Nov 12 2008
Cutting through the red tape. Navigating the college system.
My girlfriend warned me. Don’t tell her this, but she was right. The amount of hoops you have to jump through, red tape you have to cross in order to get anything accomplished in the university system is a pain. She repeatedly warned me the bureaucracy would be the most difficult aspect of school. Not the classes. Not the exams. Not studying.
I don’t even start classes until January, and just getting registered has been a delight.
A list of some of my hurdles:
- I still don’t have my student ID because the camera was broken when I went to get it.
- My FASFA, or Federal Application for Student Financial Aid, had to be resent and then when I asked the financial aid office while I wasn’t getting my aid, three different people had me send in three different forms. Luckily, I think I have it all figured out.
- Just today, I received a postcard about one of the classes for which I’d registered. Seems I didn’t have the necessary prereq. Of course, my counselor never mentioned this when we made my schedule together.
Anyone have similar experiences dealing with bureaucracy in school?
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oh, yeah!!!!!
the school I’m at now, for grad school, is much better in terms of hoop jumping and red tape… but even they have their moments.
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