Friday, 23 March 2012

Cambridge rigmarole

Accepted!
The status of the Cambridge trip stands thus:


  • Passport - sorted
  • Preliminary official acceptance letter received - yes
  • Official preliminary acceptance letter received - yes
  • Official AIM Overseas acceptance letter received - yes
  • Official Cambridge acceptance letter received - yes
  • Official official official acceptance letter received - yes
  • Deposit of $300 - paid
  • Travel insurance - in the works, waiting to hear from uni overseas study office
  • Confirmation of credit towards degree - in the works, waiting for email from course coordinator through my faculty's admin
  • Financial assistance from govt. - in the works, must first receive confirmation of of above item
  • Uni student subsidy application form - Not yet lodged: see above two items.
  • Flights - not yet booked, waiting for confirmation of above four items.
Frankly, I should get a degree in administrative work just for making this thing happen!
On top of all this I am studying four units this semester, one of them external, three third year and one second year. This is my last year of study and I am determined to enjoy it before joining the drone masses in 9-5 perpetual boredom >.>

Adios chicas ;)

Monday, 6 February 2012

A Plan

Last week I submitted an application to AIM Overseas for a short course on the summer program. This course is a two week intensive literature program which I will complete in the July uni holidays. Oh, and it's at Cambridge university. Yes that Cambridge, in England :-D I am so darn excited I could skip! I'll hear back from them in a week or two, and hopefully be going to the UK for two weeks this year :-)
There are many, many steps in the process that is studying overseas, even if it's only for two weeks. The hardest part so far has been applying for a @*$^&*# passport. Tomorrow I will return to the Post Office for the fourth time to complete the application. Hint: never use the online application system for this process, because no matter how fancy your printer is it will not be able to print the forms to satisfaction. Hope that helps.
Anyhoo, I have three weeks of holidays before uni resumes, my summer job finished last week, my brother started TAFE today and &rew is on teaching prac. What should I do with my time? Write pointless, barely edited posts on my blog, apparently...

Oh and rock Super Mario Bros on the Wii >.<