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*thunk thunk thunk*
May. 26th, 2004 10:55 amThat is the sound of me banging my head against a wall.
So, today when I checked the listing for the bio course I really want to take summer quarter -- that had been closed, though I was working on begging my way in -- I saw that it had one opening. Yee-haw. So I called the admissions office, to see if there was anything I could do to expedite my application, so I could swoop down and grab that one opening.
It turns out the admissions process I had already started was the wrong one (apparently I *must* apply as a returning student) and I have to start again. (Who'd have thunk it?) But the new one should be shorter, so I shouldn't lose too much time... still, no immediate swooping.
Of course, coming back as a returning student raises all kinds of other problems. Like for instance, they might care that I don't have the prereqs (probably not a big thing, if there's room he'll give me an add code). And, of course, by the new policy, it means I'll have the graduation police on my back... because you see, I have a suspiciously large number of credits. (Which, in my defense, I got in the regulation four years. I just took a lot of classes. And attended classes summer quarter. Whee! Language intensives are fun.)
I have no interest in being an eternal student. It's hard not to be offended that I'm being checked out as a potential eternal student.
So if I do want to go back and take bio and chem classess to get myself ready for the genetics program, I'm going to have to file a graduation plan, or they'll put a lock on my account, and I won't be able to register. Except, since life will be much easier if I can hold off on graduating until I can get those classes, and I can probably graduate without anymore classes at all if the Asian Language department decides that Central Asian Languages count... it will really be a stealthy avoiding graduation plan. Which kind of makes my teeth hurt.
(Background here: I didn't graduate on a technicality, and a temper. In my last quarter, I went to check that everything was okay, and it turned out that they'd put all my stuff on the Korean rather than Chinese form -- and therefore, I needed a lit class or two. And they didn't have anything that quarter... as a matter of pride, I would really prefer to take the lit classes in Chinese, but I haven't been sure my reading is up to it, though I'm getting back up there... Some of you remember my Chinese lit in Chinese phase... The department would happily take lit in English, though -- and probably would be willing to take some of my Kazakh lit classes in exchange. Meanwhile, I really need some Chemistry and Biochem.)
I am reminded why I haven't tried to deal with this earlier. I knew it was going to be a mess. (Though when I left they weren't being as strict with credits...)
Gods, I might actually have to pull some slight of hand trying to declare as a science major. That would be pathetic.
On the other hand, it's possible that they will *force* me to take more Chinese, just to keep my registration current.
Oh, that would suck ;-)
So, today when I checked the listing for the bio course I really want to take summer quarter -- that had been closed, though I was working on begging my way in -- I saw that it had one opening. Yee-haw. So I called the admissions office, to see if there was anything I could do to expedite my application, so I could swoop down and grab that one opening.
It turns out the admissions process I had already started was the wrong one (apparently I *must* apply as a returning student) and I have to start again. (Who'd have thunk it?) But the new one should be shorter, so I shouldn't lose too much time... still, no immediate swooping.
Of course, coming back as a returning student raises all kinds of other problems. Like for instance, they might care that I don't have the prereqs (probably not a big thing, if there's room he'll give me an add code). And, of course, by the new policy, it means I'll have the graduation police on my back... because you see, I have a suspiciously large number of credits. (Which, in my defense, I got in the regulation four years. I just took a lot of classes. And attended classes summer quarter. Whee! Language intensives are fun.)
I have no interest in being an eternal student. It's hard not to be offended that I'm being checked out as a potential eternal student.
So if I do want to go back and take bio and chem classess to get myself ready for the genetics program, I'm going to have to file a graduation plan, or they'll put a lock on my account, and I won't be able to register. Except, since life will be much easier if I can hold off on graduating until I can get those classes, and I can probably graduate without anymore classes at all if the Asian Language department decides that Central Asian Languages count... it will really be a stealthy avoiding graduation plan. Which kind of makes my teeth hurt.
(Background here: I didn't graduate on a technicality, and a temper. In my last quarter, I went to check that everything was okay, and it turned out that they'd put all my stuff on the Korean rather than Chinese form -- and therefore, I needed a lit class or two. And they didn't have anything that quarter... as a matter of pride, I would really prefer to take the lit classes in Chinese, but I haven't been sure my reading is up to it, though I'm getting back up there... Some of you remember my Chinese lit in Chinese phase... The department would happily take lit in English, though -- and probably would be willing to take some of my Kazakh lit classes in exchange. Meanwhile, I really need some Chemistry and Biochem.)
I am reminded why I haven't tried to deal with this earlier. I knew it was going to be a mess. (Though when I left they weren't being as strict with credits...)
Gods, I might actually have to pull some slight of hand trying to declare as a science major. That would be pathetic.
On the other hand, it's possible that they will *force* me to take more Chinese, just to keep my registration current.
Oh, that would suck ;-)
