Qualifier has been passed!!

Today was Gaetan's first day back for his last year of classes.  I received a text from him after his first class that was a picture, which I thought was a bit strange... wasn't sure if he was showing me his office or something.  But... it turns out it was his letter from the Graduate Advisor saying that he had passed his qualifier!!  Whoo hoo!  I was a bit overwhelmed actually when I realized what it was.  Not gonna lie, I cried a little.

That is such a huge accomplishment, and I know that we all figured he would pass it because he's brilliant, but he still had to actually perform and get it done.  There were 7 other people who took it with him and nobody else passed it, so it wasn't a sure thing.  This means that for sure that he can move onto his PhD for sure, so all the research he's done for the summer can be used for his dissertation.  :)

We are so proud of him and everything that he continues to do!  Even though we had all the confidence in the world that he could do it, it's still impressive none the less.

JVG