REAL LIFE POST
Oh look, an actual post! These are few and far between for me, so listen up!
Before I delve into the happenings of my so called life, two short things.
Thing One: I went to high school with an Olympian who won gold this year. Christine Nesbitt (who won the 1000m speed skate race) was in a grade above me. She's in my year book!
Thing Two: I just got home from hanging out with my friends. It's dark out and nobody is around. After a drive home in which I sang rather loud and poorly, I pulled into my driveway and turned off the car. Something had rolled onto the floor of the passenger side of the front seat, so I bent down to pick it up. In the time it took to pick it up, a stray cat had jumped onto my car and was STARING at me through the windshield. I lost my shit! I don't think I've ever jumped so high in my life! Anyways, haha on me.
Real Life: I don't think god wants me to graduate. My whole academic career is so fucked right now. Here's why:
Before I left for England, I went to an academic counselor. I had her look at my academic record and asked if everything was set up for me to graduate, should I choose not to return to school when I got home. She said everything looked fine. As I wouldn't be an active student while I was away, she was going to freeze my university e-mail account. Fair enough.
So I got to England, I have a grand old time, and I come home. Even while I was still in England, I had given a lot of thought as to whether or not I should go back to school, or just graduate with what I had. The advantages of upgrading my degree were minimal. Instead of a three year major in media studies, I would simply be getting a four year. Nothing special. So, after weighing my options, I decided that, yes, I was just going to graduate to get it over and done with.
So I go to the online students center and apply to gradute -- but wait, something's wrong. Instead of a three year major in media studies (and a minor in sociology), the website had me down as graduating with a three year degree in sociology and didn't even mention media studies. Perplexed, I went to campus the next day and asked if I could book an appointment with an academic counselor to see if I could rectify this. The receptionist told me that there were no appointments available until February (it was about Jan 20th at this point). Since I know the deadline is somewhere at the end of Feb, I didn't freak out. She also told me that to book and appointment, I had to fill out a request online. Okie doke.
I went home, got online and tried to apply for a meeting. However, you needed a valid university e-mail address in order to complete the form. Which was canceled. So I just put in my regular, everyday e-mail and hoped for the best. After a week of no response, I thought it would be best to call. I called FOUR times in one day, and nobody answered me. Gah. So the next day I actually went back to campus and spoke to the secretary again. She, once again, told me that there were no meetings that week. It was reading week, so I didn't think much of it. Still, the deadline was coming up and I wanted to get this sorted. I told her my problem and she told me to e-mail the academic counselor directly.
I went home, did that, and got a response within an hour. I told her my problem and she promptly gave me an explanation. Since media studies is a very small faculty with limited enrollment, they often bump 'inactive' students to a faculty (like sociology) that doesn't really have a limit, so that a spot opens up in media studies for other students. She said it was an easy fix and shouldn't be a problem.
HOWEVER.
She also told me that I didn't have enough credits to graduate. At which point I nearly DIED IN MY SEAT. I politely asked her "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN?". She said that I only had 4.5 out of 7.0 credits in my media studies field. I checked my academic record to see if she was full of it. As it turns out, she was. Sort of. I pointed to the fact that I had 2.5 media studies credits in first year, filling in the requirement. She told me THOSE DIDN'T COUNT.
The reason I took so many courses not related to my field (astronomy, psychology) was because I thought they did count towards my requirements. She assured me they didn't and that I would have to re-attend school next year in order to graduate.
Fuck.
So now I really have to find a job so I can save up to pay my tuition.
Again, fuck.
Oh well, at least I can put REAL LIFE on hold for another year.
Before I delve into the happenings of my so called life, two short things.
Thing One: I went to high school with an Olympian who won gold this year. Christine Nesbitt (who won the 1000m speed skate race) was in a grade above me. She's in my year book!
Thing Two: I just got home from hanging out with my friends. It's dark out and nobody is around. After a drive home in which I sang rather loud and poorly, I pulled into my driveway and turned off the car. Something had rolled onto the floor of the passenger side of the front seat, so I bent down to pick it up. In the time it took to pick it up, a stray cat had jumped onto my car and was STARING at me through the windshield. I lost my shit! I don't think I've ever jumped so high in my life! Anyways, haha on me.
Real Life: I don't think god wants me to graduate. My whole academic career is so fucked right now. Here's why:
Before I left for England, I went to an academic counselor. I had her look at my academic record and asked if everything was set up for me to graduate, should I choose not to return to school when I got home. She said everything looked fine. As I wouldn't be an active student while I was away, she was going to freeze my university e-mail account. Fair enough.
So I got to England, I have a grand old time, and I come home. Even while I was still in England, I had given a lot of thought as to whether or not I should go back to school, or just graduate with what I had. The advantages of upgrading my degree were minimal. Instead of a three year major in media studies, I would simply be getting a four year. Nothing special. So, after weighing my options, I decided that, yes, I was just going to graduate to get it over and done with.
So I go to the online students center and apply to gradute -- but wait, something's wrong. Instead of a three year major in media studies (and a minor in sociology), the website had me down as graduating with a three year degree in sociology and didn't even mention media studies. Perplexed, I went to campus the next day and asked if I could book an appointment with an academic counselor to see if I could rectify this. The receptionist told me that there were no appointments available until February (it was about Jan 20th at this point). Since I know the deadline is somewhere at the end of Feb, I didn't freak out. She also told me that to book and appointment, I had to fill out a request online. Okie doke.
I went home, got online and tried to apply for a meeting. However, you needed a valid university e-mail address in order to complete the form. Which was canceled. So I just put in my regular, everyday e-mail and hoped for the best. After a week of no response, I thought it would be best to call. I called FOUR times in one day, and nobody answered me. Gah. So the next day I actually went back to campus and spoke to the secretary again. She, once again, told me that there were no meetings that week. It was reading week, so I didn't think much of it. Still, the deadline was coming up and I wanted to get this sorted. I told her my problem and she told me to e-mail the academic counselor directly.
I went home, did that, and got a response within an hour. I told her my problem and she promptly gave me an explanation. Since media studies is a very small faculty with limited enrollment, they often bump 'inactive' students to a faculty (like sociology) that doesn't really have a limit, so that a spot opens up in media studies for other students. She said it was an easy fix and shouldn't be a problem.
HOWEVER.
She also told me that I didn't have enough credits to graduate. At which point I nearly DIED IN MY SEAT. I politely asked her "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN?". She said that I only had 4.5 out of 7.0 credits in my media studies field. I checked my academic record to see if she was full of it. As it turns out, she was. Sort of. I pointed to the fact that I had 2.5 media studies credits in first year, filling in the requirement. She told me THOSE DIDN'T COUNT.
The reason I took so many courses not related to my field (astronomy, psychology) was because I thought they did count towards my requirements. She assured me they didn't and that I would have to re-attend school next year in order to graduate.
Fuck.
So now I really have to find a job so I can save up to pay my tuition.
Again, fuck.
Oh well, at least I can put REAL LIFE on hold for another year.