The Tortoise Is Going to Grad School. Sing my Praises!

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#1 The Tortoise Is Going to Grad School. Sing my Praises!

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So I just got an email in my inbox today informing me, after 2 months of agonizing wait, that I got into the University of Texas at Arlington's masters program in biology. Considering that the American Association of Herpetologists and Ichthyologists has this particular institution on their "You want to go here" list, I am sickeningly pleased with myself.

Go me!
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I have no idea what Herpetologists and Ichthyologists are though I seem to dimly recall the latter being about fish but as you are obviously pleased about it, congratumalations? :grin:
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Reptiles and Fish, Bats. So much for the Great Detective.


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Congrats man.
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Excellent work, CT - now your task is to combine bat, snake, and fish into one creature. Good luck.
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Don't tempt him.
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already been done.

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Huzzah! Congrats, my biological bud! You going for a master's first or can you skip straight to the Ph.D there?
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#9 Congrats!

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Congratulations Comrade! :grin:
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Congrats and Good for you!

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Dark Silver wrote:already been done.

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Huzzah! Congrats, my biological bud! You going for a master's first or can you skip straight to the Ph.D there?
Masters first, my research interests are long term... which means I will almost have to build on the research done for a masters before I go for the Ph.D
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Congrats on More of the Same, and good luck on getting it Piled Higher and Deeper!
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Congrats Comrade. Since only steers and queers come from texas perhaps you'll get a more varied offering to your taste?
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Congragulations, you overgrown Turtle-Tortoise-porpoise person :razz:
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Many congratulations and happy returns, though the depths of grad school may seem to negate them!
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Hey congrats man!
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Congrats man. Bad news though, IT'S TEXAS!
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The Village Idiot wrote:Congrats man. Bad news though, IT'S TEXAS!
You know SB keeps saying that if we move we're moving to texas.... and he's not kidding. texas is nice... nicer than Arkansas.... but what isn't?


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