Need to Vent...Grrrrr!!!

Tweety, BSN, RN · Dec 11, 2006

Feel free to vent anytime. I hope it works out for you.

BSNtobe2009 · Dec 11, 2006

I don't know if it will work or not, but speak to the head of Admissions and see if they would be willing to take a high school transcript that was received by the college where you were first enrolled.

Some colleges will accept that, some won't, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

shippoRN · Dec 11, 2006

I don't know if it will work or not, but speak to the head of Admissions and see if they would be willing to take a high school transcript that was received by the college where you were first enrolled.
Some colleges will accept that, some won't, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

ooo good idea. I just called my HS and they said they did send it, so I dunno now, I gave them the info AGAIN, so they are going to double check since the lady I had spoken to is on vacation. What are the odds.

ugh

augigi, CNS · Dec 11, 2006

Another good idea is to use a courier envelope that you can track when getting/sending international documents. I used to get the NAME of someone at the school/uni, and then I could chase them up personally if it wasn't sent, or get them to email me when they did send it.

Plagueis · Dec 12, 2006

I'm sorry to hear you're going through this, but as someone who used to live in the Caribbean, I found that sometimes it does take a while for things that are sent out from there to arrive in the continental U.S. I do have to wonder why students who have a college degree have to send in their high school transcripts to nursing schools. I would think that courses taken in college would be more relevant, and prove that you did, in fact, graduate from high school.

stpauligirl · Dec 12, 2006

I'm sorry to hear you're going through this, but as someone who used to live in the Caribbean, I found that sometimes it does take a while for things that are sent out from there to arrive in the continental U.S. I do have to wonder why students who have a college degree have to send in their high school transcripts to nursing schools. I would think that courses taken in college would be more relevant, and prove that you did, in fact, graduate from high school.

I totally understand your frustration.

I am also from somewhere other than the US...in my case they made me start all over...from scratch, school diploma or not, they didn't care about my prior education in my native country. my papers were all translated into English and notarized and still.... they made me take the GED. I cried every darn day when I first came here, they made me feel like I was a nobody. Well, I gave it to them and then some....I worked my butt off, studied and then some more, payed them their money and did great on all tests. I am doing good in college and excel in every class, including all the English classes tha tI had to take. They'll have to put up with me getting a degree, like it or not ( I actually achieved an Associates already) LOL there is no way I will srub toilets for the rest of my existence, they want brains and money I show them brains and money I hope the paper drama comes to a quick end so that you can get started and good luck in your future.

lady_db_programmer · Dec 13, 2006

I totally understand your frustration.
I am also from somewhere other than the US...in my case they made me start all over...from scratch, school diploma or not, they didn't care about my prior education in my native country. my papers were all translated into English and notarized and still.... they made me take the GED. I cried every darn day when I first came here, they made me feel like I was a nobody. Well, I gave it to them and then some....I worked my butt off, studied and then some more, payed them their money and did great on all tests. I am doing good in college and excel in every class, including all the English classes tha tI had to take. They'll have to put up with me getting a degree, like it or not ( I actually achieved an Associates already) LOL there is no way I will srub toilets for the rest of my existence, they want brains and money I show them brains and money I hope the paper drama comes to a quick end so that you can get started and good luck in your future.

It's not just you and it's not just the USA. I've run into academic prejudice here in the UK. The fact that I have a BA doesn't seem to mean anything to some people because I don't have GCSEs or A-levels, which are qualifications obtained by British schoolchildren while in secondary school. I think it's pretty pathetic myself, but that's just the way it is. :angryfire

stpauligirl · Dec 13, 2006

It's not just you and it's not just the USA. I've run into academic prejudice here in the UK. The fact that I have a BA doesn't seem to mean anything to some people because I don't have GCSEs or A-levels, which are qualifications obtained by British schoolchildren while in secondary school. I think it's pretty pathetic myself, but that's just the way it is. :angryfire

Hello, it's nice to meet people who go through siimilar things and understand. I didn't know you are currently in the UK. I am from Europe but never had the opportunity to visit there. We are survivors and do the best we can under the circumstances. It took a few years for me to "catch" up....ehemmm, I am still trying to catch up...having kids on top of everything delayed things even more and now here I am....old and grey and still in college....BUT KICKING BUTT, TOO

Good luck and Merry X-mas:Santa1:

Don't eat too much plumpudding....I always wondered how it tastes

lady_db_programmer · Dec 13, 2006

Hello, it's nice to meet people who go through siimilar things and understand. I didn't know you are currently in the UK. I am from Europe but never had the opportunity to visit there. We are survivors and do the best we can under the circumstances. It took a few years for me to "catch" up....ehemmm, I am still trying to catch up...having kids on top of everything delayed things even more and now here I am....old and grey and still in college....BUT KICKING BUTT, TOO
Good luck and Merry X-mas:Santa1:
Don't eat too much plumpudding....I always wondered how it tastes

I don't know what plum pudding tastes like, I've never seen it.

I do know what it feels like to have your education discounted and stomped on by people who don't understand what your country's system is about. Luckily I won't have to actually go to school here in the UK but since the DCCCD doesn't seem to care if you hold a BA or not, I may have to repeat classes that I already have credit for anyway. :angryfire

stpauligirl · Dec 13, 2006

I don't know what plum pudding tastes like, I've never seen it.
I do know what it feels like to have your education discounted and stomped on by people who don't understand what your country's system is about. Luckily I won't have to actually go to school here in the UK but since the DCCCD doesn't seem to care if you hold a BA or not, I may have to repeat classes that I already have credit for anyway. :angryfire

Plum pudding....I remember this from my English lessons in my native country....we learned Oxford English and some of the stories we read were from the old times.....and they talked about plum pudding for X-Mas.

I am sorry that you have a hard time over there and may need to repeat classes....to make you feel better: I had to give them a test (CLEP) in my "own" native language over here to proof that I was proficient in order to get credits....needless to say I maxed it out. Well of course, duh, it's my native language!!!!!!! :lol2:

If you can't cry you just have to laugh about it :lol2:

lady_db_programmer · Dec 13, 2006

Plum pudding....I remember this from my English lessons in my native country....we learned Oxford English and some of the stories we read were from the old times.....and they talked about plum pudding for X-Mas.

I'll have to ask my husband about that...he's English. :idea:

I am sorry that you have a hard time over there and may need to repeat classes....to make you feel better: I had to give them a test (CLEP) in my "own" native language over here to proof that I was proficient in order to get credits....needless to say I maxed it out. Well of course, duh, it's my native language!!!!!!!
If you can't cry you just have to laugh about it

HAHAHAHAHA did you really? I've heard stories about students from the UK and Australia having to take TOEFL exams but I can't believe that would be true; that's sort of like having to take a CLEP test in your own language. Where are you from, if you don't mind me asking?