How much bullshit is one person supposed to handle before going postal??? I swear if I wasn't so good at controlling my anger, some people would have had their tires slashed by now.
I worked my ass off this semester. While I don't mind hard work and am proud of the grades I earned, I wonder when I'll get my CHANCE, MY SHOT, MY OPPORTUNITY. Eastern Michigan University completely RUINED my chance this time around. Washtenaw Community College played a supporting role.
First...in order to apply for the nursing program, for which the deadline is May 15th, I had a total of two weeks after my last grade was submitted to apply as a Second Bachelor's Degree student. I submitted my application only to find that my degree, which was granted in 2006, was never conferred. So technically I had not graduated. The 2nd Bachelor's Degree office refused to meet with me until I had a degree-posted transcript.
For that to happen, I had to go and pay $90 to clear up their fucking error so I could be formally graduated. As of now, that has yet to happen.
Then they fucked up my financial aid. I applied for financial aid for this semester MONTHS ago. I was confused as to why it never came through. I completed all of the requirements NUMEROUS times. Only after I got an email saying I had outstanding financial aid requirements that could keep me from being re-accepted to the university, I finally got some information that actually helped.
EMU had canceled my loan because the lender I chose was no longer participating in the loan program and decided it was a good idea to not inform me of such. And as of now, they didn't even know that was the problem. Other emails suggested that I just hadn't done my requirements, which is why I submitted them all so many times. Only now, days before the damn applications are due, do they finally get to the bottom of it. So my question is, how the fuck was I supposed to know my lender wasn't cool if nobody told me? Not the lender, not the school, NOBODY. So I had to fill out another application with a new lender and submit it, and it's still not done.
On to WCC. A few years back, I tried to take Anatomy and Phys there under the guise that with a smaller class, it'd be better. I was wrong. The first test was absolutely unreasonable and was mainly about concentration gradients, something I do not believe warranted an entire test. The teacher was horrible. He didn't use a textbook, only his own notes, and they were unhelpful. On the test, he had three questions on the back page, then another that said bonus. Under where it said bonus was another question worth 20 pts. I figured since the shit was under the bonus section, it was also a bonus question and I didn't do it. I got the test back and found out I'd failed. Turns out the 20 pt question was not bonus. I dropped the fucking class that night.
Well, as my luck with universities would have it, my drop was never processed. For entrance into the nursing program they require official transcripts from each school attended. WCC would not release my transcripts unless I paid them $300 for the class because THEY fucked up my drop request.
So, here's a toast to Grand Valley State University, Eastern Michigan University, and Washtenaw Community College for completely FUCKING UP all my dreams and almost destroying my zest for learning. College has been the worst period of my entire life and I'm so disappointed because I had such high hopes for it. I was a child full of promise, always getting good grades and following the rules.
Grand Valley started it all, so I shouldn't fail to note its victories:
1. After being promised that my assailant would not be allowed to come back to GV without first undergoing a judicial review that would decide whether or not he'd be allowed to re-enroll, my classes were mysteriously dropped not once, but twice. When I ran into him at the bookstore and confronted the administration, their response was that I wasn't registered so they allowed him back in. Convenient that he re-enrolled during the short period of time my classes were accidentally on purpose dropped. I don't believe that bullshit and they should have been straight up. They should have just told me, this guy was instrumental in bringing 2 consecutive football championships to our school. The only thing you've done is preside over an organization that throws parties and events for elderly and pay for the shit out of your own pocket, and sing in the gospel choir. That's nothing.
-so less than two full semesters away from graduating I was forced to leave GV and transfer to EMU. Since money is the name of the game, only 57 of my many credits transferred over. I was now a sophomore/junior.
Then came the bad academic advising at EMU that led me down the wrong academic path. I finally got so frustrated I said fuck it, just give me a degree, any degree. To that effect I screwed myself because I pursued a degree that was meaningless. I learned no applicable skills. Most of the jobworthy skills I have were attained from my jobs or volunteer work. A couple of computer classes helped, but other than that, I had nothing employers were looking for.
I wish other college students the best, and I am looking into other options. Possibly getting into an online program to get my master's. But the overall college experience for me has been absolutely terrible.
