The Graduate; shaking Carol Harter's hand, that was an awkward moment 

Undergraduate College Over

Well it's all over. I finished my last exam this morning and on Monday I will graduate from UNLV and receive by Bachelors of the Arts in History in February. I will graduate with some sort of honors, though the school doesn't even know which variety yet.

I applied to four graduate schools for the Fall of 2005. They are the College of William and Mary, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Brandeis University, and Clark University. They all either have stellar departments in early American history and great research facilities and collection or in the case of Clark, one brilliant man who I could see myself working with. I'll keep everyone posted on the results of this effort.

As for posting, I expect there will be a great deal more of it now that I have all my time to myself again. But I think I'll "decompress" in the words of George Costanza until Tuesday morning after I've donned the garb and walked for my degree.