Waiting .

After receiving the first reply from a graduate school, I now have gotten in the habit of hopefully seeing something in the mail when I come home. In fact, I got so antsy that I logged back into all the websites of the places I applied again trying to find information regarding when I would hear back from them. Unfortunately some aren't until late March! Poop. I guess it was a bit of an anomaly that I heard back so early from UCLA. Needless to say, I'm excited to see the results from other schools - naturally I'd be more accepted with an "accepted" letter on the front, but still finding out is cool.

Hearing a "yes" from a school got me just as giddy as I was when I got into undergraduate! I started watching Youtube videos and taking virtual tours and just seeing what there is to see. It's neat to think that I get the opportunity to start a new life in a new part of the country and just experiencing something different. The way I see it, the better I can expose myself to more parts of the world, the better I can make a decision of where I might want to end up.

But before I get all into that, I must be patient and wait until I hear back from the other places -- and in the meantime, I can focus on job applications for the summer.

Hard Work: Validated .

Tonight in my email inbox I received an email from AUD.UCLA (that's the Department of Architecture and Urban Design at University of California Los Angeles). I didn't expect it in the least, but it was the first response from a graduate school -- and I got in! There is nothing that will make you feel better than some sort of validation for all the hours you spent writing essays, polishing your résumé, and nitpicking for weeks over your portfolio. It definitely made my night by far. One response down, four to go! It's nice knowing that worst case scenario, even if I don't get into any other school, I still have a place to go.