The no envelope blues

Well, I heard from another pre-nursing student that the acceptance packets for my 2nd-choice school went out and she received hers two days ago. Since I have not received anything I can only assume I'm in the "thanks but no thanks" category.

Bummer.

Chemistry Haiku

You know you're a nerd when...you write Chemistry Haiku.

Butyric acid
you smell so bad, I can see
why no one likes you

And So We Wait...

So basically pretty much all of my applications are in. I need to try to squeeze in an advising appointment next Friday at one school due to having to wait for some information from my previous college that only recently arrived. At this point, the waiting begins.

I occupy myself with going over my chances to getting in to the various programs I've applied to...here is a quick run-down:

First Choice: Sac State! They receive about 300-400 applicants for 60 slots. Going by probablity alone (loving my Stats class!) then I have about a 0.15 probabity (or 3/20) of getting in. If I go off "odds", then my odds are 3:17. However, Sac State goes off a point system...for the past 7 semesters the highest cut-off point was 74 points. I have at least 89, at most 93. So....maybe it looks good. I will know for sure mid-November or so.

Second Choice: Sutter's program through SCC. Not sure how many applicants they get, but it's at least as many as Sac State and probably more since it's faster and cheaper. No way to know what my chances are...slim to none?

Third Choice: SCC's regular program. When I dropped off my app there were 440 people already on the list. They admit between 40 and 60, and is purely the luck of the draw. So, not really counting on it.

Fourth Choice: American River...this is the app I haven't submitted yet. They get over 800 applications...so another crap shoot.

Keep your fingers crossed for Sac State! If I don't get in for the Spring, then I am taking the GRE December 1st for the Accelerated Second Bachelor's program that starts in the summer with 15 crazy units.

First round of exams OVER!

Here's the breakdown for how my first round of exams went...the first tests are always the most stressful since you don't really know what to expect. So, in that regard I am very happy that they are over and done with!

First of all, a shout-out to Paige who calmed me down before my Anthropology test. I've gotten so accustomed to taking science exams with ONE CORRECT answer, that I was a little freaked out by the open-ended nature of this exam. I ended up scoring a perfect 100% on that one! Whew!

Stats is also going very well. The highet grade for the multiple-choice portion was 41...which several people earned. The highest grade for the free-response part where you draw charts, do all kinds of statistical analysis stuff was 76...again, several people got 76. But how many people do you think got 41 AND 76? At least one!!! :-)

And lastly, chemistry. I have just one thing to say to Robert Burns Woodward, the "Father of Organic Chemistry": You can stick it where the sun don't shine.

The first exam did not go as well as planned...I do not want to be one of those students who blames the professor when they don't do well, so I will try to keep my belly-aching to a minimum. With that said, the general class consensus is that how the prof told us to prepare for the exam did not actually help. I spent hours and hours doing homework questions and felt rather unprepared for the test. The good news is, that 85% is the cutoff for an A...so I am still in the running. Whew!

In other news, hubby got a conditional offer from a fire department near Fresno. Can you say "commute" and "not-moving-to-Fresno" and "have-a-nice-drive-honey"?

Peace all!