I'm graduating!

[AngieDoogles]

I got a letter in the mail today informing me that I will be graduating Summa Cum Laude and with other honors. I was excited. I guess I had forgotten about those things...and it is weird to think how close I am to graduating.

These next few months are going to be chaotic! I'll be working my internship, getting everything in order for graduation, finding out if I got into grad school, applying for jobs, and finding out about the scholarships I applied for. Hearing back from the graduate admissions committee and the scholarship committee will be the biggest things for me. Neither will be useful unless I get both. I can't go to grad school without the scholarships and the scholarships obviously don't matter if I don't get into grad school.

I'm really starting to panic about all this! Hopefully everything will fall into place.

[Lindsey]

Congratulations!!! I hope everything works out for you!

[judy]

I can't believe you're graduating already! It was just yesterday that you were talking about having 2 years left.

Congratulations on your Summa Cum Laude! That will definitely get you scholarships, plus the fact that you don't live with your parents. Colleges really want good students, and they will take good care of you. I never paid a penny for grad school.

Try to get a grad fellowship, with teaching hours. It's great to have college teaching on your resume. You can then also teach college part-time if you want.
Once you have college teaching on your resume, they will hire you as an adjunct.

[gja1000]

Great advice Judy.

Congratulations Angie!!! May will be here before you know it. You are so wise to go right on to grad school - you'll be accepted, don't worry!!!

[Blueyes]

CONGRATS!!!! Everything will work out fine! They'll be lucky to have you, and happy to pay for it

[AngieDoogles]

Judy, I would LOVE to teach. It's my ultimate goal actually, but I think it will take several years to be in a position where they would want me. In social work, you have to have field experience to be valuable as a professor. The department doesn't have any students who teach classes. Also, the University has suffered major budget cuts this year and are expecting more next year. The Tennessee Board of Regents (the governing body over all TN universities and technical colleges) cut funding to ALL of the schools. I think the total so far has been a 13% decrease--which is huge. We have a budget task force coming up with ways to save money and they are asking professors to retire early and offering incentives for those who do. They are moving to more online class and more auditorium classes and reducing the number of hours the professors are working. Basically, they aren't hiring anyone right now and probably won't be until the economy starts recovering.

[judy]

That's too bad Angie. A lot of colleges are only hiring adjuncts to save money.

You're on your way and that's all that matters!

[donna1990]

I am so happy for you, hope everything works out.

[Marilyn]

Congratultions, Angie!!!!! This is so exciting!!!!

You're going to make it to grad school, I just know it. You're the kind of person they are looking for. You should be at the top of their list.

You have worked so hard for this!! You deserve so many good things. Wish you the very, very best!!

[DianaB]

You've always worked hard and gotten such good grades!! I don't think that you have a thing to worry about!!! Congratulations on your Summa Cum Laude!!! What an accomplishment!!!

[pope1982]

I'm proud of you, congratulations on the exciting accomplishment!

congrats to you..i'll be graduating next year I am waiting for the moment !

Thanks great..congrats to you..have fun