Miscellaneous: Today, I applied for college graduation. Turns out my advisor...

By Anonymous - 02/10/2009 04:46 - United States

Today, I applied for college graduation. Turns out my advisor screwed me over and now I'm 1 credit hour short of getting my degree. Now I have to wait another semester and pay $3,500 just to take a one hour class on Bowling so that I can graduate. FML

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Today, I found out that I chose a wrong class and my 30-page paper worth 10 credit points that I wrote for that class is basically worthless now, and my graduation might be postponed another semester just because of that. FML

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Today, I found out that I owe my college a little over $10,000. Why? Because, due to a slight misspelling of my name, the scholarship that I have been going insane trying to meet the requirements for is not actually giving me any funding. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/05/2015 03:31 - United States

Today, my college charged me for tuition for next semester. I graduated two years ago. I have a degree from a place too stupid to only charge current students. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/03/2018 19:00

Today, I was put on academic suspension only to find out my professor entered my grade wrong. I lost my financial aid and have to explain to my parents why I’m not in college anymore. FML

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By ShinedownCM - 23/09/2018 05:00

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By bamrd - 01/07/2016 01:20 - United States - Boulder

Today, my university is capable of sending me two diplomas in short succession due to a clerical error, but can't recognize that I've graduated and won't be taking classes with them in the fall. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/04/2017 00:00

Today, I learned that the college I'm going to in the fall has been tampering with their ratings on the internet and actually only has a 5% graduation rate. Everything's already been paid for and I can't transfer elsewhere. FML

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jchansfan 0

Friday 2 October 2009 12:42

That sounds rather fake. 3,500$ for Bowling? Why would you even need a class on Bowling for college? Now that the serious part is out of the way... With only one class I guess you'll have a lot of SPARES. :P Maybe you should protest it and start a student STRIKE. :P Well, looks like that's another 3, 500$ in the GUTTER! :D

glassisass 0

Friday 2 October 2009 12:30

wow. i wouldnt do that. i would tell them its just an hour credit and try to work it out. try to talk to the people and get help. but that sucks.

Comments

ObadiahtheSlim 2

Friday 2 October 2009 15:09

It happened to a friend of mine too, but that was because she didn't pay attention to the number of hours she was getting in her electives. I made doubley sure that I had my elective hours add up to what i needed.

boone_fml 0

Friday 2 October 2009 15:14

One credit is costing you 3500? Are you sure you're not taking a 3 credit course to cover it? If so, your school's pricing is ridiculous for part time.

GriefBacon 0

Friday 2 October 2009 15:58

I was juuuuuust thinking this. There's something wrong with that school!

Hunnibum 0

Friday 2 October 2009 15:37

I have heard of students who were told by advisors they would be fine, and then they couldn't leave schol with all their classes in the amount of time they wanted to. Why else are advisors being paid with our tuition? Anyway, you shouldn't pay full tuition just to take one class. Is it really 3,000 something for one? I know here ..one class is like 900 bucks.

TheKingDon 2

Friday 2 October 2009 15:39

I say YDI. You're a big boy, and you should be able to keep track of things like this. You should have know you needed a PE credit.

jessamused 0

Friday 2 October 2009 15:53

My sister and I have a theory that some university's do this on purpose in order to screw more money out of you. I don't think you deserve it, but i DO think that you should have paid more attention to your course. and double checked the paperwork, etc.

weekdays 0

Friday 2 October 2009 16:01

I'm betting this was UTK and they do shit all the time. The program they use to keep track of your hours FREQUENTLY is wrong. It categorized a sociology class I took as an ENGLISH credit. So basically, the credits are ****** up. And a PE credit isn't required, but they are often only one hour or so. OP, if you are at UTK, just apply for a half term PE class THIS semester.

bethinabox 0

Friday 2 October 2009 16:10

wow yeah I'm sorry YDI. this is why I keep a log of all the classes I've taken, all the classes I need to take, how many credits I've taken and how many I need. guess you didn't learn that in college, huh? maybe they'll teach you that in your bowling class.

AnthonyD86 0

Friday 2 October 2009 16:12

man so many YDI's. I wonder if they realize just how frequently it happens. not to mention how frequently they will change the degree requirement without really telling you. happened to everyone I know atleast once.

Clarkx100 0

Friday 2 October 2009 16:13

He never said that it was $3500 just for the 1 hour. The $3500 could be factoring in money for staying campus, technology fees, meal plans, etc. Of course paying for a meal plan with 60 minutes of bowling a week is still pretty stupid but just throwing that out there.

Glam_fml 0

Friday 2 October 2009 16:39

That really stinks. I swear, some colleges do shit like that on purpose just to squeeze a couple more thousand out of you. Although I guess you should keep track yourself, but I don't either so I can't condemn you for that. Of course, I switched my major twice so I have no idea where I'm at as far as graduating.

therealmike 0

Friday 2 October 2009 18:07

I love how you don't keep track of your credits, have no idea where you are in terms of graduation, and yet are absolutely sure that colleges switch things up on students to screw them out of money. You, my friend, are what's wrong with the world today.