Hair pulling.
So, my Transfer Counselor told me that I needed to submit the
exemption portfolio to the Head of the Fashion Department (also known as Dept. Head and Prof. Miller). Nowhere on
SCAD's site or in its catalog does it have actual contact info for any
of the professors. I go nuts for a while just trying to figure out
how to contact this guy. I finally get his email address, because
over and over I've been told that email is the preferred contact
method at SCAD. I email him on October 9th. As of the 15th, I have
no answer. On the 15th I have my mandatory appointment w/ my Academic
Advisor. She says she has no idea about the exemption thing, but did
have the email address of the Dept. Head's Secretary (also known as Admin. Assistant) and that she'd know. Okay. Got the cast of characters memorized?
Cue tl;dr. Because I love my flist even when I'm ranty, I have kindly summarized for you in cuts. If you are bored or masochistic, you can read the actual emails. Apparently I'm bored and masochistic, because I copied them all in.
From: Christine Lee
Date: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:47 am
Subject: FASH100/Intro to Fashion Technology Exemption
To: lAKA Admin@SKOOL
Hello,
I just transferred in this quarter and my transfer counselor told me
that in order to seek an exemption from FASH100 (have about 8 years
sewing experience up to collared, lined jackets in difficulty range,
sewing experience, planning to start with 110 next quarter and have
room for an extra fashion or accessory design class in place of 100),
I would have to submit a portfolio directly to the head of the Fashion
department. I haven't able to get in touch with him, so my academic
advisor told me that I should contact you, and you'd be able to let me
know what I need to do and when needed, set up the appointment.
My transfer counselor told me that I would have to bring it to him at
Eckburg Hall and that it would have to be original garments, but I'm a
very fuzzy on the exact procedure and contents. Should I also include
an inventory of pieces that includes materials and techniques used
like I did for my scholarship portfolio, or even detail the exact
production procedure for at least some of them? Should I note what
pattern was used? (Self drafted in many cases...) Should I also
include a CD of photos of the garments being modeled? Will I just
need to bring it to Prof. Miller's office or will I need to present
them to a review committee? I don't want to overlook anything or
leave anything out, because if I can't exempt out from this, I won't
graduate on time.
I'm not ready just yet to submit a portfolio, so I don't need or want
to set a date just yet. I've given away or sold most everything I've
ever sewn, so I'm making one from whole cloth (um, pun not intended at
the time) based on what fellow fashion majors who took that class
already have told me they had to do in the class (french seams,
zippers, skirts, blouses, jacket, etc).
Thanks,
Christine Lee
From: Linda AKA Admin < lAKA Admin@SKOOL >
Date: Friday, October 17, 2008 10:14 am
Subject: Re: FASH100/Intro to Fashion Technology Exemption
To: Christine Lee
Christine,
I will have to speak to the Chair about this first. I will email you
and let you know.
Linda AKA Admin
Administrative Assistant
Fashion Department
Phone: #
Fax: #
lAKA Admin@SKOOL
From: Linda AKA Admin
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:27 pm
Subject: Re: FASH100/Intro to Fashion Technology Exemption
To: Christine Lee
Cc: Anthony Miller
Christine,
I spoke to the chair and he said that you need to submit your work to
admissions for a portfolio review. Your work would then be reviewed by
a fashion faculty on a scheduled date.
Linda AKA Admin
Administrative Assistant
Fashion Department
Phone: #
Fax: #
lAKA Admin@SKOOL
Subject: Re: FASH100/Intro to Fashion Technology Exemption
From Christine Lee
DateWednesday, October 22, 2008 7:40 pm
To Linda AKA Admin < lAKA Admin@SKOOL >
Cc Anthony Miller < asmiller@SKOOL >
Also, if this is supposed to go through admissions, does this mean
that it must be submitted by the end of the quarter to go through like
transfer credit, or do I merely have to get the exemption before I can
enroll in a class that has FASH 100 as a prereq?
Thanks,
Christine
>>
Hi,
Thank you for speaking to him. However... are admissions and the
transfer counselors one and the same? Because my transfer counselor
told me that to get out of that class and sub a different fashion
class I would have to "submit a portfolio for the exemption of FASH
100. This will need to be submitted to the chair of the fashion
department for review for exemption which you may do once you arrive
on campus." These two things seem contradictory. Is admissions
telling me to give it to him and he's telling me to give it to
admissions?
SubjectRe: FASH100/Intro to Fashion Technology Exemption
From Christine Lee
DateWednesday, October 22, 2008 7:40 pm
To Linda AKA Admin < lAKA Admin@SKOOL >
Cc Anthony Miller < asmiller@SKOOL >
Dear Christine,
Admissions and transfer credits are not my area of expertise. I usually look
at portfolio submissions through the admission office.i would ask that you
go back to admissions and resubmit.
