I just met with advising and counseling today at my school to double check that I had all my prereqs done and that I had nothing left to take except for nursing courses come fall. One of the prereqs for this nursing program is HIGH SCHOOL Algebra. Ok, well I was sure no problem I had that because I was an honors student in high school and knew I took high school algebra. Well, low and behold looking at my high school transcripts there is NO high school algebra on there! It has been over ten years since I was in high school, I forgot I was advanced and took algebra in 8th grade! I have half a credit of algebra II on my transcript so you'd think that it would show I had to have taken high school algebra. (I didn't complete a full year of Alg II so it won't count.) and the half credit of alg II you'd think would prove I took alg I. Well, WRONG! Teach me to be an honors student! This is such crap! I am so steaming mad! I was in tears, pregnant and hormonal. I can't believe this. I have CLEPed out of College Mathematics you'd think that would count for high school algebra? NOPE! I have 10 credits of math from different colleges that all seemed to transfer in as math 999 which means absolutely nothing according to the school. How could a class that I took in 8th grade be holding me up??? I could retake the class, but that would set my eligibility date off the program. As it is I have a December 01 eligibility date (They have a waiting list.) So the girl at the nursing office said with that date I am definitely in the nursing program for the fall term, BUT if I havae to take this course now then I will have to wait a year from finishing the course to get in the program.
Now, the girl at the nursing office was more helpful that the advisor who is a complete idiot. (I knew I should have rescheduled because my hubby had just seen her last week for something and he was totally stupid and useless with him as well, but I had hoped it was because he doesn't know how to speak up for himself.) Anyhow, here is what the girl at the nursing program said I should do.
1. Track down my 8th grade transcripts, which I am not sure if this is possible, but am going to try.
2. one of my classes that I had taken at a previous school they may be able to change to a required math school, but I need to track down the syllabus for this class and get the math department to approve it.
This class that they want me to get a syllabus from is from a previous nursing program. Last time I asked them to track down a syllabus they refused. So I am not sure how difficult this will be. I am not sure how difficult it will be to track down my 8th grade transcripts either or if they will even count it since it was taken in 8th grade and not high school.
I am sooooo mad!!! I cried all the way home! This is so not fair! Why should I be punished because I was in honors classes in high school! AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
