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I'm at a loss of words at the moment.
I got an e-mail just a little while ago (It's a little after 5:30 right now) from someone who I don't even know. I thought it was just another piece of junk mail. But I opened it anyway.
"Dear Kristin,
I'm writing because at least one of your professors has told me that
you'd be a good candidate for a Watson Fellowship."
Watson Fellowship? I don't think I've ever heard of that. What is it? Which of my Professors would nominate /me/ for a fellowship?
"As you probably know, the Watson pays for a full year of foreign study
and travel in the year following your graduation."
Insert heart dropping into chest quite heavily. ...full year... of... travel...
"It's a great opportunity.
To find out more, visit the Watson website:
http://www.watsonfellowship.org/site/index.html"
I went to the website.
"One Year Grant
One year is taken to be 12 months, not an academic year. During the 12 months of the fellowship, fellows may not return to the U.S. or their home country if they are foreign nationals."
That could be hard... but anything that’s worth it is hard... graduate schools often grant deferments...
"Watson Fellows must create, execute, and evaluate their own projects."
What would I do?! Photography... importance of pets in foreign nations... human interactions with animals around the world... something with animals... or kids... something with photography... it has to be something I love. It can definitely be anything... that previous fellow did a project on the evolution of hip hop!
"Administered in cooperation with up to fifty outstanding private colleges and universities throughout the United States, the Watson Fellowship provides a grant of $25,000 to each recipient. (Fellows whose spouse or dependent child will accompany them may be eligible for a grant of $35,000.)"
That might not work out due to other things (ie: work) but still... that's convenient.
"The mission of the Fellowship Program is to offer college graduates of unusual promise a year of independent, purposeful exploration and travel outside of the United States in order to enhance their capacity for resourcefulness, imagination, openness, and leadership and to foster their humane and effective participation in the world community."
...unusual promise... someone thinks that of me? I admit... that hit my heart too and made me quite happy where I've been feeling very down most of this past week.
I started watching the videos of the previous fellows... and I started crying. I don't think anyone really quite understands, nor will quite understand why I started crying... but I do... and I readily admit that I did. Just the thought of being able to do something like this... a full year of travel abroad... researching something /you/ are passionate about... someone nominated /me/ for this? I feel like sobbing... but its completely in a good way. Yes it could be hard... yes there would and will be people who would stand in the way of me doing this... but I have to apply. I have to try. I already know my hopes are up too high, I'll be crushed if I don't get it...
but I have to try.
I got an e-mail just a little while ago (It's a little after 5:30 right now) from someone who I don't even know. I thought it was just another piece of junk mail. But I opened it anyway.
"Dear Kristin,
I'm writing because at least one of your professors has told me that
you'd be a good candidate for a Watson Fellowship."
Watson Fellowship? I don't think I've ever heard of that. What is it? Which of my Professors would nominate /me/ for a fellowship?
"As you probably know, the Watson pays for a full year of foreign study
and travel in the year following your graduation."
Insert heart dropping into chest quite heavily. ...full year... of... travel...
"It's a great opportunity.
To find out more, visit the Watson website:
http://www.watsonfellowship.org/site/index.html"
I went to the website.
"One Year Grant
One year is taken to be 12 months, not an academic year. During the 12 months of the fellowship, fellows may not return to the U.S. or their home country if they are foreign nationals."
That could be hard... but anything that’s worth it is hard... graduate schools often grant deferments...
"Watson Fellows must create, execute, and evaluate their own projects."
What would I do?! Photography... importance of pets in foreign nations... human interactions with animals around the world... something with animals... or kids... something with photography... it has to be something I love. It can definitely be anything... that previous fellow did a project on the evolution of hip hop!
"Administered in cooperation with up to fifty outstanding private colleges and universities throughout the United States, the Watson Fellowship provides a grant of $25,000 to each recipient. (Fellows whose spouse or dependent child will accompany them may be eligible for a grant of $35,000.)"
That might not work out due to other things (ie: work) but still... that's convenient.
"The mission of the Fellowship Program is to offer college graduates of unusual promise a year of independent, purposeful exploration and travel outside of the United States in order to enhance their capacity for resourcefulness, imagination, openness, and leadership and to foster their humane and effective participation in the world community."
...unusual promise... someone thinks that of me? I admit... that hit my heart too and made me quite happy where I've been feeling very down most of this past week.
I started watching the videos of the previous fellows... and I started crying. I don't think anyone really quite understands, nor will quite understand why I started crying... but I do... and I readily admit that I did. Just the thought of being able to do something like this... a full year of travel abroad... researching something /you/ are passionate about... someone nominated /me/ for this? I feel like sobbing... but its completely in a good way. Yes it could be hard... yes there would and will be people who would stand in the way of me doing this... but I have to apply. I have to try. I already know my hopes are up too high, I'll be crushed if I don't get it...
but I have to try.