Monday, May 5, 2008
Le Sigh.
So I made a call today to the director lady of the program I wanted to apply to. The conversation went like this:
Director Lady: Hello
Me: Hi, my name is Nicole. I left you a message this weekend about the full-time MAT program.
DL: Oh, ok, I haven’t had a chance to check my voicemail. What did you need?
Me: Well you’re website indicates that you’re still trying to fill the program. Is that still the case? (I asked this question having already talked to another department who confirmed it.)
DL: Yeah, kindda. I’m pretty sure that we’ll have a full program by the end of the week.
Me: Oh, alright. If I were to get my application material to you by the end of the week, would it be possible to get in at the last minute?
DL: We’ll start to fill the wait-list but to be honest, last year we didn’t take any people off the wait-list. But there is still room in the part-time program if you’re interested in that. (The part time program is 22 months long and it starts in the fall.)
Me: Yeah, ok. I think 22 months be a little too long, but thank you.
I wanted to scream into the phone, “NO!!!!! The lady last week said that you guys had lots of room!”
Now I’m back to square one. Do I want to commit 22 months to a program that I know I don’t want to spend my whole life doing? It’s only 2 nights a week, which would be nice, but it’s 22 months! I was really excited about the full-time program because it was only 11 months long. My mom was ready to stay with us for the 11 month program but 22 months would be too much to ask of her.
Why couldn’t I just get into the program that I wanted?!
I don’t know what I’m going to do now. I applied for a couple more jobs today. We’ll see how it goes. Any other ideas out there??
