# Woohoo, I got into grad school! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-got-into-grad-school/358018 "2006-05-24T12:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-got-into-grad-school/358018/1 "2006-05-24T12:24:02Z")
I mentioned in an earlier thread on software engineering that I had applied to a program leading to an MS in the subject. Well yesterday I got the word that I got in. It’s at CSU Fullerton and all online, or almost all online, so I can do it while comfortably ensconced up here in L.A. It’ll take two years to do and is so organized that you take two classes at a time and stay with the same cohort all the way through. I wasn’t happy with my GRE writing score–but they let me in. Given my age I could only find two former professors as referents who were not dead or who hadn’t disappeared–but they let me in. So I have a few more months of guitar playing in the morning and reading at lunchtime\*, and then I start in. \*also whatever other leisure activities I was doing at any time of day, most likely. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-got-into-grad-school/358018/2 "2006-05-24T13:30:16Z")
Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-got-into-grad-school/358018/3 "2006-05-24T13:35:37Z")
Yay! Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-got-into-grad-school/358018/4 "2006-05-24T15:46:17Z")
Huge congrats - but don’t give up the gee-tar! You need something to keep you sane during Finals week! ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-got-into-grad-school/358018/5 "2006-05-24T15:56:33Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Huge congrats - but don’t give up the gee-tar! You need something to keep you sane during Finals week! Redbull and cigarettes seem to do the trick for me. Oh, you said sane, not awake. In that case, booze. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-got-into-grad-school/358018/6 "2006-05-24T17:32:31Z")
Congrats, **Spectre**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-got-into-grad-school/358018/7 "2006-05-24T17:36:41Z")
As a current grad student flopping around for a thesis to finish my MSCS, let me offer my heartfelt condolences 😃 Seriously, it’s a wonderful investment, and congratulations on getting accepted and continuing your education!! ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-got-into-grad-school/358018/8 "2006-05-24T18:12:50Z")
Thanks to everyone for the words of encouragement. It’s past time I did this; I think I was waiting for online availability. As much as for career advancement I’m doing it for my own personal satisfaction. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-got-into-grad-school/358018/9 "2006-05-24T23:55:59Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-got-into-grad-school/358018/10 "2006-05-25T00:00:41Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > … > > As much as for career advancement I’m doing it for my own personal satisfaction. Guitar plus computers, it just don’t matter as to the reasons. It = cool. Congrats! \P.S. One bit of advice…give it a few courses, but start thinking about your thesis topic soon.