I applied for school last February. I have 5 pre-reqs to take before I can get into the nursing program.... (I have a BS so a lot of credits have transferred)... anyway.. I applied... got accepted... then got accepted again??? Then I get a call from the school saying before they can accept me they need my transcripts from my other school... Ummmm. you already accepted me... and I sent those "official transcripts" with my application... well that's all fine and well... so then I am told I have to wait and register with all of the other freshmen... which was fine but I wanted to get into Anatomy and I knew that it would be full if I had to wait until the freshmen were able to register... so I talked with a counselor and she said I should be able to register according to how many credits I have (if I appealed my situation) but I would have to wait until the students who have already been attending register... So I went online the very first day you could register ( just to try hehe I'm resourceful like that) and it worked... these people have no friggin idea what is going on...
Then today... I get a call saying I need to come in for a meeting about registration and advising. I was like huh??? And she said.. I needed to come in and sit down with an advisor and go over what classes I will be taking this fall and how to go about registering... I told her that I was already registered... and she was like ...huh???:trout:
My husband thinks I should just tell them I already have my ADN and ask them to go ahead and give me my diploma.... they would never know the difference!!!!
I can't even begin to tell you how many repeat letters I get in the mail requesting I do something I've already done... I just got another one last week saying that the open house is coming up the end of July and I can come in and get my ID and look around blah blah blah... Um yeah.. I did that last month...
I realize they have a lot of students and I'm sure it is hard to keep track of everything everyone is doing.. but sheesh! Give me a break... How much money and time have they wasted on this crap??? Am I going to an idiot school or what?? Anyone else have these problems???
I'm sorry this is so long... I went off on a tangent.... thanks for listening if you got this far!
Specializes in Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Call Center RN.
My school was like that too. I think they just make these bulk mailings whether they apply to you or not. I got letters twice a semester about coming in and talking to the counselor and registering, after I had already registered. And you know what.....of the 2 years I went there never once did I sit down with a counselor. The few questions I did have for my counselor he did not know the answers and had to find the answers and then get back with me. I think all schools are like that. Wait till you meet the idiots in financial aid. Now there's a nightmare. Good luck with your classes!
If I hadn't looked at the states you guys are posting from I would have suggested we all get together and picket!
But apparantly this is just a universal thing.
My school actually now has put me under the 67 percent rule because I did not finish a nail tech class I took (and paid for myself) over 10 years ago. (I was allergic to the chemicals) I did not have financial aid for those classes but now that I do, if I do not pass every class (including no withdrawls) for the next year then they will discontinue my financial aid because their system says that I have technically not passed over 67 percent of my classes.
Nevermind that I have a 4.0 average for the classes that I have started taking for my pre reqs...no, some classes from 10 years ago keep me on their naughty list and I better play by their rules or no money. Nice, huh?
Now that I am about to take A&P which is the subject I am really most nervous about they have this hanging over my head. No pressure, right?
It seems as this is just how it is all over. Financial aid doesnt know what student resources is doing who doesnt know what advising is doing, etc, etc, etc.
Specializes in Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Call Center RN.
If I hadn't looked at the states you guys are posting from I would have suggested we all get together and picket!
But apparantly this is just a universal thing.
My school actually now has put me under the 67 percent rule because I did not finish a nail tech class I took (and paid for myself) over 10 years ago. (I was allergic to the chemicals) I did not have financial aid for those classes but now that I do, if I do not pass every class (including no withdrawls) for the next year then they will discontinue my financial aid because their system says that I have technically not passed over 67 percent of my classes.
Nevermind that I have a 4.0 average for the classes that I have started taking for my pre reqs...no, some classes from 10 years ago keep me on their naughty list and I better play by their rules or no money. Nice, huh?
Now that I am about to take A&P which is the subject I am really most nervous about they have this hanging over my head. No pressure, right?
It seems as this is just how it is all over. Financial aid doesnt know what student resources is doing who doesnt know what advising is doing, etc, etc, etc.
