::alio!::

Well that didn't go well . . .

Today I had all my meetings at U of C.

And they didn't exactly go as expected, not through any fault of my own or that of the people I was interviewing.

Thing is (and this is really dumb), U of C only really likes accepting people into the graduate program that have been shaped through their undergraduate program. So yes, this means that there is no likelihood of Calgary expanding its department or branching out at all - it's basically just incest and incest in university circles is not a good idea.

The crux of it is that, not only am I coming from another school, I'm coming from another discipline, so the chances of me getting in and doing well are minimal. There is just way too much bureaucratic red tape standing in my way. If I want to struggle for it for a year or two, I can probably get in, but Calgary's graduate department is simply not good enough for me to want it that badly, despite my perfect match with the professors here. There is simply no sense in me wasting another year.

But the guy I met, K.Y., was surprisingly helpful. He gave me some names of people to approach at UAB, SFU, Waterloo, and, yes, even U of O. I'm also not ruling out the possibility of doing Kinesiology at MAC. Apparently, picking a program that is built on an interdisciplinary basis, like Kin, Communications, Media Studies, Women's Studies, etc., will up my chances of being accepted, because people in those departments are from all other places as well.

I think when I get home I'm going to have to take a substantial amount of time and think of what I want to do next. I will check on my deadlines for January 2009 admission and see if I can find out my admittance status from where I applied before I have to submit new applications.

Right now, it looks like Memorial is my best chance . . .

Stay tuned.

Posted by Ally at January 16, 2008 06:29 PM