[NAGDU] Multiple applications

[Sherry Gomes]

Covid sure slowed things down. I've been on the waiting list for both schools since May of 2019. And my last dog from GDB retired in August of 2019. In my 45 years of being a guide dog handler, I never had to wait so long. Most of the time, I just try not to think about it, because it depresses me and makes me angry all over again, and I don't need that. Maybe 2021 will be my year for a dog. Thanks for your support, and I certainly will let everyone know when the time comes.


Sherry

-----Original Message-----
From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Madison Martin via NAGDU
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 9:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Multiple applications

Hi Sherry,
I just wanted to tell you how excited I am that you've been accepted by both, hope one of them can find a match for you soon as long as it's the right match and a good or even better grate!!! They're both grate schools!! Please keep us posted, Madison 

-----Original Message-----
From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sherry Gomes via NAGDU
Sent: October 26, 2020 8:57 AM
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Cc: Sherry Gomes <sherry.gomes at outlook.com>
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Multiple applications

I've been accepted by both Guiding Eyes and Guide dog foundation. I'm on waiting lists due to my need for a special dog due to my arthritis. Both schools know, and whichever one has a dog first is where I will get a dog. And of course I'd let them both know. Both schools are doing home training only, and GEB would be home training anyway since I would be getting a dog from their specialized training program. In regard to the original email. Guiding Eyes does have shepherds, and GDF does not.

Sherry



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Subject: [NAGDU] Multiple applications

I guess it's all the fashion these days to apply to multiple schools.  I have never done that myself.  I've done my research, decided what I thought was best, and applied there.  If they had turned me down, I would have applied to my B school, and so on.  

I beg people who apply to multiple schools to let the ones who accepted you know if you decide to go elsewhere.  There are people anxiously waiting for places in class.  If a place has been reserved for you, and you've decided to go somewhere else, let the school know so someone else can have that place.  This is especially true now, when COVID restrictions are making waiting lists even longer.

Tracy

 

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