Welcome, Graduate Admissions Committees

The holidays are just about wrapped up, and I can only assume that over the next few weeks the site will be visited by some curious graduate admissions committee members. That is, if I ever get high enough on their spreadsheets to make the cut for further consideration.

I ended up applying to two universities for graduate school, and decided to mention on the applications (against the advice of some) that I was a blogger.  I figured that it supported my claim that I was very interested in the field of epigenetics research, and I was willing to go “above and beyond” what was expected of me in terms of work as an undergraduate.  I also hope that the committees will understand that my professional experience began well before I started my undergraduate coursework here at WSU.

The holidays were great for my wife, stepson and I.  We were invited by my parent-in-laws for a Christmas vacation in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and so we left the sub-freezing temperatures of Eastern Washington to sample the 75 degree Fahrenheit variety of the holiday.  Needless to say, the trip back wasn’t as exciting as the one there.

I am still getting back up to speed on everything, and making all of the usual preparations for the start of spring semester. I hope to do more regular updates on the site concerning what everyone here is interested in, epigenetics.  Until then, hopefully everyone had a great holiday and is ready for a new wave of epigenetics research in 2008.

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One Response to “Welcome, Graduate Admissions Committees”

  1. Yazan Says:

    hi,
    it is so pleasant to hear this. As you know, this blog feels like a large epi-family. i hope you find a solution for the newsletter, and i wish you a great holiday.