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[bedlamsbard]

1. I've gotten offers from not one, but TWO graduate schools (Emory University and the University of Kentucky), which means that I'm going to have to face my nemesis, making decisions. I didn't actually expect to get into multiple schools. I'm still waiting to hear from two others, though I had to present myself as more interested in the Late

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[heliopausa]

That's great, about your getting an offer from multiple place, including the one you wanted most! :D

As far as the travel goes (and I'm not from your country, and don't know your systems, so seek other advice!) if it were me, I'd check up the flights available for myself, decide which one I wanted and email the travel agent (obviously with the heading suggested) saying:

Please book me on Flylightly Flight No. FL185, from CountryPlace to UniCity at TIME on day/month/year, and on return flight
Flylightly Flight No FL186, from UniCity to Countryplace, at TIME on day/month/year.
Please also direct bill Department of History, College in Question for these flights.

I wouldn't leave it up to an unknown travel agent to pick a flight. And best to do it pretty well as soon as you can, so that the flights aren't all booked out.

(Sorry - I sound so bossy. I don't mean to.)

Also, lovely about the choc chip cookies. :)

[bedlamsbard]

oh my gosh, thank you so much -- I used this exact script. I was just literally so baffled by the instructions because I didn't understand what they were telling me to do. (Sometimes I really do need to have things spelled out for me in exacting detail, but I've never used a travel agent before -- while I've traveled pretty extensively, I've always either booked the flights myself or had my parents do it.)

(Well, except for the time a university paid for me to fly out when I was in high school, and they did make a hash of booking the flights -- I got in at an ungodly hour and the person dropping me off didn't know what to do with me, so I ended up spending three or four hours in campus police station because nothing else was open and the program hadn't made arrangements for what to do if a student arrived early, despite the fact they'd booked the flights. I was seventeen and the most confused person alive.)

[heliopausa]

You're welcome! I hope it all goes really well at the weekend. :)