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[surrey_sucks]

For the past two years at UBC, I have busted my fucking ass at school, making goddamn sure that I am taking all the courses required for my degree, and have been passing everything (just barely at times, but 51% is a pass). It may have taken me an extra year to do, but in April, I finished third year, and next year, my last year at school, I

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[bdellovibrio]

Typical UBC...but at least they had the courtesy to notify you personally in a timely manner (given the circumstances, I think a couple of hours is pretty good). The same can't be said for the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Tuesday we get an email from SPEP telling us that our presentation dates are now posted on Vista. So I check and it says the presentations are Fri June 18th, ie next fri, at the end of week 2 of our clerkship. So I freak out (because there is no way I can find the appropriate cases and do 2 power point presentations by next Fri, and the presentations are supposed to be at the end of the 4th week, not 2nd). So I post a message on Vista (as per SPEP communication policy). No answer on Wed. Finally today we get a mass email telling us the presentations are rescheduled for June 30th. Love how the admin couldn't be bothered to directly reply to me and apologize for the confusion (I kinda need to know if I should start scrambling to find a case...). Such bullshit how they fuck with students and can't even apologize for it (as in the case of my missing exam, I never got an apology for that.)

I'm glad your issue seems to be a technical glitch, and you at least know they are working on it!

[surrey_sucks]

I agree, the email was sent in a timely manner--a couple of hours is perfectly reasonable. In fact, it was by chance that I discovered my year eligibility/registration date--I was logging onto SSC for something else, not to check my year promotion. However, it still gave me a fucking heart attack!

The woman I spoke to said that many other students were calling and freaking out too (understandably so--if you're expecting to be promoted to 4th year, which is a pretty big fucking deal, and you're not, you're going to freak out because your graduation is in jeopardy). So I wonder if they only realized the error after all these phone calls?

Wow, that's pretty fucking rude of the admin...

Why does UBC fuck students around so much?! Thank goodness microbiology has its own undergrad advisor (apparently, not all faculties do), and one who is helpful, at that. (In fact, Dr. Ramey even replied back to me with the info contained in the email.)

[bdellovibrio]

Ya I'm pretty pissed that they just sent a mass email saying "Please note June presentations have been rescheduled to Wednesday, June 30th. " as if it is simply a re-schedule and not admitting that they FUCKED UP and posted the wrong date (doing the presentations 2 weeks early is a huge fucking deal, and not to mention unfair, since the May SPEP students did theirs at the end of week 4). And it would have taken the admin 2 seconds to reply to my Vista post, but she's too arrogant to admit to her mistake and apologize. Very fucking professional.

[surrey_sucks]

Yeah, they could have at least said, "We erroneously posted the incorrect date for presentations; they are actually scheduled for June 30th." Re-scheduling my ass!

By "arrogant", do you mean "cunt"?

[bdellovibrio]

Of course.

[surrey_sucks]

;)