Regards,
Anthony Scott Miller
Subject Re: Portfolio based exemption FASH 100
From View message header detail Christine Lee
< School Email Addy >
Date Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:27 am
To Transfer Counselor@SKOOL
Hi,
I finally managed to get in contact w/ Prof. Miller w/r/t submitting a
portfolio to exempt out of FASH 100, which is who you told me I would
have to submit to... and he has asked me to submit through admissions
(see below). I am quite confused now. If this is supposed to go
through admissions, does this mean that it must be submitted by the
end of the quarter to go through like transfer credit (I understand
that an exemption is different and merely allows me to sub another
major course where I would have taken FASH 100), or do I merely have
to get the exemption before I can enroll in a class that has FASH 100
as a prereq? And who exactly should I be submitting this to at
admissions since that's how he wants me to do it?
Thanks,
Christine
Re: Portfolio based exemption FASH 100
From Carolyn AKA Transfer Counselor < Transfer Counselor@SKOOL >
Date Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:49 am
To Christine Lee < School Email Addy >
You did exactly right. We will have Prof. Miller contact you.
From: Christine L Callaghan
To: Carolyn AKA Transfer Counselor
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: Portfolio based exemption FASH 100
Thank you. Do you happen to know, yourself, if there is a deadline for exemptions? If I must do it by the end of this quarter, I really need to know now while I have time.
-Christine
from Carolyn AKA Transfer Counselor < cAKA Transfer Counselor@SKOOL >
to Christine L Callaghan < ccalla22@student.SKOOL >
date Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 7:58 AM
subject Re: Portfolio based exemption FASH 100
mailed-by SKOOL
You have longer than your first quarter. Check with your academic advisor.
Oh, you mean the Academic Advisor who said she didn't know, ask the Admin, who said she didn't know, she'll ask the Dept. Head, who said it wasn't his thing and he has no clue, ask Admissions, who you appear to be part of?
GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO DEMONSTRATE THAT I CAN SEW AND WHEN SO I CAN GET THIS PREREQ WAIVED SO I CAN GRADUATE ON TIME.
FASH100 and FASH110 are prerequisites for everything else in the major. You have to take everything in a very specific order due to the many rereqs, unlike some majors where everything after the first few is wide open and doesn't require a particular order. Your senior year requires that you take Senior Portfolio 1, 2, and 3 which are only offered in fall, winter, and spring quarters respectively. If I do not get this done, I would have to wait an ENTIRE EXTRA YEAR to graduate and incur an ENTIRE EXTRA YEAR'S DEBT if I don't keep schooling, fuck everything up majorly by not schooling for a year, or drop out, or transfer somewhere else and lose the vast majority of my credits and accrue more debt.
exemption portfolio to the Head of the Fashion Department (also known as Dept. Head and Prof. Miller). Nowhere on
SCAD's site or in its catalog does it have actual contact info for any
of the professors. I go nuts for a while just trying to figure out
how to contact this guy. I finally get his email address, because
over and over I've been told that email is the preferred contact
method at SCAD. I email him on October 9th. As of the 15th, I have
no answer. On the 15th I have my mandatory appointment w/ my Academic
Advisor. She says she has no idea about the exemption thing, but did
have the email address of the Dept. Head's Secretary (also known as Admin. Assistant) and that she'd know. Okay. Got the cast of characters memorized?
Cue tl;dr. Because I love my flist even when I'm ranty, I have kindly summarized for you in cuts. If you are bored or masochistic, you can read the actual emails. Apparently I'm bored and masochistic, because I copied them all in.
From: Christine Lee
Date: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:47 am
Subject: FASH100/Intro to Fashion Technology Exemption
To: lAKA Admin@SKOOL
Hello,
I just transferred in this quarter and my transfer counselor told me
that in order to seek an exemption from FASH100 (have about 8 years
sewing experience up to collared, lined jackets in difficulty range,
sewing experience, planning to start with 110 next quarter and have
room for an extra fashion or accessory design class in place of 100),
I would have to submit a portfolio directly to the head of the Fashion
department. I haven't able to get in touch with him, so my academic
advisor told me that I should contact you, and you'd be able to let me
know what I need to do and when needed, set up the appointment.
My transfer counselor told me that I would have to bring it to him at
Eckburg Hall and that it would have to be original garments, but I'm a
very fuzzy on the exact procedure and contents. Should I also include
an inventory of pieces that includes materials and techniques used
like I did for my scholarship portfolio, or even detail the exact
production procedure for at least some of them? Should I note what
pattern was used? (Self drafted in many cases...) Should I also
include a CD of photos of the garments being modeled? Will I just
need to bring it to Prof. Miller's office or will I need to present
them to a review committee? I don't want to overlook anything or
leave anything out, because if I can't exempt out from this, I won't
graduate on time.
I'm not ready just yet to submit a portfolio, so I don't need or want
to set a date just yet. I've given away or sold most everything I've
ever sewn, so I'm making one from whole cloth (um, pun not intended at
the time) based on what fellow fashion majors who took that class
already have told me they had to do in the class (french seams,
zippers, skirts, blouses, jacket, etc).
