So I visited my college today. Got some things accomplished... Learned some things about the school I will definitely like... And got some things completely not accomplished.
Let's start with what I got accomplished, because it's made numerous appearances in this blog: my student loan. I went to the financial aid office today and they told me the only thing they were waiting on was for me to do my electronic entrance counseling. Great. Awesome. I did that in April. So they sent me to one of their computers to log back into the site I'm pretty sure is run by the government (way to try to screw me, government...I'm kidding) and print out the entrance counseling thing and hand it to them and now everything is squared away. They say. I'm still paranoid, but whatever, they said it should all be cleared up by the time check disbursement starts. However, since I do have to wait for all that to clear up, things related to me having money to give to the school...like registering...got so not accomplished. But it will be, it will be. As always, my paranoid self is on top of it, not going to let it get out of control. However, the financial aid people were very nice and friendly and that was just refreshing.
So while I was in the financial aid office, I picked up literature on financial aid. I was going to research it and share the useful information...but the three booklets total like 200 pages. And no less of 100 of them are on student loans alone. I didn't read that much for entrance counseling, my goodness. Those poor trees.
So, after the financial aid I ate lunch, then I went to the bookstore to go get a Fall 2009 schedule of classes. Except, they sold out. All gone. But if I really wanted, for the last weeks of summer school, they had THOUSANDS of Summer 2009 schedule of classes. Methinks someone failed at ordering and ordered the quantities a little backwards. I finally got an ETA on the school catalog..."a few weeks". Nice. A few weeks could either mean "just in time for you to hope the classes for fall semester are available" or "just in time for you to hope you planned the right classes for your major or else you're screwed this semester". Either way, it's "a few weeks" later in coming out than it really should be. Of note, it is the only school in it's system that does not have a current catalog. I googled.
After that, I walked around, learned that some teachers' offices are serious business (it had a cash office lock on it, and it was a teacher office), and saw a list of available TVF classes near the advisement office. I'm hoping that the omission of Intro to Screenwriting was a mistake, or I can't take a class I need in the fall. After this, I was starting to get bored, so I headed back to the train, but not before grabbing a school paper and an Aquafina from a Pepsi machine. Sidebar, I'm no math major, but I'm pretty sure, Pepsi machine, that $2.00-1.35 isn't $0.30. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's $0.65. Where the hell is my other $0.35? Seeing as I have over $60 in a piggy bank telling myself it "isn't only" thirty-five cents, it was a little bit hard for me to just let that go. It's not like I was going to break the machine open, and if I bothered to complain people would think I was crazy, so I did just let it go.
The paper I got from the school...is a thing of beauty. It's a beautiful thing, it needs to be admired. The staff...they do not care what people think of them! There was one article complaining about how there are homeless students who can't afford school but then went into detail about how much money the President of the school was making, and it was completely unapologetic in all the dirt it dug up. There was a column written by a student as the Republican Party writing a love letter to it's ex-girlfriend America asking her to take him back. It was wonderful. I love unapologetic, opinionated people...you know, when the opinion is based on how they interpret facts and they express said opinion in an educated manner. They had an ad right there soliciting for reviews on books and movies and stuff and I was like, "I watch movies. I read books." It would probably never be fluff, because I can be incredibly critical on things I like, even. I might look into it, it depends if I decide I have time, plus would give me a way to be involved in the school.
If there are any classes left, I am excited for the fall quarter to begin on September 24. If anything, it'll be interesting.
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