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[05 May 2003|05:21pm] |
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I finally got some answers about my transfer credit today. Maybe it's just because I'm way over normal college age, but I expect that if you email someone, they will reply. Is that so unreasonable to expect?
This is somewhat of a big deal to me, since I'm hoping that I can finish in two years and a lot of that hinges on my transfer credit. I wrote to this woman on 7 April and hadn't heard back. I faxed her last Monday and still nothing. So finally I called.
The woman I was supposed to speak with wasn't available, so I spoke with another woman from the office who thankfully was able to answer my questions. I mean, why put down that I received 15.7 credits in Social Sciences but not bother to mention if I met the Social Science requirement or not? I also would like to take a course this summer before I leave but won't bother if I can't get credit for it. And since the summer courses at the local college start in 2 weeks, I really do need to know. She said it would be fine, so now I have to register for this class which starts the same night as my French final. It also means that I won't have as much free time for my yet-undiscovered 3rd job, at least not til the end of June, but at least I can work Sat and Sun, if not in the evenings.
I was hoping that I could put a lot of my programming classes from my old school towards a computer minor at this school, but was told that most classes for a minor have to be taken in-house, but I should speak with the head of the department when I get there and see what I can work out. I'd love to have a minor in another field since French is mostly useless, but don't want to have to pay for an extra semester for that purpose. On the other hand, it seems like such a waste not to get credit for all those computer classes I took. So I guess that one will have to wait until September.
My goodness time is flying!
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[05 May 2003|09:00pm] |
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Back in January I decided to start looking into scholarships for school. I'm glad I did because I found 2 that were due by the end of the month. After that it was very difficult to find scholarships that I am eligible for. Most are for graduating seniors. I graduated from high school 8 years ago, so that doesn't work. Otherwise there are age requirements (what, a 25 year old suddenly has TONS more money than someone whose parents have been saving for 18 years?). The other problem is that many require the school to be located on US soil, which last I checked, Paris isn't.
If anyone knows any scholarships or alternative sources of funding that don't charge 8% interest, please do let me know. I think that I've applied to 7, some of which I knew were long shots. I know that the notification period for one has passed, so I guess I didn't win. There are 2 that I know will let me know by the end of May, so wish me luck.
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