Octocrook
05-16-2002, 10:35 PM
Ok...well, I will be spending semester 5 at community college after all, and the university I was gonna go to is probably very much enjoying my $100 deposit that they practically stole from me. In the end it's still technically my fault, but still it pisses me off. Lemme break it down.
Once upon a time, long ago, I took a College and Career Success course at a community college different than where I'm going now. I did this right after high school. I think the class was 2 units, but I don't know and don't care, because I was never gonna have it count towards anything.
Zoom 2 years later, I'm finishing semester 4 at community college with 68 units (74 after summer college), more than enough to transfer. This is not counting that waste of time class I took long ago that I was never gonna count towards anything. I get accepted into the college and I turn in my intent to enroll form on time. I keep checking the status check that they have on the website, but the fucking thing never works. By the time it does work, 2 weeks after I turned in my intent to enroll form, it finally does work...and tells me that I'm missing something. What oh what could I be possibly missing says I. Wtf? Transcript from Cuyamaca College? I call the fuckers up, ask them about this, they say I must get it and give it to them ASAP. I say "This class was never going to go towards anything, and I was never intending it to." but she says "Well, the college doesn't know that." What the fuck is this? So in other words, I could take the most worthless class on the face of the earth for no fucking reason at all, and I won't get let in to a university when I have much more than enough to enter, all because they need to know about the worthless class I took?
So...I waste yesterday to go over and get the transcript...I had to pick up my glasses in that area anyways, so I didn't mind too much. I get back from that and sure enough, it's time to go to night classes.
Keep in mind, the only reason I went through the trouble of going down and getting that stupid thing was because the bitch I talked to gave me the impression that I still had time to turn the fucking thing in.
So today, I get home from my programming class and figure out how to drive to the university. I go there, get another bunch of instructions on where to park and the mile and a half I have to walk just to get to the fucking admissions office....such a visitor friendly place, jeez. So I get there, tell the woman at the desk that I was told I could still turn in a transcript that I didn't know I needed for the intent to enroll to process through. She gives me one of those "hand me a clue stick so I can beat this ignoramus with it" looks to the other lady at the desk, then goes back, checks, and says "I'm sorry, but they decided this morning to return all incomplete forms." What that means is that not only can I not go there, but they keep the $100 deposit I paid them. I say "But I just talked to someone 2 days ago who said I still had time to get a transcript and turn it in, and this was the absolute fastest that I could have done that." and she said "I'm sorry sir, it's too late." I held myself back from sayin "Fine then, KISS MY FUCKING WHITE ASS, SNOBBY BITCH!" walked out of the office, got into my car, drove on home, and now I'm waiting for the execution that my mom will certainly be holding for no apparent reason at all.
To be honest, I wanted to go to the community college for another semester...frankly because I could. I'm still somewhat undecided on what I want to major in and was basically forced to pick a math major, but now that I've found that I sorta like programming, I want to dive into that some more to see if I should instead pursue that and major in CS instead. Last time I questioned the "other path" was after liking Psych 101 a lot, but I took an upper level class and found it completely boring. I figure why waste $80+/unit still trying to decide what I want to do? Yea, I know Federal Aid would practically pay every penny regardless, but still, I like this fucking college and I want to keep going to it. My mom on the other hand is gonna hold the biggest hissy fit when she gets home because she thinks that for some reason, this will degrade whatever degree I'm shooting for, which it won't because I can transfer up to 90 units meaning the 6 this summer plus up to 16 I take next semester can all come with me with no repercussions. I have no idea why she didn't fucking understand this before, but if she don't understand it now, I'll never hear the end of it from her. She still thinks she owns me. Argh.
<P ID="signature"><img SRC=http://www.bc9s.com/crooky/zoraksm.gif>
"Rock a bye Space Ghost
Say your prayers,
My Locust ship is arriving
and I will conquer you!
And the universe will be
MINE! MINE! MINE!"</P>
Once upon a time, long ago, I took a College and Career Success course at a community college different than where I'm going now. I did this right after high school. I think the class was 2 units, but I don't know and don't care, because I was never gonna have it count towards anything.
Zoom 2 years later, I'm finishing semester 4 at community college with 68 units (74 after summer college), more than enough to transfer. This is not counting that waste of time class I took long ago that I was never gonna count towards anything. I get accepted into the college and I turn in my intent to enroll form on time. I keep checking the status check that they have on the website, but the fucking thing never works. By the time it does work, 2 weeks after I turned in my intent to enroll form, it finally does work...and tells me that I'm missing something. What oh what could I be possibly missing says I. Wtf? Transcript from Cuyamaca College? I call the fuckers up, ask them about this, they say I must get it and give it to them ASAP. I say "This class was never going to go towards anything, and I was never intending it to." but she says "Well, the college doesn't know that." What the fuck is this? So in other words, I could take the most worthless class on the face of the earth for no fucking reason at all, and I won't get let in to a university when I have much more than enough to enter, all because they need to know about the worthless class I took?
So...I waste yesterday to go over and get the transcript...I had to pick up my glasses in that area anyways, so I didn't mind too much. I get back from that and sure enough, it's time to go to night classes.
Keep in mind, the only reason I went through the trouble of going down and getting that stupid thing was because the bitch I talked to gave me the impression that I still had time to turn the fucking thing in.
So today, I get home from my programming class and figure out how to drive to the university. I go there, get another bunch of instructions on where to park and the mile and a half I have to walk just to get to the fucking admissions office....such a visitor friendly place, jeez. So I get there, tell the woman at the desk that I was told I could still turn in a transcript that I didn't know I needed for the intent to enroll to process through. She gives me one of those "hand me a clue stick so I can beat this ignoramus with it" looks to the other lady at the desk, then goes back, checks, and says "I'm sorry, but they decided this morning to return all incomplete forms." What that means is that not only can I not go there, but they keep the $100 deposit I paid them. I say "But I just talked to someone 2 days ago who said I still had time to get a transcript and turn it in, and this was the absolute fastest that I could have done that." and she said "I'm sorry sir, it's too late." I held myself back from sayin "Fine then, KISS MY FUCKING WHITE ASS, SNOBBY BITCH!" walked out of the office, got into my car, drove on home, and now I'm waiting for the execution that my mom will certainly be holding for no apparent reason at all.
To be honest, I wanted to go to the community college for another semester...frankly because I could. I'm still somewhat undecided on what I want to major in and was basically forced to pick a math major, but now that I've found that I sorta like programming, I want to dive into that some more to see if I should instead pursue that and major in CS instead. Last time I questioned the "other path" was after liking Psych 101 a lot, but I took an upper level class and found it completely boring. I figure why waste $80+/unit still trying to decide what I want to do? Yea, I know Federal Aid would practically pay every penny regardless, but still, I like this fucking college and I want to keep going to it. My mom on the other hand is gonna hold the biggest hissy fit when she gets home because she thinks that for some reason, this will degrade whatever degree I'm shooting for, which it won't because I can transfer up to 90 units meaning the 6 this summer plus up to 16 I take next semester can all come with me with no repercussions. I have no idea why she didn't fucking understand this before, but if she don't understand it now, I'll never hear the end of it from her. She still thinks she owns me. Argh.
<P ID="signature"><img SRC=http://www.bc9s.com/crooky/zoraksm.gif>
"Rock a bye Space Ghost
Say your prayers,
My Locust ship is arriving
and I will conquer you!
And the universe will be
MINE! MINE! MINE!"</P>