Yesterday about midnight (10 am Turkey time) a fax came through that read as follows:
I am pleased to inform you that you have been admitted to Master’s in International Affairs and Public Policy programme at the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences on the basis of the evaluation made by the Institute of Economics and Social sciences and the Department of International Relations.
Looking forward to seeing you in Bilkent in 2005-2006 academic year fall semester.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ A. L. Karaosmanoglu
Prof. Dr. Ali L. Karaosmanoglu
Chair
I got that after I asked them to fax the acceptance letter they're sending me via DHL. That letter was the last thing I needed to apply for a student visa, and wouldn’t have been here for a week (maybe?) but for the fax.
When I called the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles to double check that I had everything I needed for the visa, I also asked the guy how long it would take to process the application. To my surprise he said less than two weeks. So then I told him my sob story about how I need to be there before the 8th and what not, so he told me he’d try to get it taken care of in time for my scheduled arrival. I about did a back flip putting 06 September 2005 as my scheduled arrival on the application. Just to make sure they could start work on it ASAP, I faxed them everything the visa application asks for with a nice cover letter begging them to process the visa in like two days instead of two months. Then I hoofed it over to the post office and dumped everything in an express mail envelope (including my precious passport), replete with a stamped express mail envelope addressed back to me.
According to the service clerk, express mail between Atwater and LA takes two days. Another reason to hate SoCal and small cities.
Next step: tons of debt.
# posted by Mike @ 2:05 AM
