Marion the Librarian

[cbtreks]

Remember earlier this year I was talking about library school? I was looking at a program at IUPUI but really wanted to go to Wayne State. I didn't apply there because the non-resident tuition was quite high and I didn't think it was a good time to be moving up to Detroit without a job. (There's an understatement!) Well, last month, while trying to whip up enough enthusiasm to apply to the IUPUI program, I was tooling around online and found that Wayne State offers its MLIS degree online now as well as on campus - and everyone from North America who does the program online is given resident tuition rates. I found this out literally one week before the application deadline for the January semester, managed to get everything I needed and has the application submitted the day before it was due. I got my acceptance letter today. Yay! I'm going to get an MLIS degree! And from the same university where my dad got his MSW - how cool is that? Right now I can only think of a couple of things that would prevent me from starting in January, which would be trouble with financial aid/getting my loans, and anything that would prevent me from attending orientation on December 3. They've made it very clear that anyone who doesn't attend orientation will not be allowed to begin the program. I have my vacation time, I need to contact my cousins to see if I can stay with them, maybe arrange to trade cars with my mom, and pray for good weather and good health.

The Wayne State MLIS degree is 36 hours. I think on-campus students do it in about a year (three semesters of 12 hours each) but online students are expected to take 6 hours each semester and so do it in two. I figure that means I'll be done around December 2012. Huh, just in time for the end of the world! *g*