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rfmcdonaldI've gained five pounds and now weigh, well, too much. I'll definitely have to take up the gym again, with a particular religious fervour.
I'm looking forward to the proposed French-language coffeehouse Sunday evening. Has a place been set up?
Grad school looks to be going fine. With the arrival of packages from Memorial and Western, I now have paper forms for three universities and the necessary downloadable documents for the others (and those three universities, of course); I'm more worried about applying for McGill since their application system is purely on-line, but it shouldn't be too bad. I'll be spending this weekend working on the forms, and working on the introduction for my Honours essay--God knows I need to finish that at last. Still, plenty of time.
One observation: At Western Ontario and Queen's, at least, it's apparently preferred that if you go for a master's degree you should opt for the MA path that's entirely coursework, not the MA path that includes the writing of the thesis. I've heard that taking the coursework MA path can limit your chances for further advancement in the academic community generally, but then at those two institutions, at least, you can proceed directly to your doctoral degree where you can write a thesis. This path has the advantage--intended, of course--of allowing you to concentrate on coursework and not get bogged down in writing a thesis, which attracts me. I think I'll research the matter latter, post-submission.
I'm looking forward to the proposed French-language coffeehouse Sunday evening. Has a place been set up?
Grad school looks to be going fine. With the arrival of packages from Memorial and Western, I now have paper forms for three universities and the necessary downloadable documents for the others (and those three universities, of course); I'm more worried about applying for McGill since their application system is purely on-line, but it shouldn't be too bad. I'll be spending this weekend working on the forms, and working on the introduction for my Honours essay--God knows I need to finish that at last. Still, plenty of time.
One observation: At Western Ontario and Queen's, at least, it's apparently preferred that if you go for a master's degree you should opt for the MA path that's entirely coursework, not the MA path that includes the writing of the thesis. I've heard that taking the coursework MA path can limit your chances for further advancement in the academic community generally, but then at those two institutions, at least, you can proceed directly to your doctoral degree where you can write a thesis. This path has the advantage--intended, of course--of allowing you to concentrate on coursework and not get bogged down in writing a thesis, which attracts me. I think I'll research the matter latter, post-submission.
