Archive for May 6, 2008

Why Private Schools Rule

May 6, 2008   Filed Under: Aspirations, College, Life   328 words

Because even though they charge you an arm and a leg, they treat you like you deserve to be treated. For the past week I’ve been working on a non-degree admissions to a state university here. It’s a long, drawn-out, and unnecessary process. The actual application and supporting documentation to be submitted is not that bad. I copied everything and submitted them within a day of finding out exactly what it is I needed to submit. It’s getting hold of the office that sucks.

I call and call and the stupid machine routes and re-routes me as it wishes. I click a number and am on hold for the operator for about a minute before it transfers me back to the main menu…exactly where I started. I thought I could save myself the 45-minute trip to the school by calling since I just wanted to know if they need anything else, but I guess I will either have to take it or wait for them to send me a request in the mail…which I don’t want to do since everything needs to be done before May 12. I do not want to be registering within the week that school starts…I have until that Friday (May 16th), but since I want to take a super-shortened Chem class (about 7 weeks or so), I don’t want to miss days of class.

I have decided that I am just going to finish up 90 credits (I should be able to do so by the end of next year) and then study hard for the MCAT and apply to medical school. If I do not make it on my first attempt, I will go ahead and complete my Bachelor’s, but otherwise I won’t bother. I have faith that I can get in, though. I just need to keep a 3.0 GPA (B average) in all my science and math classes and do amazing on the MCAT (which is basically a science-based SAT, methinks).

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