Matchingsocks’s Weblog

The Fletcher scholarship has been in for about two days now and only today has the reality of it all sank in for this girl. She is going to graduate school. To Fletcher. In August. For two years. She’d be reading her masters in International Law and Diplomacy with 140 other people from all over the world. In one of the best schools America can offer. And, she’d be on scholarship.

Its a big deal, this scholarship and over a long, long coffee chat with Eggplant Project today she told him why the scholarship was such a big deal. The fact is, when this girl first applied to grad school, she knew that she might have to pay her way through school and she was more than able and willing to do so. Then, as time passed and the reality to the magnitude of the financial cost of grad school started to sink in and then, she really, really, wanted a scholarship to take care of the finance burden that will be grad school. Because, the idea that she’d have close to all of ther savings wiped out when she graduates scares her to bits. Absolutely. Completely.

Now, Mr. Toesocks reasoned with this girl that the fees- which she can make by way of a loan- is easily recovered. And given the statistics on salaries of Fletcher graduates, this girl knows that to be true. But, its the idea that terrifies her endlessly: that she’d be at financial ground zero upon graduation.

Maybe she’s being silly thinking of things, namely money and grad school, in this manner. But she does and in her head, it makes perfect sense. Besides, the idea that they thought highly enough of this girl to give her a scholarship tickles her to no end. And makes her feel darn good about herself.

And she’d take whatever compliments she can get.