FINAL EXAMS

With final papers, exams and a thesis proposal defense, this little guy accurately describes how I feel at the moment :(

I realize that all too often I tend to write blog posts that highlight the amazing sights, sounds, smells and tastes that I am experiencing here…however, after reviewing my posts, I am worried that some of you do not believe I am actually a full-time student.  Let me prove you wrong in one post.

Although I may not reiterate the massive amounts of reading, endless hours of class, tireless sums of edits and re-drafts on papers, and through-the-roof stress levels, trust me, it is there.  Cramming a two-year Master’s program into 12 months of course should be understandably challenging, however I had no idea the extent of the work load.

To put it in perspective – in the past two weeks directly following the Convention, I have spent on average, ten hour days in the library, followed by an additional four hours of “late night library.”  I have eaten over fifty-six 7 Eleven sandwiches and have so many different research books stacked up in my apartment I made a life size Jenga tower of books.  

I currently am enrolled in five courses and then of course, there is this teensy thing called a THESIS.  So, in addition to attending classes, I must write final term papers (consisting of roughly 15-20 pages each) and research, write and defend my thesis proposal…all before June 1^st.

Ready. Set. Go!