All In

I got a letter in the mail from SIT today. I’m officially in! (after I’m cleared for a visa...) I received medical approval from my doctor, and I just have a few more immunizations to go! In my letter, SIT directed me to online resources containing pre-departure information, such as health guidelines, packing guidelines, a reading list, and international travel information. Wowee! It seems so early, but I guess there’s just a lot to be done!

There are six required readings and more than twenty recommended readings for my program. I’m going to start reading asap! The readings seem to concentrate on gaining an understanding of the complex process and components of human development in developing countries: the role of farming, business, and government, health concerns (especially AIDS), post-genocide reconstruction (like in Rwanda), grappling with poverty, and the role of colonialism and nativism, among other things.

I can’t believe it. In few months, I won’t just be reading about this stuff, I’ll be witnessing and experiencing it!

til next time.

Forms Fail

So, apparently I was supposed to send all of my confirmation, health, and other [slightly] important forms to the study abroad office at ND, and they were to make copies of them for their records and send them off to the SIT office in Vermont to reserve my spot for me.

Instead, I waited until the day before they were due, went to the ND post office with Mom on the eve of Matt's graduation, and overnighted the forms myself (costing a small fortune). I made no copies for ND office or anyone's records (including my own). Oops...my bad.

What's worse, now I have to explain this to OIS.....

On the bright side, SIT received my forms on time!

til next time.