# I've got good news of my own! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-good-news-of-my-own/329400 "2005-11-04T02:14:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-good-news-of-my-own/329400/1 "2005-11-04T02:14:09Z")
Airman’s deployment has capped off a really bizarre week at Stately Doors Manor, but for me, it’s been bizarre in several good ways. First, I got my first radio job. It’s not at a public-radio station; I wish it were. But a local AM station has hired me to engineer their weekend programming. This mostly entails making sure the stuff goes out over the air. It also doesn’t pay much, but it’s a foot in the door in a business where a lot of doors aren’t open. Second, I’m graduating summa cum laude in 5 weeks. For the uncolleged, that means I busted my ass and got mostly As. I’ve already got my graduation gown and stuff, and hanging around the neck are red-and-blue honors cords and a shiny medallion. I look good as a graduate. 😉 Third, I got accepted into graduate school. I’m staying at Ship to work on my master’s in communications studies. I start this spring with an internship (that led to the job – see the first item), a course on Internet broadcasting, and Introduction to Research I. After this semester, I’ll be accepted as a Candidate, which means I’ll be assigned a thesis committee and I can begin work on my thesis. All I’ll need is three more courses, and I’ll be Robin Cartwright, BA, MS. ::takes a HUGE cleansing breath and settles in for a well-earned night of television:: Robin ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-good-news-of-my-own/329400/2 "2005-11-04T03:19:48Z")
All I can say is, congrats to you in your superior GPA, and also the grad school thing! Thumbs up. Please do develop a close (and I mean CLOSE) relationship with your thesis advisors, they can be a genuine resource for your thesis. BANG IT OUT, BABY! and good on 'ya ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-good-news-of-my-own/329400/3 "2005-11-04T04:09:15Z")
Wonderful news. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-good-news-of-my-own/329400/4 "2005-11-04T04:35:16Z")
Well, Dayumm! Congratulations! The whole open doors part was cool, too. (snarf, snarf.) Tris ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-good-news-of-my-own/329400/5 "2005-11-04T04:46:07Z")
Congrats and high marks!!! This kind of accomplishment ranks highest in my book! A very hearty WELL DONE! And thanks for sharing something so positive! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-good-news-of-my-own/329400/6 "2005-11-04T05:32:11Z")
Dum, dum dum dum, dummmm, dummmm, dum, dum dum dum dummmmmmmmmmmm dum, dum dum dum dummmmmm dummmmm dum, dum dudm dum dummmmmmmmmmmmm Congrats. I could never finish college. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-good-news-of-my-own/329400/7 "2005-11-04T13:14:08Z")
Congratulations. Enjoy your victories. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-good-news-of-my-own/329400/8 "2005-11-04T14:46:21Z")
Wow, congratulations on all three fronts! You must be very excited! ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-good-news-of-my-own/329400/9 "2005-11-04T15:57:55Z")
Congrats! It’s great to hear good news. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-good-news-of-my-own/329400/10 "2005-11-04T16:36:16Z")
Congratulations! _smooches_ _plays ‘Pomp and Circumstance’_ (Is it really hard to get into graduate school? I’m going to be trying for a PhD and professorship after my B.A…)