Last Monday I submitted an application for a fellowship that was perfect for me (and I was perfect for it!). On the information sheet about the fellowship on Simmons' website, it states that "review of applications will begin on April 1st." This did not suggest to me that April 1st was the final deadline to submit by. Am I just being a dunce? Either way, I didn't submit until the 12th, thinking that it would be fine (unless some stellar candidate had already been offered the job). I guess I was figuring that because they'd want to do interviews with candidates and so forth that they didn't have a real solid ending deadline - that basically it was open until filled, with the understanding that applications would be considered in the order they were received, with no applications being considered before April 1st.
I guess I'm just a moron, because I just got an email that said I wasn't being considered for the fellowship because I missed the deadline. It would help a lot if they made it clear that there WAS a final deadline.
I'm not really sure what to do. I sent an email back explaining that they should probably make the deadline clear for future years' applicants... but I'm not sure if I should badger them more and try to convince them to consider me, or if I should just let it go and not be a pain in the ass.
But I'm so good at being a pain in the ass. Just yesterday I suggested to our landlord that if they don't fix up some of the shit that's wrong with this place we shouldn't have to pay full rent. She didn't seem to like that very much. Too bad.
Anyway, I'm really, seriously upset about this and will probably bite the head off the next person who so much as breathes wrong near me. Good thing I'm home alone. I'll just take out my anger by typing REALLY HARD. That'll show 'em.
Maybe I'll start a petition to get considered for it. I mean, I could easily get, like, 7.5 signatures. That should be enough, right?
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