I switched my major to literature in my junior year, I knew that I wanted to keep going after my undergraduate. I developed a passion for literature that far exceeded the casual love I’ve had of reading since I was a child. I started to think that I would really love to teach literature at the college level. As I really started to set my sights on this goal, life (as it tends to do) threw me a curve. The Air Force saw fit to station my husband and me in Minot, North Dakota. The problem with Minot is that the only state school in the city is so small that there are no graduate literature programs. After a lot of complaining, anger and finally, reflecting, I decided that school is still a passion, and I didn’t want to quit because I couldn’t find my top choice in degrees. I did some soul searching and decided that, among the degree programs available to me, I would like to pursue an MPA. A degree in Public Affairs would give me better job competitiveness in the service or non-profit sectors, another area I feel I could be passionate about. So all that remains is to actually get serious and apply to MPA programs. I need to:

take the GRE (first and most important step)
get two letters of recommendation
write my essay
get transcripts
I have to get this done by March 1st, for entrance in summer quarter. Time to get crackin’!