Robert got into the MA program!! :D
He received an e-mail this morning from the coordinator of graduate studies telling him the good news. This is part of the reason why I love our university--they always send an e-mail first and then they'll send out the official letters. It keeps students from panicking. I have to say, though, that this whole month has been worrisome. I had forgotten how long the admissions process is, and I won't say that I was starting to worry yet, but probably another week and I would have marched into the English department myself to ask questions. Which would have actually hurt Robert more than helped him. Which is why I kept myself in the office.
The general plan is for Robert to take classes next Spring, which would finish up the requisite course work for the MA. Because he's been accepted halfway through the year, he was not offered the teaching assistantship. But he can be reconsidered for the position in Fall...that'll just be something he'll have to jump on and be pretty persistent with, because he'll be competing against the Fall incoming students. In the meantime, he'll keep working. We're not sure where, but he'll keep working.
I'm already starting to think of additional jobs I can take on to help out. I can tutor more hours of the week, which increases my monthly income substantially, and I can apply for research assistantships, some of which pay as much as my teaching assistantship.
But, anyway, his acceptance into the MA program is the best news I could have received via text message at 7 in the morning! :)
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