there's not a lot to understand with that girl

except that she's just about all that is wrong with today's society

7/12/2010 10:44:53 PM

"you get a little degree check list

you complete courses on said checklist without failing like a fuck up

you get degree"
What happens when they change the check list right before you fill the last box?

7/12/2010 10:46:32 PM

you place the blame on everyone besides yourself, of course

7/12/2010 10:47:58 PM

^^You take whatever remains on the new checklist.

Or hire a lawyer apparently.

7/12/2010 11:01:27 PM

^^I guess you're the only person that it happened to.

You must have had a very unique case in which you needed some state of the art program to participate in that only very few people know about. Did you have to fly over to Malawii for the classes?

7/12/2010 11:01:42 PM

i mean surely they warn people if their major requirements are changing

worst case scenario you have 1 or 2 extra classes to take and you walk and finish in the summer

i'm so confused. TELL US MOAR!

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 11:03 PM. Reason : .]

7/12/2010 11:03:24 PM

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"you guys know she cray cray right ? i mean, for real cray cray."

7/12/2010 11:04:36 PM

meh, they changed a requirement for me during school (was an ethics elective that I took, AND confirmed with my advisor that it would fulfill the requirement. was even an option in my online thing to check your requirements but it ended up being a mistake or something) and I had to add an extra class I didn't plan on my last semester to make I sure I would graduate.

same thing happened to my wife. She double majored and had 1 class that she thought could count towards both (and her advisor told her it could as well) and it turned out when the next semester (her last semester) was rolling around she still had that requirement empty and talked to the advisor who said "oops" basically and she had to take an extra class to graduate.

Happens to people all the time.

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 11:07 PM. Reason : ]

7/12/2010 11:05:59 PM

For seriously.

It happened to me, granted it wasn't right before I graduated but I found out that I needed a class that I was originally told I didn't need.

It pisses you off, but what are you going to do? It's not like you can hire lawyers and file a lawsuit with the school so you can get out of taking a class or anything....oh wait

7/12/2010 11:08:37 PM

wouldn't it just be easier to take the needed class than to try to sue the school over it?

i mean i would be mad, too. but then i'd just take the damn class. other people seem to have managed just fine. or did they add like an entire extra semester of classes onto the major?

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 11:14 PM. Reason : .]

7/12/2010 11:13:30 PM

Spend less money taking the class than you would paying for a lawyer to help you out. Take longer to deal with everything in courts than you would if you just took the class the next semester. End up not having a degree when you lose the suit and having to take the class anyway.

Just seems like a huge waste.

7/12/2010 11:17:43 PM

What if it was so many classes the lawyer was the cheaper option?

7/13/2010 7:22:20 AM

your adviser and department must hate you then. probably for good reason, too.

7/13/2010 7:27:53 AM

Shit, in my first semester ever at NCSU I took a course that was not listed as eligible to fulfill the humanity requirement for a literature course. I talked to my adviser, had the professor write a letter, and I got credit for my lit class.

7/13/2010 7:35:23 AM

They gave me bad advice about taking eng111z but whatever. I'm confused because if the curriculum changes you can still finish out on the track you started.

7/13/2010 8:11:04 AM

^this.


I think she is either really dumb, really unintelligent, or really stupid.

7/13/2010 8:25:35 AM

^Probably one of those, plus hates being wrong, hates being told she's wrong, and is retardedly stubborn

7/13/2010 8:30:43 AM

lulz undergrads thinking grad school is paint by numbers like their degree.

[Edited on July 13, 2010 at 8:44 AM. Reason : ..]

7/13/2010 8:44:35 AM

You really need a lot of hand-holding for a grad student.

7/13/2010 8:47:55 AM

Graduate school pretty much is paint by numbers compared to undergrad. You have to be actually mentally challenged or just not show up for tests/presentations to get lower than a B in graduate school. The challenge, at least at a good business school, is actually getting admitted.

(though law/med school has much higher attrition than masters degrees)

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"wouldn't it just be easier to take the needed class than to try to sue the school over it?"

This. I don't know if I've mentioned this on TWW before, but two weeks before I graduated I got a notice that my foreign language proficiency hadn't been met. Well, at my orientation I took the Latin test and passed it to the 201 level, which was more than enough to meet the proficiency. Somehow between then and the time at hand they lost my computer scores and never told me.

Really it was my responsibility to check that and I didn't, so while I exhausted all options I could with no success I signed up for Spanish 201 (since I knew I didn't retain enough Latin to take that at the level) and spent a month teaching myself the language every night M-Thurs because I had a job lined up already and I NEEDED to graduate. Took the first summer session and got a B+ and graduated. Boom. (I'm sure TKE-Teg and ncstatetke remember me and my stupid flashcards that summer)...

