I got an email this morning and I almost fell out of my chair when I read it. The first line was as follows:

"On behalf of the Biomedical Group, I am happy to recommend to the Department that you be accepted for our M.A.Sc. Biomedical Collaborative program."

This was very happy news because for the past few days, I was wondering if news would ever come. I was getting tired of coming home with an empty mailbox. I was going to email a prof tonight, but I guess I won't have to. The big news wasn't the fact that I got accepted to the program, since I was pretty sure I had the marks, but the real heartstopper was this:

"We are pleased to offer you a Fellowship/Scholarship for the period of Sept. 1, 2002 until August 31, 2003. The total value of this award is $10,000. In addition to this fellowship, professors in the Biomedical Group are willing to supplement this amount with a research assistantship valued at least $10,000 for you to work under their supervision."

That was when I almost fell out of my chair. I was going to be given $20,000 to go to school next year. I was expecting $5000 at most. I'll see you at UofT next September!
posted by Pi at 10:11 PM |