Friday
The phone call came sometime in the late afternoon between two and four. I wasn't paying too close of attention because it was the house phone and not my cell phone."Hi Rusty, this is Anne (and i can't remember her last name, it was Meyer or something) with Wichita State. We sent you a letter back on September 24 but never heard from you and I'm following up. We've reviewed your scheduling and we realize you're two credits short of the required 60 on-campus hours to graduate."
"Excuse me? I never got the letter."
"Well, I'm sorry to say, you're two hours short of credits to graduate."
"What do you mean? I was told by Phil Ladwig that I needed to take five hours and I was set. That's why I'm in Soc 316 and History 528. I was told those were going to take care of me and I was set."
"Well it says you have 48 on campus hours and after this semester, you will have 58 hours."
"Are you kidding me?"
So after all of the hoops I have jumped through to get myself into my position of graduating, I'm not going to in 7 weeks barring a change on Monday. Thanks to having to go through stupid Liberal Arts and Science WALK-IN advising, and a different advisor for my major (who has been a God-send,) I'm stuck two hours short of my goal. TWO HOURS that somehow slipped through the cracks.
I want answers. I want explanations. I want someone to say "Sorry Rusty, we fucked up. We'll make it right." I want to be done with school. I need to know why this happened, why I get to explain to a future employer, that I'm not done with school. WSU's Dean of Students or Advising is going to get a major earful from me, if the explanation doesn't meet my requirements.
I think heads are going to roll.
posted by Rusty @ 1:25 PM
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