Quick summary of Parents Weekend

TheDad
Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:04:02 +0000

Laurel, interesting to have the collaboration. He didn’t make her cry but, if her accounts were accurate, he was completely unreasonable and full of it and she decided she didn’t need the bullcrap on top of the huge amount of time the process was soaking up. I’d characterize him as arbitrary and probably petty, based on her comments. She said that about one-third of the Fulbright candidates had dropped out.

Bummed me out, because Smith has a good record there. But D rationalized that getting a project approved for the UK, where the odds are ridiculous to begin with anyway, in a field not either of her undergrad majors, was slim in any event. I sure hope she comes up with some funding elsewhere. This is probably the one and only incident where I think Smith has let her down.