Thanks for the line, Melissa. Yes, now that I have gotten a good GMAT score, I have to fill out the applications, line up recommendations, order transcripts, and visit campuses. For now, my wife and I plan to take a road trip in the fall to visit most of them in the fall, and I am trying to get contacts in each place so I can make the most of the time I have. Still, all of what I am doing now is easier than actually going to school with a family, but I know I will have lots of help.
I have a good idea of what areas I want to research, and therefore what I want to study. I just need to determine what lines up with my interests among those schools where I am applying. The best thing I can do, from the advice of various professors, is to identify who I want to work with based on their interests and do my best to go to the school where they teach. I have a few leads in that direction, but I want to know more.
Knowledge is power, so I am arming myself. I have enjoyed this search so far, but I have only just started. Hopefully I will be more able to really get my mind around all these elements fairly soon since I will begin applying in another month or so.
-- Robert
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Rob,
There are few things in our lives that we get to take with us when we return to our heavenly father, knowledge is one of them. As you know I working on my bachelors and have one child, and feel like I am meeting myself coming and going. So I could not image working towards a doctorate, and 2 children. I hate that you are taking one of my best friends in South Georgia away, but I know that if it was not in the best interest of your family you would not be doing it. We treasure yours and Ellie’s Friendship. I know that you will succeed in your new endeavors.
Kim
I'm glad that you're doing your research, and you're right that knowledge is power.
Thanks, Kim. I know giving up the closeness with the friends we've made will be hard, and not being around my parents will be really tough on my kids, but I know it is right. We have received numerous confirmations about it already, and I'm just getting started. I have always loved education, and growing as a person can only come as part of being willing to learn and do new things.
Ellie, thanks for being so supportive, and doing such a great job with the house and the kids. I couldn't make it without you.
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