I have been on an Odyssey to take anatomy and physiology in the fall.
My college transcript (from the school I graduated from) has my Bio 101 course marked as "Diversity of Life." I was a history major, so they weren't fussed about which bio class I took, they just wanted a general bio to fulfill my science requirement. Well, the prerequisite for A&P is Bio 101, not "Diversity of Life." So I had to contact the school I took the Bio 101 class at... Way back in 1999... This community college doesn't send things electronically... Has to receive requests in writing, fax, snail mail, or in person only. So after 2 weeks of messing with their student records department, I got my transcript and sent it to the A&P professor who was blocking my registering for his class because my "Diversity of Life" credit wasn't good enough.
Now he's saying the course is more than 5 years old and I need to retake it... Nary a mention of this policy until he saw my transcript. It would have been nice to know this before I spent 2 weeks getting my fucking transcript. My degree is more than 6 years old... Does that magically make it invalid? Does that mean if I were to take advanced history courses, I'd first need to retake Western Civ?
/annoyed
I get it, I really do. I wasn't a science major, I took the course 14 years ago, it's not in the current working knowledge center of my brain... But it's still there. I took a chem entrance exam and passed, after three days of studying with a chem book from the library and not having taken a chem class since high school.
I'm not going to fight it. I'm going to take the Bio 101 class again. Then, Spring semester, I'm going to take his section of A&P, and be the top student in his class... That'll show him. GRRRR! School rage.
/end rant
My college transcript (from the school I graduated from) has my Bio 101 course marked as "Diversity of Life." I was a history major, so they weren't fussed about which bio class I took, they just wanted a general bio to fulfill my science requirement. Well, the prerequisite for A&P is Bio 101, not "Diversity of Life." So I had to contact the school I took the Bio 101 class at... Way back in 1999... This community college doesn't send things electronically... Has to receive requests in writing, fax, snail mail, or in person only. So after 2 weeks of messing with their student records department, I got my transcript and sent it to the A&P professor who was blocking my registering for his class because my "Diversity of Life" credit wasn't good enough.
Now he's saying the course is more than 5 years old and I need to retake it... Nary a mention of this policy until he saw my transcript. It would have been nice to know this before I spent 2 weeks getting my fucking transcript. My degree is more than 6 years old... Does that magically make it invalid? Does that mean if I were to take advanced history courses, I'd first need to retake Western Civ?
/annoyed
I get it, I really do. I wasn't a science major, I took the course 14 years ago, it's not in the current working knowledge center of my brain... But it's still there. I took a chem entrance exam and passed, after three days of studying with a chem book from the library and not having taken a chem class since high school.
I'm not going to fight it. I'm going to take the Bio 101 class again. Then, Spring semester, I'm going to take his section of A&P, and be the top student in his class... That'll show him. GRRRR! School rage.
/end rant
