I’ve been meaning to write this post for weeks, but never got to it.
It’s almost time. A lot of things have been happening this week, one of them being graduation from my school. I graduate this Friday with a B.S in Web Development, so I am excited to walk across that stage, grab my diploma and be set free into the world with a 52k debt.
Now, to bring this back to JET, there’s been a lot of speculation on the forums when results will come out. The Touhoku tragedy last year really put a major wrench in results being announced so people this year don’t know what’s going on, especially with the delay that it took to get the application available to everyone this year. I have a feeling that shortlist announcements will be made sometime next week, or perhaps the week after. So anytime in early April, like what the website stated.
As for what I’m feeling right now, I can say I’m getting anxious. I’m mentally preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. I would love to be shortlisted, and when I walked out that interview I felt like I had left a pretty solid impression, but now not so much. I told myself I wouldn’t feel this way but the worry bug got to me too. Now I’m as unsure as everyone else. I don’t see rejection, but rather, I’m worried about being alternated.
It would suck. I’ve worked so hard to get here.
I think I conveyed my interest enough through my interview that I really want to participate in this program. I also volunteered two weeks ago at the Morikami’s spring festival and apparently they also know that I’m applying for the JET Program.
I don’t know how they knew that but I guess that’s good news. My lead in my department I was volunteering in told me to let her know if I get in or not so she can hook me up with a school to do pen pals with. I guess my interviewer told them, which would make some sense considering she apparently WORKS at the Morikami.
Ah, well.
Here’s to about two more weeks of stressing out.