. I, of course, chose the latter of the two options.

Afterall, I'm only human.