Showing posts with label graduation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graduation. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Senioritis alll over again.

School is becoming harder to focus in these days. Every day brings me closer to my graduation in May, and I know somewhere in my mind that anything I make this semester (an A, B, or C) doesn't really matter. This is because I have already finished applying to pharmacy schools and I feel like I will get into at least one. Unless I need to reapply (which I aforementioned will hopefully be unlikely), then my grades this semester won't matter. Of course the grades this semester will affect my overall GPA, but really, nobody will be looking at my GPA after this semester.

However, there is this nerdy side in me that still wants to strive for an A in every class. I received university honors last semester and it really feels damn good. I want to feel that rush of excitement again this semester; knowing that I'm at the top of all the vast students in natural sciences makes me feel smart. And while I don't necessarily need the university honors to tell me that I'm smart, it does really reinforce it and give me additional confidence.

So the trek continues, as I half ass study. I just need to keep telling myself that this is the last semester, and last semesters should end with a BANG, not a whimper.

And by whimper, I mean bad grades.

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Time to start breathing again; things are going to be okay after all..

Finally. I've sorted out the whole graduate missing history credit deal with my advisor. So it turns out that I alreayd received a writing credit from RHE 309 which I took in the summer last semester, so all I really needed was a damn US History credit, which I could have taken as a lower division-easy-ass-high-school-type-class. But now it's too late to add anything to anywhere, so I have to take it online now through UT Correspondence or ACC.

However, UT doesn't like it when you're enrolled in two universities at once (yes, UT Correspondence is NOT considered UT material), so I had to petition the Dean for concurrent enrollment. This usually takes 10 days for a response.

Luckily however, the woman who is in charge of approving graduation applications and the man (or woman) who approves of concurrent enrollment petition sit literally next to each other in the natural sciences office, so I got approved for concurrent enrollment for UT correspondence within an hour. I guess they looked over at each other for once and said, "Oh, hey. This is the same girl. APPROVE."

So it is solved. Now I get to take a $500 UT Online history course. There goes $500 down the drain - what a waste. This $500 mistake could have been easily avoided if only my advisor told me in time that the class wasn't the right one.

But, who am I kidding. UT Advising is a joke. There are way too many students and way too few advisors. I don't blame them, they have to keep up with, like, 5000+ students every semester. Oh well.

And oh yeah, I got to drop that disgusting HIS350L class. Thank God (Not really God, because in my book, he doesn't exist. But for the sake of cliches..)!