D-Day for the next stage of my education.

[Eruntalon]

Well, after a month of deliberation and weeks of waiting for results, this morning (since its now 12:58AM while I'm writing this) I'm expecting to receive possibly the most important phone call of my life, or an extremely major disappointment, from Academy Sofitel, located at Hotel Sofitel on Collins Street in Melbourne.

I have applied for their Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management course for 2009. I probably should have posted this earlier considering I had an interview for admission into the course 3 weeks ago. So far I have spent approximately $700 on applying - this includes a $200 interview fee and a new suit/shirt/tie I wore during the interview.

Hypothetically this course could change my life. I would have a better reason to move back into the city which I spent my childhood in, and considering that I have been employed in part time and casual jobs all of this year after completing an Arts Degree at the end of 2007 (which hasn't really sent job opportunities flying towards me at the speed of light) I need this experience to enable me to fulfill my ambition of working overseas in the hospitality industry.

As it stands I've been really unsure of my chances. To everyone who reads this please wish me luck.

[Pulse]

I hope tomorrow will be a very good day for you Mate





& you've spent $700 on applying? holy cr...

[STL]

Best of luck, man. Get some early sleep and may it all go well. If you can't go to bed, put on a comedy or something that takes your mind off of it.

[jacksplatt11]

Good luck man, hope you get the call you're hoping for..

And yeah, that's a lotta money spent, I can understand the suit because appearance is everything, and you can keep that forever now, but a $200 interview fee? I've never heard of that... They charge for an interview?

[Eruntalon]

And yeah, that's a lotta money spent, I can understand the suit because appearance is everything, and you can keep that forever now, but a $200 interview fee? I've never heard of that... They charge for an interview?

I know what you're all thinking, but I figured it was worth trying. It's an exclusive course that only takes 20-25 people per year.

[TheDirtyDigger]

Good luck.

[Bartrim]

Best of luck to you mate

[i_amtrunks]

Best of luck for today!

I too have never heard of an interview fee, was it some kind of application fee as well?

[GoktimusPrime]

Fortune favour you.

[Eruntalon]

Update: I didn't get a call today as I was promised, hopefully tomorrow morning I will hear some good news. It seems they have been very busy processing interviews and applications from what I gathered last time I talked to the interviewer over the phone.

I got really worried last night driving home from work as a black cat ran across the road in front of me. I know this can be considered as either good or bad luck depending on which cultures interpretation you use, but I didn't need it as I get very paranoid.

Thank you to everyone for all of your support so far.