deli made it into psych honours!!!!!!!!

there has been some doubt about whether my uni would accept me as a part time student (they've only accepted 2 part timers in the past 7 years) and so i'd approached a prof to ask if he wouldn't mind looking over my research proposal that i would be sending with my application to other unis. we only had a very brief chat about my ideas and he asked me to email him to set up a proper time to discuss it thoroughly after the break.

anyway, he sent me an email back this week saying he'd spoken to the hons coordinator and she has agreed to support my application for pt status! he asked me to keep it quiet because official offers only go out in mid-december, but he was telling me now so i didnt waste my time applying elsewhere. he's proposed that we meet up now to discuss what "we" will be doing instead.

beyond the fact that this is what i've been working towards for the past 7 bloody years, i'm actually really delighted because i have never spoken to this prof before - he has given a guest lecture or 2 in one of my previous subjects, but he knows absolutely nothing about me apart from the research topic i mentioned and that i was applying elsewhere because of the impossibility of getting a part time placement at my uni. so it must mean he thought my idea was good, and that means so so so much to me, because i've always worried that i get concessions made for me because my lecturers know who i am and like me as a student, as opposed to believing in me academically.

he also sent me a paper to introduce me to the area in more depth, and (oh gosh, how embarrassing) it turns out he's one of the 2 foremost experts in this field. i would never, never, never have approached him if i had known. he's very young so i'd assumed it was just something he was interested in, not something he's helped define.

anyway. so now i'm nervous. need to not look like an idiot next month - HELP!!

but also yayayayayayay!~!!!! i dont have anyone else to tell right now, so you kids are #1 to know.