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JamieBoBamie
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 17:42
Today and yesterday I had orientation (tomorrow too). I'm a transfer student so I have to go through this process all over again. Turns out though that I actually have 33 credits which puts me ahead of the game and I'm still a sophomore...YAY!
Well today I got to meet with the other transfer students who are in the same field of study (they don't have majors/minors), Religious Studies, and we also met with an advisor to discuss the classes. So I made up a tentative schedule that I will further go over privately with my advisor tomorrow and then I get to register!
Here are the classes (19 credits, yes I'm crazy)
Women Made Media Global Perspective
African American Religions
Shaman and the Buddha
Some other feminism class that I can't remember
Jewish History from Abraham to America
So now tell me all about the first week of school for you!
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sandritaaaaa
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 18:38
19 credits?!! whoa!
i am only taking 6 this semester-so two classes. i work one full time job and a part time so not a lot of time to spare and although schools important, i hv to work :/ i might ditch the part time though.
anway...tomorrow is my first day of school-i go in the afternoon right after my first job. i am nervous though.
ive been in school on and off since '03 and still at a comm college. i know...sucks. but i hv to take it slow. i might get xfr to a university as soon as summer/fall of '09 though!! woohoo!
school tuition-which i pay on my own-and books is kicking my behind though.
i met with an advisor at the beginning of summer 08 semester and she told me to take a class-took it and i found out when i met with a new advisor for this fall semester she told me the wrong class!! grrr...time and money wasted.
and fear of failure.
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JamieBoBamie
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 18:46
I feel for you, my BF is in the same position and it's killing him. I really respect you for managing your time so well and working 2 jobs and going to school, it sure is hard work.
Oh and as for that advisor, ugh, most of them seem to be that oblivious, I don't know why!
Oh and as far as books, my new school doesn't even have a bookstore, they just told us today that we should go to the local Barnes and Noble...ha
What are you going to school for?
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sandritaaaaa
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 19:00
thank you. it is hard :/ i have failed at it before though-i always get caught up with work so thats why the 2nd job has to go.
i know...i know they see thousands of kids but ..wake up!! i have ALL my info with me all the time. they should be able to tell you what is ok and what's not.
ohmy, no bookstore? i wish this was the case with me...i hate when they ask for new editions when they really aren't new...just the covers change. so expensive!
umm, bc i feel like ive been in school for so long, i kinda lost passion and perspective for anything really. ive changed my major so many times it's crazy-im not sure.
to be honest, right now, i don't even know. i hv to chose by next semester though.
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allison11
Vogue SISter (3672)
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 21:10
my first day of class was yesterday.
i'm taking:
teaching geometry for teachers
health education (how to teach health)
a how to teach reading class
physics for teachers
educational psychology
i'm in my last semester as a junior, so i'm just ready for it to be over. i do have pretty much all my classes with the same group of friends, so that's really nice, and we all have the same breaks. but as far as the going to class and everything that goes with that, i'm over it.
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candiMANDI
SISter Elle (1902)
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 21:22
Today was my second day of my fifth year of college. :)
I've got...
Contract Documents (drafting and rendering basically)
History of Interior Design
Specifications for Interiors
and Survey of Art History
I'm seriously so done with school.
It's getting really old now.
:P
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JamieBoBamie
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 21:28
allison- ahhh
ahhh
ahhh
sorry, that was my reaction to the words 'geometry' and 'physics'-now you see why i'm liberal arts? the rest sounds fun, well the part with being in class with friends and breaks and all the cool stuff
mandi- i take it your in school for interior design? lol
i loved my art history survey course i took last year, so i hope yours is good too. as for the other classes, i can't even imagine what you learn. i guess the history one is self-explanatory, but how much is there to possibly learn on the subject? good luck in them though!
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candiMANDI
SISter Elle (1902)
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 21:33
the funny thing is, I was a history major. So I have taken sooo many history classes already. And many art classes. So I'm just like, let's get the studio classes over with so I can graduate already! haha
Yes, I'm doing interior design.
Next summer I will be interning as a space planner at an architecture firm. Interior designer is basically a slightly less intense major than architecture. We get a lot of former architecture students who realize they prefer planning and building interior spaces more than exterior. It's a lot of work.... but I feel so fulfilled where I'm at. :)
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JamieBoBamie
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 21:49
That's really great that you're happy with your decision. I actually love history, but moreso world history, not 'the history of such-and-such'. Well I guess I know who to PM when I move next week and need advice and opinions on my place :) I'm moving into a 250 square foot studio, the room is 12x13 and a small bathroom and a small closet.
