Buddy Meeting

Dusan and I met up and quickly realized our situations mirrored each other in many ways. We both felt overwhelmed with our 18 credit hours and the end of the semester work still looming. We both are trying to graduate at the end of the year and are struggling with what we should do for grad school. Finally, even our interestes coincided. Dusan talked about his strong interest in community development and his looking into the Great Cities Program at UIC. I told him about how I'd just attended a lecture their on Tues. and my own interest in community developement; although not to the same level of his own. It was a fun meeting and nice to talk to someone else who is figuring out what they want to do and then how to balance that with what the people around them want.

Dusan:

Report in- He emailed professor Short about th Town and Country Planning Master's degree and looked at the Great Cities Program at UIC.

His Problems- Dusan said his main problem right now is his work load because of which he didn't research more grad school options. He also is facing conflict with his family over whether or not he can take some time off as he wants. He is getting support from his step father however.

His Upcoming Schedule- He plans to finish his Communication paper so he can then look into more schools and finish his course schedule for next semester; something I should probably do myself. He also will start preparing for his internship next semester. And if he doesn't do those things he will be hearing it from me!

Yours Truly-

Report in- I talked to my family about grad schools. First my stepmother and father who were both excited about the idea of me going to Indiana University but I'm not so sure that's realistic for me. But hey, this is no time for pessimism so I'm going to give that a shot; especially since my family has a history there. I also will apply to IUPUIN in Indianapolis along with UIC; my first choice. Don't want to let Chicago go just yet.

My Problems-

I'm worried about my GPA and hoping to keep my head above water in the waning weeks of this semester. I can't afford a collapse at this point.

Schedule-

I need to write 3 papers next week so I really do need to focus on those. I'll worry about my future next Monday because I'll have time then and what better time is there think about what I've done with my life than my Birthday?