Applying to Grad School

These last couple days have been consumed with getting everything together for my graduate school application. After graduating in May, the plan is to starts a Master of Engineering while I finish up my last year of eligibility here in Flagstaff. I have really enjoyed my college experience here and would like to take it a step further with a master’s degree. Plus I couldn’t imagine jumping ship four years into my collegiate career and finish my running competing for a different university.

The application is due in a week, so I am finishing up my résumé and a statement of career objectives. I am thankful to have a brilliant girlfriend to help me edit and proofread this kind of stuff. Thanks Tina.

Surgery March 1st

I found out today that my surgery is scheduled for this upcoming Monday morning. I am happy to finally get this problem taken care of. After surgery, I will do rehab for several weeks and will be able to resume running approximately ten days later.

As of now I am leaving the Mt. Sac 5000 on April 16th on my schedule. If recovery takes longer than expected I will postpone my return to racing one week at a time. Hopefully, at the very least, I will be able to race a steeplechase in early May that will qualify me to run both the steeplechase and 5000 at conference.

4 Responses to “Applying to Grad School”

1. Randy says:

   February 23, 2010 at 4:41 pm

   Best of Luck with your Grad School application and your knee surgery.

   Hope to see ya running soon.

   Randy
2. PD says:

   February 27, 2010 at 12:09 pm

   Thanks for the support Randy.
3. eli says:

   April 18, 2010 at 8:49 pm

   How did the application go? You find out if you’re in yet or not?
4. PD says:

   April 25, 2010 at 10:19 pm

   Yeah, I was accepted. http://www.runpd.com/2010/04/03/only-a-fifth-of-what-you-normally-do/