and the winner is.....

University of North Texas! I guess the real winner is me. I can't believe I got in there and that I'm now going to be a student there. I'm also blown away that I'm going to get a doctorate. Dr. P! Or as Angie, Drew and Hunter decided, Dr. PP (because of my initials). I'm pretty sure that one won't stick.

I've had a lot of doubt about where I should go lately. I'm not used to be in "high demand". When I applied for the master's degree, I only got through the process with two school, U of Wash and BG. Washington didn't want me and I got into BG. It was a pretty easy choice, one choice always is. I got into the all the schools I applied for namely because I didn't think I had a chance at UNT. They only accept 2 people a year (which I found out afterward thank God!) and they have a pretty reputable name for music and a great composition department. The other schools I applied to I figured I'd get in to, but really thought I wouldn't get in anywhere.

So when I got into them I didn't know what choice to make. UNT actually gave me the least amount of money, but their tuition s dirt cheap and they gave me a scholarship and in-state tuition. It's also pretty cheap to live in Denton, comparable to BG. I'm up next for a teaching fellowship though, maybe this fall, possibly spring, and for sure next year I'll be getting funded which will help a lot. The other schools gave assistantships, but in Boulder wouldn't have gone very far as living is outrageous there. Anyways, I think I made the right decisions. UNT was my first choice and still is.

I went there on Friday to visit the school, and it is huge! The building is very big and it's a big department. The music school is the flagship of the university, it has a great reputation and great teachers. I'm looking forward to living there. The weather is going to be better, but it'skind of windy and unpredictable, but everything is in bloom there and it's still not thinking about it here.

Now if I can just get through the next four years! That's right at least four more years of school! I wonder if I'll ever get done. If I'm done with school in 4 (hopefully not 5) years I'll be 33 when it's all said and done and I will have gone to college for a decade! 10 whole years! Crazy. It will be worth it though.