Travel Plans

Update: I (Tim) now have some travel plans to visit Vanderbilt next week! Let me explain...
At first, my thought about the cost of Vanderbilt was "Wow. It's really expensive. And I'm only an alternate for an unknown amount of remitted tuition. Where else can I go?" I was focusing my energy on the other schools and leaving VU to marinate for a while.
Recently, I have had a strong feeling that Vanderbilt is really the place for me. I feel that I would be happiest and most successful there. So then I started thinking of ways to make things work there. Instead of simply waiting around for them to get back to me about financial aid, I decided that it would be to my advantage to invest some time and money into them in hopes that it would be returned to me. Making a trip out to Nashville to see the community, campus, and clinic should definitely send the message that I'm genuinely interested in attending, and also attach a face to the name.
I"ll be gone Wednesday through Saturday. I have half a day of tours on Friday. I'm scheduled to meet with several faculty including the graduate program chair!! I'll use the rest of the time to scour the town for apartments, hopefully get some recommendations, and see some units. I"ll have my work cut out for me, but I think that this is where we are supposed to go! So I have my reservations and we'll see what happens! We are also currently accepting donations for our grad school tuition fund! ;)
Sidenote: Even though we have not yet heard back from UMASS, Heather and I have pretty much decided not to consider going there. We have received acceptance letters from far too many schools that are oh so much closer to home.
We'll keep you posted!