Thanks,
Christine Lee
From: Linda AKA Admin < lAKA Admin@SKOOL >
Date: Friday, October 17, 2008 10:14 am
Subject: Re: FASH100/Intro to Fashion Technology Exemption
To: Christine Lee
Christine,
I will have to speak to the Chair about this first. I will email you
and let you know.
Linda AKA Admin
Administrative Assistant
Fashion Department
Phone: #
Fax: #
lAKA Admin@SKOOL
From: Linda AKA Admin
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:27 pm
Subject: Re: FASH100/Intro to Fashion Technology Exemption
To: Christine Lee
Cc: Anthony Miller
Christine,
I spoke to the chair and he said that you need to submit your work to
admissions for a portfolio review. Your work would then be reviewed by
a fashion faculty on a scheduled date.
Linda AKA Admin
Administrative Assistant
Fashion Department
Phone: #
Fax: #
lAKA Admin@SKOOL
Subject: Re: FASH100/Intro to Fashion Technology Exemption
From Christine Lee
DateWednesday, October 22, 2008 7:40 pm
To Linda AKA Admin < lAKA Admin@SKOOL >
Cc Anthony Miller < asmiller@SKOOL >
Also, if this is supposed to go through admissions, does this mean
that it must be submitted by the end of the quarter to go through like
transfer credit, or do I merely have to get the exemption before I can
enroll in a class that has FASH 100 as a prereq?
Thanks,
Christine
>>
Hi,
Thank you for speaking to him. However... are admissions and the
transfer counselors one and the same? Because my transfer counselor
told me that to get out of that class and sub a different fashion
class I would have to "submit a portfolio for the exemption of FASH
100. This will need to be submitted to the chair of the fashion
department for review for exemption which you may do once you arrive
on campus." These two things seem contradictory. Is admissions
telling me to give it to him and he's telling me to give it to
admissions?
SubjectRe: FASH100/Intro to Fashion Technology Exemption
From Christine Lee
DateWednesday, October 22, 2008 7:40 pm
To Linda AKA Admin < lAKA Admin@SKOOL >
Cc Anthony Miller < asmiller@SKOOL >
Dear Christine,
Admissions and transfer credits are not my area of expertise. I usually look
at portfolio submissions through the admission office.i would ask that you
go back to admissions and resubmit.
Regards,
Anthony Scott Miller
Subject Re: Portfolio based exemption FASH 100
From View message header detail Christine Lee
< School Email Addy >
Date Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:27 am
To Transfer Counselor@SKOOL
Hi,
I finally managed to get in contact w/ Prof. Miller w/r/t submitting a
portfolio to exempt out of FASH 100, which is who you told me I would
have to submit to... and he has asked me to submit through admissions
(see below). I am quite confused now. If this is supposed to go
through admissions, does this mean that it must be submitted by the
end of the quarter to go through like transfer credit (I understand
that an exemption is different and merely allows me to sub another
major course where I would have taken FASH 100), or do I merely have
to get the exemption before I can enroll in a class that has FASH 100
as a prereq? And who exactly should I be submitting this to at
admissions since that's how he wants me to do it?
Thanks,
Christine
Re: Portfolio based exemption FASH 100
From Carolyn AKA Transfer Counselor < Transfer Counselor@SKOOL >
Date Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:49 am
To Christine Lee < School Email Addy >
You did exactly right. We will have Prof. Miller contact you.
From: Christine L Callaghan
To: Carolyn AKA Transfer Counselor
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: Portfolio based exemption FASH 100
Thank you. Do you happen to know, yourself, if there is a deadline for exemptions? If I must do it by the end of this quarter, I really need to know now while I have time.
-Christine
from Carolyn AKA Transfer Counselor < cAKA Transfer Counselor@SKOOL >
to Christine L Callaghan < ccalla22@student.SKOOL >
date Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 7:58 AM
subject Re: Portfolio based exemption FASH 100
mailed-by SKOOL
You have longer than your first quarter. Check with your academic advisor.
Oh, you mean the Academic Advisor who said she didn't know, ask the Admin, who said she didn't know, she'll ask the Dept. Head, who said it wasn't his thing and he has no clue, ask Admissions, who you appear to be part of?
GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO DEMONSTRATE THAT I CAN SEW AND WHEN SO I CAN GET THIS PREREQ WAIVED SO I CAN GRADUATE ON TIME.
FASH100 and FASH110 are prerequisites for everything else in the major. You have to take everything in a very specific order due to the many rereqs, unlike some majors where everything after the first few is wide open and doesn't require a particular order. Your senior year requires that you take Senior Portfolio 1, 2, and 3 which are only offered in fall, winter, and spring quarters respectively. If I do not get this done, I would have to wait an ENTIRE EXTRA YEAR to graduate and incur an ENTIRE EXTRA YEAR'S DEBT if I don't keep schooling, fuck everything up majorly by not schooling for a year, or drop out, or transfer somewhere else and lose the vast majority of my credits and accrue more debt.