Big News

I can't believe it's been two months since I last blogged... time has flown by. I have so much to announce! The "big news" is essentially my law school pick, so feel free to skip to section 2.

1. Graduation
I'm graduating in less than three weeks. I still have to finish my classes (and that incomplete honors thesis, yikes!) but soon it will all be over. I've already attended an awards ceremony for my major and my fraternity's spring banquet is coming up next weekend. I'm starting to say things like, "I need to go to Crepeville/DeVere's/insert-favorite-place-here every day since I'm leaving them forever in a few weeks!" and "How soon exactly can I sell my bed/desk/dresser?"

2. Law School
As of the beginning of April, I was in at Georgetown/Duke/UCLA/UW/George Washington, waitlisted at Columbia/NYU/Penn/Michigan/Berkeley, and rejected at a few schools that will remain nameless. So, story time. As you know, I went to visit Georgetown, Duke, and UCLA back in March (with Duke over spring break). I really enjoyed visiting Duke but in the end, it just wasn't quite the right fit. In mid-April, I ended up deciding on Georgetown after weighing my scholarship offers and overall opportunities for international law.

Beginning of May hits and I get home one evening to find a letter waiting for me. I open it expecting to find my travel stipend from Duke's Admitted Students Weekend, and instead I pull out an acceptance letter from NYU Law (admitted off the waitlist)! I screamed and cried and called my family/friends to celebrate. In the end, it really was a no brainer - I withdrew from Georgetown and deposited at NYU. Am I scared about going to a school that I've never visited before and living in a city that I barely know? Yes. Am I absolutely terrified of the massive debt I'll be in? Completely. Yet at the same time, I couldn't be more excited for the future. I never thought I'd get into NYU, the #6 law school in America and the top school for international law. The opportunities will be unparalleled and it's going to be an incredible next three years.

3. Europe
I leave for Europe in four weeks - 25 days of adventure and too-little sleep in cities that I've only dreamed of visiting! I'm slowly adding onto the tour's itinerary (Warner Brothers Studio Tour and Cliffs of Moher so far!) and I know this will be a trip I'll never forget. I'm sure my bank account won't forget it for a while either...

I'll leave off here since I have that little thing called a thesis to work on, plus a couple other papers that are due this week. I'll definitely blog again before graduation, and you can be sure I'll be keeping you updated over the summer as I count down to NYU!