Plan of ATTACK

Okay.

So, i've decided to take this utterly devastating news that I'm not going to be recipient of the DAAD not as an affront to my character (because I KNOW I'm smart and well qualified enough to study in Germany) but as a sign that means I'm going to have to do what I always do and just....win.

That's right.

I'm going to:

talk to my employer to see if I can get a work visa starting August to stay in Germany and apply for grad school next year.

See if it's possible to work and go to school at the same time (In this context. I know it's possible because, duh, I've been doing it since I was 17)

email the CSU/IP coordinators here to see if they have any help for me

Reach out to people I know to see if they have any information.

Look into teaching English in Spain.


MASSIVE ACTION.

The last time this happened I got angry, got determined and now I'm studying in Germany. Guess what? I'm not going to let it get me down. Not ever. Nothing anyone says (even me) can make me stop trying to achieve my goals.