Flat-out scared
I talked to the U of A Registrar today about my application for admission — the one that has been accepted for pretty much every other student in my class. You know, the ones whose cumulative marks fall short of mine?
They seem to have “lost” the file.
It’s not that they don’t have the information, but they don’t know why I haven’t heard back, or anything at all about my status as a would-be University student. Thus, I am in limbo. Not a successful applicant to the U. Spinning my wheels. And, of course, scared shitless that something went wrong, they’re not going to take me, and i’m fucked.
Realistically, what the hell am I going to do if they don’t accept me? Just say “Oh, well! Back to $(MENIAL SHITWORK JOBSITE) for me!” and keep right on smiling? Christ. What a horrible idea.
As it is, even if they do accept me, i’m already too late to apply for all the plum course sessions — the ones with only 12 students that are probably going to be where the interesting and motivated people are, with the funky projects and high-quality teaching. Basically, I’m going to be stuck — yet again — with the same shithead classmates that i’ve had to endure for two years to get to the U of A and, what’s more, THEY’RE ALREADY ACCEPTED AND I’M NOT!!!!
FUCK!
I have to go now. Study for exams… Although I wonder if it’s worth bothering at this point.
Mood Swing
I just spoke to a very nice lady at the Faculty of Science who apparently heard my concern and called the Registrar’s office on my behalf, finding out that — in fact — the application is now in the process of being prescreened and should be sent over to them soon. What’s more, she said that when they received it they’d fast-track the evaluation of it, to minimize futher delays.
/me breathes a massive sigh of relief.
Welcome to the smooth running, efficient bureaucracy of the UofA. I hope they sort that out for you soon. (read: by Monday).
As for the sessions that are full that you want to get into, go to your department office and you should be able to apply to get in. Given your circumstances, they might accept one more person. I had this happen to me once, so I applied for special permission to enroll in a full class and was given a vacant grad student spot. (the undergrad spots were all full). I think that you have good reason to go and check.
I agree with mel. Our Math Phys 468 class (general relativity) was full in like, 5 days, and so victor couldn’t get in - so they ended up adding 10 new slots to the class. Just talk to the advisors, they might probably be able to help. I mean, these are rather extenuating circumstances.
This is news, keep pushing for what you want, hustle, hustle.