[Edited on July 13, 2010 at 8:55 AM. Reason : x]

7/13/2010 8:48:05 AM

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"What if it was so many classes the lawyer was the cheaper option?"

How do you have that many classes that the school failed to tell you about? You've gotta be lying out of your butt hole now.

7/13/2010 9:27:51 AM

Nope, lying was on the university end. I'm just glad I saved the emails to prove it.

7/13/2010 9:29:20 AM

Gee it just seems like all the bad things in the world happen to you.

I bet the school picked you out just to screw around with you.

7/13/2010 9:31:21 AM

I can't wait until this shit breaks out

7/13/2010 9:32:26 AM

You know what this reminds me of? Kids that come home from school at the end of the day with a bad test grade and they blame it on the teacher for the bad grade.
Or kids that come home from school with a letter home saying they were acting up in class and they blame the teacher for their bad behavior.
Then the parents that stupidly believes their kids and go down to the school to fix it for them are like the lawyers that you are trying to find to help you out.

[Edited on July 13, 2010 at 9:34 AM. Reason : ]

7/13/2010 9:34:00 AM

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"Graduate school pretty much is paint by numbers compared to undergrad."

actually from a class taking standpoint NyM410 hit the nail on the head.
at least from my experience.

my schedule is handed to me each semester.
i don't get to choose when i take a class, they tell me.
and if i can't take it, i'm SOL.

the only exception being: i do get to take 3 or 4 electives, but guess what-they tell me when to take those too, i just get to pick what.

i dont know about other schools though



[Edited on July 13, 2010 at 9:38 AM. Reason : fghghg]

7/13/2010 9:37:54 AM

meh, maybe the coursework is paint by the numbers. but for those of us doing research, it is anything but paint by the numbers.

Real majors FTMFW!

7/13/2010 11:41:47 AM

^research is a totally different story.
i'm getting a doctarate that's pretty structured


and i dont think it really research applies to what lewoods is talking about anyway.
i don't think, it doesnt sound like it. i guess i could be wrong.

7/13/2010 12:10:23 PM

fuck uncc

7/13/2010 12:45:17 PM

vinylbandit exposed?

7/13/2010 12:46:39 PM

who taught them how to tie ties?

7/13/2010 12:48:19 PM

7/13/2010 12:51:05 PM

Finally got to talk to someone there and got things straightened out. Yay.

7/13/2010 1:01:26 PM

lemme guess. you were wrong.

7/13/2010 1:03:23 PM

Turns out you were going to a different school?

7/13/2010 1:14:43 PM

WHADDYA MEAN I'M NOT EVEN A STUDENT HERYAH?

7/13/2010 1:15:13 PM

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"i'm getting a doctarate that's pretty structured "

7/13/2010 1:17:13 PM

^lol. im not good at proofreading >.<

and for some reason my spellcheck didnt catch that

7/13/2010 1:21:30 PM

TROOST ME

AM DOCTAR

7/13/2010 1:28:37 PM

This thread deserves a "Actually, what had happened was..." story.

7/13/2010 1:30:22 PM

lemme guess. you found your academic record in a bag under the couch.

7/13/2010 1:32:06 PM

that's Doctor Scary-Guy-With-A-Needle to you

7/13/2010 1:34:35 PM

I have attended 4 different colleges and received two degrees
this involved a LOT of transferring transcripts and shit like that

and I never needed to get lawyers involved
shit I never had an advisor

I think you jumped the gun and got taken by some scheister lawyers

7/13/2010 1:42:37 PM

compliments to bobster from the craigslist thread

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"Education lawyer needed (Triangle) Date: 2010-07-05, 11:00PM EDT Reply to: job-qbxjr-1827557650@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] I need an education lawyer that will help me deal with a local university without trying to rob me. I've already had one bad experience but unfortunately this might be the only way for me to get my degree. I will provide additional information via email. I can do the majority of the paperwork myself, just need someone to assist with negotiations."

7/13/2010 2:18:35 PM

khcadwal posted that on the first page, I just felt like it belonged in that tread too.

7/13/2010 2:28:45 PM

7/13/2010 4:26:02 PM

7/13/2010 4:26:56 PM

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"compliments to bobster from the craigslist thread "

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"khcadwal posted that on the first page, I just felt like it belonged in that tread too. "

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"compliments to bobster from the craigslist thread khcadwal "

7/13/2010 4:45:23 PM

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"I'm confused because if the curriculum changes you can still finish out on the track you started."

That was the story of my undergrad--when they updated the curriculum we could choose between old and new. Isn't that standard practice?

7/13/2010 7:12:50 PM

^^ thank you

i DID find that little gem

7/13/2010 7:18:29 PM