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hilly0013
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 21:52
I so wish I could afford to take a class this fall....I finally have my goal figured out. And, I'm getting close to being able to transfer from community college.
Oh well....it will all work out....
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candiMANDI
SISter Elle (1902)
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 21:59
Actually, I'm not exactly an interior decorator. I will be doing floor plans and blue prints for corporate spaces like offices, hospitals, schools, airports, things like that. But I still am interested in decorating too. :)
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JamieBoBamie
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 22:03
oooh, i learn something new everyday! i kind of just lumped designer and decorator together in my head, i get it now though.
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candiMANDI
SISter Elle (1902)
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 22:04
hehe yeah people do it a lot. I usually dont bother to correct them, because most of the time they don't really care! haha
I so wish I could afford to take a class this fall....
I hear ya- I'm trying to get as much done while I still have the financial aid. :)
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hilly0013
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 22:05
I hear ya- I'm trying to get as much done while I still have the financial aid. :)
i would have financial aid if i wouldn't have screwed up this past winter....
and, i could take the class if my unemployment extension could get entered into the computer in a timely fashion.
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JamieBoBamie
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 22:07
financial aid is crazy...the last school i was at the set it up so it was near impossible to graduate in four years without taking summer classes. well financial aid doesn't cover summer courses which were insanely expensive and it doesn't cover more than 4 years there. not to mention that i don't even qualify and my scholarship money is less at my new school and the school is even more expensive than my old one.
hilly, it will all work out though, it may just be a real rough road for a while. maybe you can discuss a payment plan with the school? also, online courses are often cheaper.
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JamieBoBamie
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 22:08
ooh, just read your post above mine, this whole school thing really is so rough, good luck, i really hope it gets straightened out soon.
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hilly0013
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 22:12
ooh, just read your post above mine, this whole school thing really is so rough, good luck, i really hope it gets straightened out soon.
yep.....i had been through a lot and then at the same time decided to jump in and take 4 classes. needless to say, it didn't work out.
the school does have a payment plan. Half the money now, and half the money a bit later....Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me....
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livingroomfloor
SISter Elle (1896)
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 23:06
You are all still in college?
I feel old.
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hilly0013
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 23:07
You are all still in college?
i'm a non-traditional college student. :) Cuz I'm 28 years old....
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ILOVEHELLOKITTY
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 23:32 - Edited by: ILOVEHELLOKITTY
Jewish History from Abraham to America
Not a college student but that would be the class for me :)
~Rachel
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JamieBoBamie
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2008 23:36
Ya, its part of their history department but can cross reference with religious studies (my "major") and it also can give credit for people who want to "minor" in Jewish studies. I can't wait to take it!
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Mogalie
Fashion Plate (412)
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# Posted: 27 Aug 2008 20:40
Just started today!
Taking 12 hours.
Communication design, a drawing class, psychology and LAME poli. sci. :-(
I am SO TIRED because I HATE 8am classes. Everyone will probably laugh at me for saying that but I so used to sleeping in :-P
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NicholD
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# Posted: 27 Aug 2008 22:18
i would have financial aid if i wouldn't have screwed up this past winter....
You know you can appeal that and retry for it? thats what my lil sis did.
You are all still in college?
i'm a non-traditional college student. :) Cuz I'm 28 years old....
i'm still in frikkin college too. I'm 26...
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hilly0013
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# Posted: 27 Aug 2008 23:26
You know you can appeal that and retry for it? thats what my lil sis did.
they told me no....they are jerks at our financial aid office.
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JamieBoBamie
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# Posted: 28 Aug 2008 11:47
Mog- I agree on the 8 o'clock class...never took one and never will :)
So yesterday was the day when I actually got to register for the classes officially...so you know that list I posted above...well it no longer applies, all of those classes were taken :(
My new schedule:
Theorizing Religion (4cdt)
Christians and the Word (4)
Women Choreographing Culture (4)
Race, Slavery and Politics in the 19th C. (4)
Gender and Sexuality in Modern Europe (3)
My class times are M-T 10-11.40 and 12-1.40 and then on W there is the 3 credit class from 4-5.40 or something like that.
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AngelaSpangela
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# Posted: 30 Aug 2008 19:38
I'm so pumped to move back to school. I go back Tuesday. Yay senior year!
My school is weird with their credit system, transferring in is easy but
transferring out is a headache apparently. Each class is worth 4 credits.
I'm taking: Intro to Visual Communications, Intro to Manigerial Accounting [I think this class is going to make me want to slam my face into walls], Criminology and Child Psychology. Fingers crossed I'll be able to sign into a fifth class, Professional Writing, so I can catch up on my credits.
It should be an interesting semester since I'm not taking any classes in my major.
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