RT: October 27, 2008

Imagine, if you will, the sound of a random character generator attempting to sing the alphabet song… Quite humorous, but yet disturbing.

Notes from an Irate Student In Transition

I just spent the last hour or so with the “Transfer Equivalency System” and now I’m a bit cranky, cynical and non believing in a fair transfer of credits. Art Appreciation (ART111) is a SURVEY of ART, but covers almost no Art history, therefore, it SHOULD ALWAYS be transferred as “Survey of Art” not as […]

Transfer of Credits

Yesterday, a Saturday, the responsible parties (not sure exactly who) at Fayetteville State University, evaluated my transcripts and transferred 102 credit hours, more than I expected (expected about 87 – 89). Only 9 of my courses (27 hours) were transferred as actual courses (rest were “Free Elective”). The transfer was not conducted in accordance with […]

Academic Dean’s Blog

At Fayetteville I was going to fill out a form to substitute their “Intro to Communication” requirement for the “Interpersonal Communication” that I already have and I wanted to make sure that I wasn’t out of line in requesting the adaptation, so I did a Google. I came back with this blog: http://suburbdad.blogspot.com/2006/04/substitutions-from-space.html What could […]

New Seed Source

On Tuesday I began searching for a new variety of strawberry to plant, something distinct from the ones that I have presently. I ran across Whatcom Seed Company, a company with relatively few varieties of plant, but the ones they do have are rare and exotic. They do not sell plants, just seeds. Today my […]

Accepted

I have received an acceptance letter from Fayetteville State University, but I am now waiting for my prospective department (Psychology) to accept me and allow me to declare my program. No credits have been evaluated yet, but the advisor in the Transfer and Advisement center is attempting to put a little pressure on the admissions […]

Modern Admissions Procedures Suck

When I was first admitted to college so many years ago, a student got admitted first, then got access to the registration and records system. Times have changed. It now appears that when an application is “viable” and the application file is “complete”, then the access is granted, but there still is that nervous question… […]

Wider is Better

I have narrowed my side column on the blog. This results in a wider place for my actual entries. I will also be soon removing some useless junk from the side column.