Mary Ellen is Going Back to School

Mary Ellen has been accepted back into BYU and will return to (hopefully) finish her degree starting in January. Last week, before she was even accepted, we had gone down to BYU so that I could get a hair cut. While she was waiting for me, she went over to the Art Department to see if she could talk to an advisor about which emphasis she should be applying for. The advisors were either not there or busy, but the secretary gave her the materials that she needed to be able to apply for entrance to the art program. She was told that she couldn't take any art classes until she was accepted into the program, that those decisions wouldn't be made until April, and that she needed to fill out a multi-page application and submit a portfolio.

She was really discouraged that she would have to wait until spring or next fall before taking art courses. While walking down the hall, she noticed a professor had his door opened. She asked him if he could answer some of her questions. After talking to her, he said that even though she was interested in Illustration as an emphasis, it seemed to him that Studio Arts would be a better fit for her varied interests and background. He asked if she had anything with her that he could see what her talents were. She was carrying her journal with a drawing of Wilford Woodruff in it that she had done for the Church. When he saw her work, he left for about 10 minutes. When he returned, he told her that she was "in". Mary Ellen asked "in" what? "In the Art program". It turned out that he was in charge of the art program admission and had already admitted her based on what he had seen. This even before she was accepted into BYU!

At this point, Mary Ellen doesn't know how long it will take her to finish but she is really excited to go back and get her degree. Tim really doesn't know how to feel about his Mom being at BYU the same time as he is.