Hollins Blues
Day One of College has been completed. In one sense, the worst is over. I have moved in, unpacked, found out my roommate is pretty fucking cool, and dealt with Brian leaving earlier this evening. However, in reality, I'm pretty much fucked.
So last night, around midnight, I decide it's time to take a math test for Hollins that was due on August 1st (yes, we all know I am a procrastinator). Instead of the test (which I got out of for the time being, by the way. Their system screwed up and everyone who took the test after August 10th lost their results. How's that for irony, eh?), I found a response from Hollins I had been waiting for. I want to be a Web Designer. Almost everyone who knows me is well aware of that. And I wanted to major in it at Hollins. Well, a couple months ago I found out that Hollins doesn't offer any of the programming classes I would need. No problem, right? I could take those at CVCC during the summer and during the year, and still get my diploma from Hollins, right?
Yeah, right.
I sent an email asking Hollins what I needed to do to take a class at CVCC while still taking classes at the Hollins campus. It turns out, no more than two classes from another school can count towards a major at Hollins. Basically, I'm shit outta luck. I picked one of the only colleges I can't actually learn the skills I need to get my dream job. How's that for irony?
And I'm not really left with much of a choice. I mean, I can stay at Hollins for four years and study Film & Photography and French, like I had already planned to do. But then I'll still have to go to CVCC to major in Web Design, either afterward or at the same time that I'm here at Hollins. And I would be $30,000 in student loan debt just to take a take some classes that really aren't going to benefit me.
Or, I leave Hollins. Simple as that. Leave at the end of the first semester to save have the tuition and enroll at CVCC. Yeah, I'm still pretty much wasting a semester, but I'll be joining CVCC at the same time. And I can go back to live with him.
Right now, I'm listening to my roommate singing bad R&B at a school that really can't help me despite its awesomeness. Being with the guy I love more than anything and doing something to actually benefit my future seems like a much better alternative.
So last night, around midnight, I decide it's time to take a math test for Hollins that was due on August 1st (yes, we all know I am a procrastinator). Instead of the test (which I got out of for the time being, by the way. Their system screwed up and everyone who took the test after August 10th lost their results. How's that for irony, eh?), I found a response from Hollins I had been waiting for. I want to be a Web Designer. Almost everyone who knows me is well aware of that. And I wanted to major in it at Hollins. Well, a couple months ago I found out that Hollins doesn't offer any of the programming classes I would need. No problem, right? I could take those at CVCC during the summer and during the year, and still get my diploma from Hollins, right?
Yeah, right.
I sent an email asking Hollins what I needed to do to take a class at CVCC while still taking classes at the Hollins campus. It turns out, no more than two classes from another school can count towards a major at Hollins. Basically, I'm shit outta luck. I picked one of the only colleges I can't actually learn the skills I need to get my dream job. How's that for irony?
And I'm not really left with much of a choice. I mean, I can stay at Hollins for four years and study Film & Photography and French, like I had already planned to do. But then I'll still have to go to CVCC to major in Web Design, either afterward or at the same time that I'm here at Hollins. And I would be $30,000 in student loan debt just to take a take some classes that really aren't going to benefit me.
Or, I leave Hollins. Simple as that. Leave at the end of the first semester to save have the tuition and enroll at CVCC. Yeah, I'm still pretty much wasting a semester, but I'll be joining CVCC at the same time. And I can go back to live with him.
Right now, I'm listening to my roommate singing bad R&B at a school that really can't help me despite its awesomeness. Being with the guy I love more than anything and doing something to actually benefit my future seems like a much better alternative.