Good News!!!

(Note- this is a long post with lots of rambling- so no offense taken if you choose to skip it)

This news might be a little bit unexpected, but I just found out that I was accepted to the MBA program at BYU for Fall '09 admission!!!!!  It is still kind of unexpected to me.  I decided to apply about a month ago.  I was talking to Alex, one of my co-workers, about possibly applying to Thunderbird School of Global Management next year when I would have time to study for the GMAT and take extra care filling out applications.  He suggested that I apply to BYU's program this year.  He was certain that I would get in- I, on the other hand, was not so certain.  It took me a while of weighing the pros and cons and I told him that I would think about it.  I took a practice GMAT and the rest is, well..........history.  

That was a Thursday.  I spent the weekend writing essays and filling out my application.  I flew to California the next Wednesday to babysit.  I studied for the GMAT for about 3 hours each day- 1 hr while the baby napped in the afternoon and 2 hrs after I got the kids to bed in the evening.  I studied as much as I possibly could for the week and a half that I was there.  I got back late Saturday night and continued to study until my test appointment on Monday.  I made myself SICK with worry (literally!! Luckily I had Linds to rub my back while I revisited everything I had eaten that day).  Then I went and took it on Monday afternoon.  It was SO HARD!! My brain was absolutely exhausted by the end of it.  After the test, I didn't want to look at the results.  But to my absolute Amazement, I got a 710!!! 92nd percentile!!!  I couldn't believe it!  Well, I turned my scores into the Marriott School, waited to hear about an interview, interviewed, and found out today.  The whole process from deciding to apply to being admitted has been a whopping 4 weeks.

So, I am headed back to school in the fall.  I am SO EXCITED to be going back to school and especially to be getting an MBA.  I just can't help but feel blessed.  I know that it wouldn't have happened without the Lord's help and guidance.  I am just super grateful to have been brought to this point.  

YAY for Grad School!!!!

This is what I'll look like again in 2 years- except I'll no longer be a Russian bachelor, I'll be a Business Master!