...a letter from Purdue University, one of Mckay's choices for Grad school.
He was really nervous to open it...
...but it was good news!
Mckay has been accepted to the Ph.D. program in Chemical Engineering for Fall 2010!
Not only will Purdue cover all tuition and fees, but he will receive an additional stipend to cover our living expenses. Awesome! They are paying for Mckay to fly out to Indiana to see the school and attend a colloquium (fancy grad school language for a meeting). He will be able to meet fellow grad students and faculty, and learn about their research and programs.
We have not officially decided that we are going to Purdue. We're still waiting to hear back from other places and then we'll look at our options and decide what is best for our family. This will definitely take a lot of thought and prayer, but we are excited about the future prospects.
I think I can handle living in Indiana for 4.5 years.
8 comments:
wow! That's fantastic! I hope we get some letters like that soon!
-kersey
Oooo congrats! We're in the same boat, just one year earlier, what fun times! How exciting to have a good option!
Yay, that's exciting. Congrats.
I say hold out until they offer you a car too.
Seriously, though, congratulations. That's way cool and Purdue is a good school.
wow!!! that's so exciting. keep us updated on where else he gets accepted! :)
Wow! Congratulations! That is definitely a tempting offer. I'm curious to see what other schools are in the running. Any chance Stanford is in there? Then you can come to the bay area!! :)
Congratulations!! Purdue is a very good school. I have worked with some exceptionally brilliant people that went to Purdue. Also, it is only 4 hours from our house!
OK. Hooray for Purdue and I would love to have you guys living so close so I can come visit you regularly! However, my favorite part of your blog is Mckay's fantabulous smile when he opened his letter. That's the best smile ever!
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