Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The University of Kentucky offered an admissions package to their Classical Languages MA program that I decided to accept. The University of Maryland, from whom I have not heard a definite response with respect to financial aid, was my top choice, but the department probably cannot provide funding, if by this point they have not notified me of a TA appointment decision. So Lexington it is, in most likelihood. No place on Earth could make me more miserable than I have been in Lubbock, so while not particularly enthused about moving to the Midwest, I could also not be happier. I will be satisfied to live anyplace where the dirt stays on the ground, where it in fact belongs.
The program is strong in reception studies for Neo-Latin, which I would want to study in general, but specifically in Deutschland between 1450-1850ish. The Graduate Director encouraged that I travel for study nach Deutschland, but even in lieu of that, the department annually funds summer travel in Italy or Greece for at least one grad student. Wunderbar.
Labels: Deutschland, dirt, financial aid, grad school, Lexington, Lubbock, misery, Neo-Latin, summer study abroad, The University of Kentucky, The University of Maryland
[Lauree Frances Keith concluded this diatribe at 4:37 PM]