Welcome to higher learning in America.
I can so relate. Get this. When I was 18 years old I went away to school for the first time. My parents were paying. First semester I did pretty good. But I did not want to go back. It was too far away from home and I had had a car accident that my little brother was hurt in(nothing serious broken clavicle) but I was still worried about him. They made me go anyway. Half way through I quit. Did the withdraw paperwork and everything. I was 2 days late on the paperwork so instead of a W I got F's. Now I'm 40. 40 YEARS OLD and what I did when I was 18 is still dogging me. I was put on probation when I started. When I got on the President's Honor Roll and no more probation letters. But still over 20 years ago..... :selfbonk:
I wish I could take it back and just have finished it back then but I can't. But I should not be penalized for what I did as a teen. Good grief. I got enough crap from my parents then. Let me tell you when they heard about it this time around and how I was having to pay for it. Talk about :deadhorse
The advisors at my school were a total waste of time. When I initally enrolled, I went in with my plans already made. When she tried to tell me I needed to take thus-and-so class, I nicely pointed out to her that I already had that class over 10 years ago and had no plans of repeating in. Her mouth fell open when I told what I was GOING to do in the few years of nursing school (I had it all planned from the beginning). She was like, well you don't need me, then (darn tootin'!!). :smackingf
At the beginning of my second semester in school, an advisor (different one) had the gall to call and tell me that the courses I was planning to take (A&P and a behavorial science class - a whopping 8 credit hours) and working full AND part time wasn't the wisest thing to do - that I probably would get less than par scores.:angryfire To which I replied that I had no choice as I still needed to put food on the table. Now if he wanted to give me more money for financial aid, I'd happily accept it and cut my work hours. (BTW, I pulled a 4.0 that semester!! - working full time and part time).:w00t:
And then of course, every semester, I'd have had to fill out forms as to why I wasn't planning to live with my parents or live on campus - Duh!! I'm married!!!??!!! :doh:
Like someone else said, the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing.
Specializes in Freelance Writer, 'the nurse who knows content'.
My first degree is in English. I graduated with honors. Then, a few YEARS later, I received a letter from the College of Arts & Sciences saying I never completed English 102, which could pose a problem with the validity of my degree. (Meanwhile, I was working as a professional WRITER. :chuckle )
Well, they're right. I never did complete English 102 because I submitted a portfolio in lieu of the class. Sadly, my advisor never entered this information into the computer.
Anyway, I told them if they took my degree away from me, I'd sue them. That was the end of that.
Now, like Violette, my school's financial aid office has placed me under the "67% rule," because in the years following my first degree I started classes as a NON-DEGREE student a couple of times but withdrew within the first couple of weeks. Although the names of these classes don't even show up on my transcript, they are considered "attempted but not completed." Good grief!!
And no one can explain this math to me. How could I have successfully "attempted and completed" 128 hours of courses, but withdrawing from 12 hours of courses gives me a "completion ratio" of under 67%??!
Thanks everyone! You all really gave me a good laugh! It's good to know that the advisors aren't really worth my time or worry.... And that my school isn't as FUBAR as I thought.... The only problem is the school won't let you speak with a nursing advisor until you are accepted into the program.. so until then... I guess all my questions are forwarded to the admissions people......ugg
Throughout college I pretty much self-advised. The only time I saw my advisor is when I needed her signature to enroll in my nursing courses....and this is exactly why! :wink2:
:selfbonk: 
hehehehehe
LauraF, RN, ASN, CNA, LPN, RN
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My school was like that too. I think they just make these bulk mailings whether they apply to you or not. I got letters twice a semester about coming in and talking to the counselor and registering, after I had already registered. And you know what.....of the 2 years I went there never once did I sit down with a counselor. The few questions I did have for my counselor he did not know the answers and had to find the answers and then get back with me. I think all schools are like that. Wait till you meet the idiots in financial aid. Now there's a nightmare. Good luck with your classes!