November 5th, 2009

A matter of class

  • Nov. 5th, 2009 at 3:46 PM
lost inside my head
Upon finding out that my 4-credit computer class, taken because I was told that it was almost exactly the same as the 3-credit one, will not transfer as anything but an elective to the college I'm interested in, I was amazingly only mildly annoyed.

So I went up to the school today to do some hunting around, to find out what I can do. Technically, if I'd just taken the 3-credit computer course, I'd be able to transfer 2 more courses to the school (as compared to the 1.66 that I can transfer now, since they won't take more than 70 credits and I have 65).

I was told that basically, I'd have to take the other computer course for it to transfer as anything but a non-elective. Likewise, the community college does not qualify your credits if you take both courses because they're so similar, so basically I will have 4 credits kind of floating there and doing nobody any good...though in all technicality, they did help me get my AA degree, so I can't bash the credits too much.

I've set up an appointment with the college's representative for next week to figure out the specifics of everything. I also learned today that the 3 courses I can take to transfer -- the computer course, a communications course, and a statistics course (ouch, math) -- are ALL available as 2-week classes in the beginning of January. Basically, I'd be in school for 12 hours a day for 2 weeks, but I'd have an even 70 credits to transfer before the Spring semester started, and all 3 classes would qualify as necessary classes, not just random electives.

(Plus, if I nulled out the 4-credit computer course, that's 4 more credits I could take as electives. Have I mentioned I love elective classes? It's basically why I go to school...I want to learn EVERYTHING.)

Looking at the college's Spring schedule, they have a LOT of accelerated courses, and the majority of their courses are available online. Which is quite possibly the best thing ever, and a lot of the reason I've chosen to go to this school...no matter where I end up in the country, and even if I do get a job, I'll still be able to be in school. Thank you, internet!

(One day, I keep swearing, I will go to a college where you have to actually sit through classes and BE there. Of course, at this point, that'll be for my Master's or Doctorate, and I've gotta get through this thing first.)

So, it looks like it will be a busy winter. I ponder how Spring will be -- stuff will change if I get a job, but right now, it looks like mainly my life will be focusing on getting edumacated and acquiring that oh-so-magical Bachelor's degree.
  • You Don't Know How It Feels: hopeful

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