Date: 17th January 2018This week has been hectic with work, as I have been doing the full week instead of just the weekends. Besides the usual emotions coming home from my job, it's not been all that bad.
Since I had a day off today, I decided to spend it back on AN and running lots of errands. Somehow, it consisted of lots of phone calls and internet forms that needed chasing up. I'm also trying to organise some birthday gifts for people, as many of my closest friends have birthdays early in the year.
I received a bunch of emails today. One of them told me that I've been credited for a semester's worth of the Masters offer I've been given (see previous entry) and could, if I so wished, complete that degree in 1.5 years, or 3/4 of the usual time.
More excitingly - after a fair while of being a sitting duck - I got
an official offer for Honours in genetics. Finally it's arrived and the ball can start rolling once again. I overturned my offer for Honours in ecology and I'll be declining my offer for the Master of Environment and Sustainability in due time.
I've also applied to graduate
in absentia, as that was due Monday. For the unfamiliar, this means I'll be receiving all the important sheets, but I won't be at the ceremony, because I'll be there once I've completed my Honours year this year anyway. Also, there's a cost to graduate in ceremony, so I'm saving a buck or two to pay back my HECS loan after all the studying is over. (Let's be real, it's going to be the first big loan most of us will have to deal with in our lives. Otherwise it'll be cars or rent/ housing/ etc..)
As a result of my offer, I'll be surrendering one of my two jobs (tutoring + a separate part time job) and have decided to drop the tutoring, as I'm not in the position to leave my other job. Previously, I worked more hours in both of my jobs and it became too much for me. In addition to previous feedback and the predicted workload, I've decided to step down from tutoring for this year.
I am opening up this tutoring opportunity temporarily to any Victorian post-VCE ANers first and will be posting separately about this as well. If interested, please read the other post, which I've linked
over here and then PM me.
In other uni-related news, I'm very excited about the new students pouring in and hope that you guys have a wonderful time wherever you're attending uni, no matter that be Monash or not. Congratulations on your offers!
We should definitely have a Monash meet up sometime in the next few months as people are adjusting. I'm sure everyone would appreciate having more friends this time of year. I look forward to meeting many of you, on the off chance that I can. (I'll be running from either work or Honours stuff. Trust me.)