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My Grad School App was Accepted Today. Naturally.



I don't mean to be cocky, but I knew this day would come.

I took the GRE. I completed the required application. I threw out my desired response to the Universe. And after an eternity of waiting, the answer FINALLY came back. I'm in.

Utah State was the only school I wanted to go to, ergo, the only school I applied to. Some of my friends and family counseled me to apply to a number of schools, and call them up to have your name stick in their minds, and not to be over-confident. My response was, and will always be:

"If it suppose to happen, It will."

I realize that this is a very daring motto to live by. Later today, I will finish this post and explain why I have chosen to live by this philosophy and the holes that I have already found in it.



Later that day...

Major holes in my philosophy:

  • Man I was feeling conceded this morning!  I kept claiming that the universe had decided for me and yet, at the same time, I gave myself credit for being awesome.  I think what I was really feeling was confidence and validation.
  • I renounce my probationary life motto, "If it's supposed to happen, it will."  That is the rally cry of the disenfranchised or the ignorant.
  • As a God-fearing, member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I understand my purpose of life on earth.  I am here to practice discerning between good and evil and to choose the good.  In other words, the whole point of this thing called "life" is to act in the way God would want me to.  He has provided earthly servants to teach me His word and the Gift of the Holy Ghost to direct me on a daily basis, but I digress.  God wants me to be an agent of action, not an object to be acted upon.  By waiting for things to happen, I squander that divine gift of agency.
  • If anything, my new life motto ought to be the opposite of "If it's supposed to happen, it will."  It should be something more like, "Come unto Christ, Go after what you Love, and don't be afraid of the intermediary steps that bring those two states into alignment."  
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  1. LizSat Mar 07, 01:16:00 PM MST

    Congratulations Bryan!

    But I don't want you to leave.

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  2. NatalieDSat Mar 07, 09:12:00 PM MST

    So you're going to be an Aggie! Good going! Make sure you take lots of warm clothes; you'll need them!!! BTW, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Cache Valley!!!!

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  3. evieperkinsSat Mar 07, 11:45:00 PM MST

    Yay!! Congratulations!!

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  4. Stefanie ElyseSun Mar 08, 07:54:00 AM MDT

    Bryan! I'm really freaking out. CONGRATULATIONS! (p.s. congratulations is a bigger deal than "congrats" in my book.)

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  5. Julie TSun Mar 08, 11:43:00 AM MDT

    Congratulations and best wishes!'I can't wait until "later today"! :)

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  6. KellianneSun Mar 08, 01:37:00 PM MDT

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  7. KellianneSun Mar 08, 01:46:00 PM MDT

    P.S. I knew you would get in too. ;) I'm just so happy that it's finally happening for you!!! I'm sooooooooo beyond excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!! CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

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  8. CourtneySun Mar 08, 11:41:00 PM MDT

    Congratulations Bryan! That's AWESOME!! :)

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  9. RickMon Mar 09, 11:09:00 AM MDT

    You are full of awesomeness! Good luck next year!

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  10. HeatherMon Mar 09, 01:02:00 PM MDT

    I think the picture you chose to celebrate your acceptance at the bottom of this post is very fitting. We are all thrilled for you! I can't wait for you to get started!

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  11. NoelleTue Mar 10, 08:29:00 AM MDT

    I'm not going to be over-exuberant in my congratulatory remarks but just know that we are all very happy for your acceptance. I hope this is just what you always dreamed and hoped for in a grad program. Maybe Stef won't be the first one to get her masters after all...

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  12. ShawnaWed Mar 11, 11:21:00 AM MDT

    Hooray! It's so good to be accepted and know what your next step will be. Lee and I are VERY happy for you.

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