Friday, August 14, 2009

Lazy Colleges--Why it's Unfair

Classes start September 24. It is August 14. Why haven't I still been mailed any information regarding my financial aid? By logging on to my school account, I can see I was offered something, but there's no way for me to accept it. And why is there still no new catalog, knowing the old one has expired?

Next week I'm going to visit my campus to try to get some answers, a Fall 2009 schedule of classes, an ID if they will let me, and some Carl's Jr. I'd also like a catalog, so that when I do register for classes I know I'm planning accordingly so I'll graduate sometime in the next decade, but I guess I'll have to wait until Spring and hope I don't screw up too bad with Fall. People are on me because I haven't registered for classes yet---I can't until September 1, anyway, despite all the problems I'm already having.

My school is doing absolutely everything last minute, but then I have to jump hoops. They gave me four days to bring in information for my financial aid earlier this summer, even though if they'd sent the letter in the mail on time, I would have had three weeks. Sure, I had to pay my deposit in May and make sure they had my transcripts by mid-July...but since then I have heard nothing from them. I'm the only person I know going to a school in this particular system who's not 100% prepared for September 24. Hell, I'm not even 5% prepared. I know because of budget cuts, they're trying to weed students out, but I think it's totally unethical if they're purposely waiting last minute to make students jump through hoops to go to school. I don't know, hopefully I'll have some answers next week.

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