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I won't be shy about saying I'm a goddamn outstanding student. I'm a workaholic academic elitist. I also schedule like it's an Olympic sport, so it's a completely manageable endeavor for me to take more than the maximum course load my school allows in any given quarter - like I plan to do this fall. I meet all the requirements and wrote one hell of a convincing letter to Student Services so they'd approve my proposed schedule. True to form, they managed to completely fuck up their end of the process. This is how it went:
• 8/3
-Registered for 15 credits and submitted request for 4 more.
-Realized my proposed schedule overlapped with my set hospital volunteer hours, subsequently called Admissions and asked to have my request altered. Was advised to forget the old request ever happened and submit a new one.
• 8/4
-Asked in-person at Admissions office if there was anyone I could talk to to speed the approval process along, as I need to submit a tuition bill to some people with deep pockets and have it approved before 8/17. Was referred to VP of Student Services.
-Found the correct office and discovered that both the President and Vice President of Student Services are on vacation until the 22nd. Halle-fucking-lujah.
-Tracked down assistant to the VP and asked if she could help. She referred me back to Admissions. I told her I'd just come from there, she called them and confirmed (what the hell?) and then looked at my transcript and told me that I didn't have the minimum GPA to take my proposed course load. The thing is, I do. I over-qualify. Assistant to VP told me to write an appeal letter, assuming my request would be denied.
-Wrote appeal letter, sent to Assistant to VP who promised to make the VP aware of my request and do what she could to get it approved.
-Assistant to VP wrote back and told me she couldn't approve 23 credits, and was confused because she thought I'd wanted 19. It turns out, my first request was approved. My second request, the one that wouldn't jack up my schedule, was denied because my first request had already been approved and no one thought to wonder why I'd want to take a duplicate course in the same quarter.
-Replied to Assistant to VP and explained the situation, requested one more time that the course I actually need be added to my schedule. Thanked her profusely for her help even though she's a moron because I believe in bribery and ego buttering.
Now I'm just waiting on her reply. If this doesn't get sorted out, I'll have to go do the same dance tomorrow, and probably also kill something.
• 8/3
-Registered for 15 credits and submitted request for 4 more.
-Realized my proposed schedule overlapped with my set hospital volunteer hours, subsequently called Admissions and asked to have my request altered. Was advised to forget the old request ever happened and submit a new one.
• 8/4
-Asked in-person at Admissions office if there was anyone I could talk to to speed the approval process along, as I need to submit a tuition bill to some people with deep pockets and have it approved before 8/17. Was referred to VP of Student Services.
-Found the correct office and discovered that both the President and Vice President of Student Services are on vacation until the 22nd. Halle-fucking-lujah.
-Tracked down assistant to the VP and asked if she could help. She referred me back to Admissions. I told her I'd just come from there, she called them and confirmed (what the hell?) and then looked at my transcript and told me that I didn't have the minimum GPA to take my proposed course load. The thing is, I do. I over-qualify. Assistant to VP told me to write an appeal letter, assuming my request would be denied.
-Wrote appeal letter, sent to Assistant to VP who promised to make the VP aware of my request and do what she could to get it approved.
-Assistant to VP wrote back and told me she couldn't approve 23 credits, and was confused because she thought I'd wanted 19. It turns out, my first request was approved. My second request, the one that wouldn't jack up my schedule, was denied because my first request had already been approved and no one thought to wonder why I'd want to take a duplicate course in the same quarter.
-Replied to Assistant to VP and explained the situation, requested one more time that the course I actually need be added to my schedule. Thanked her profusely for her help even though she's a moron because I believe in bribery and ego buttering.
Now I'm just waiting on her reply. If this doesn't get sorted out, I'll have to go do the same dance tomorrow, and probably also kill something.
