Are colleges paid to make your life miserable?

purple_chick79

First, I get my schedule dropped because I only had 5 credits and needed at least 6 to keep my student loan. Then my A&P class and nursing informatics classes are full. Now I have to take Microbiology and Cognitive Psycology, the latter of which I don't even need. At this rate, I should become a Psych nurse, seeing I'm taking an extra class, I could just keep it going.

Then I go to the school to get my $400 worth of books, mind you it's only THREE text books and I have to get more money on my bookstore account because they only gave me $100 to start with. She, I tell her I need $400 and she says "For 2 classes?" really really rudely. I tell her what they are and I get the "oh". Idiot. Then it takes at least 24 hours for it to through, so I don't have enough to get all the books and have to come back.

Then I had books on hold at the bookstore and they can't find them. One says "They were probably put back, when were they reserved?" The policy is 24 hours. I say "UM, this morning!". I was only able to get one anyway and still had to pay $18.25 out of pocket. $118.25 for a fuckin text book.

I hate school.

Steve Dunne

purple_chick79 wrote:

First, I get my schedule dropped because I only had 5 credits and needed at least 6 to keep my student loan. Then my A&P class and nursing informatics classes are full. Now I have to take Microbiology and Cognitive Psycology, the latter of which I don't even need. At this rate, I should become a Psych nurse, seeing I'm taking an extra class, I could just keep it going.

Then I go to the school to get my $400 worth of books, mind you it's only THREE text books and I have to get more money on my bookstore account because they only gave me $100 to start with. She, I tell her I need $400 and she says "For 2 classes?" really really rudely. I tell her what they are and I get the "oh". Idiot. Then it takes at least 24 hours for it to through, so I don't have enough to get all the books and have to come back.

Then I had books on hold at the bookstore and they can't find them. One says "They were probably put back, when were they reserved?" The policy is 24 hours. I say "UM, this morning!". I was only able to get one anyway and still had to pay $18.25 out of pocket. $118.25 for a fuckin text book.

I hate school.

hang in there pc!!!

LONGRD

what's worse is when you hit "the real world" and you're unable to find the job you went to school for :( :mad:

Stone Is God

See your first problem is that you're a nursing major. That means you actually need text books. My last 2 years of school I probably bought maybe 5 books for my classes. Of course I was a Communications major so that might be why.

The only thing I learned in college that helped me out after I got out of school was learning how to roll a joint.

GraySaturday

LongRd. wrote:

what's worse is when you hit "the real world" and you're unable to find the job you went to school for :( :mad:

AMEN to that!

Diamond Marmalade

yeah, last semester my advisor told me to take a class i didn't need to take to fill a requirement that was being filled by another class that I was taking, so that was 3 credits down the drain.

and I also reserved my books at the book store and they couldn't find them--then I ended up being charged $20 more than I was told I would be when I reserved the books, because they couldn't get one of them in used condition. I'm about ready to drop out.

xscorcho

we got to rent our books... saved a ton of money that way.
did you try to talk to the profs of the classes that are full? sometimes they let you in or put you on a waiting list.

i remember one time i didnt know if i was going back and didnt register until the end of summer (and everyone else had registered the previous semester in the spring)... i got all the classes i wanted and it was the best schedule ever! i guess ppl had dropped by then so i got in.

PearlJamaholic

school does suck. but i wouldnt complain about $18. i mean at the end you sell the book back for less than half, youll still get your $18 back. either way you paid nothing for the book.

audiodave

Stone Is God wrote:

See your first problem is that you're a nursing major. That means you actually need text books. My last 2 years of school I probably bought maybe 5 books for my classes. Of course I was a Communications major so that might be why.

The only thing I learned in college that helped me out after I got out of school was learning how to roll a joint.

I've never bought a textbook. Well thats technically not true, as we were told last year we definitely NEEDED this one. I forked out the cash...never opened it.

Anyway...I don't know how it works over there really...but I was pretty much screwed financially my first year of university. My rent for my halls of residence was about £4500 and I was given a £3500 loan. Thanks for that! Took me a while to recover, but it gets better.

roar

"stay in school for as long as you can. for the love of god, cherish it."

urbanhippie

I have spent so much money on textbooks it's obscene. Never used half the fuckers either... £45 for an anatomy text I've opened twice. Then they release the reading lists months before the module starts, you buy the books in advance...and they change the syllabus!!
Doing a health related degree makes it worse too. How many times have I bought a book two weeks before the shiny new revised 'special edition' comes out. Some of my books are outdated before I've even opened the cover.

GreenTeaDisease

I dunno, I loved my college. I didn't have any problems with bureaucratic stuff.

yeah and as someone posted above, cherish your time in school. It may be hard work and expensive, but it is so much more fulfilling than...well, not being in school.

Snake

Actually they are payed to do that. Thats what tuition is for...

pjoasisrule

some of the most stressful years of my life and I had all sorts of problems with money, schedules, requirements, and all that other shit that did not help the cause

pjoasisrule

urbanhippie wrote:

I have spent so much money on textbooks it's obscene. Never used half the fuckers either... £45 for an anatomy text I've opened twice. Then they release the reading lists months before the module starts, you buy the books in advance...and they change the syllabus!!
Doing a health related degree makes it worse too. How many times have I bought a book two weeks before the shiny new revised 'special edition' comes out. Some of my books are outdated before I've even opened the cover.

The solution is to not buy the book until the class starts and after that just decide if it really is necessary

LONGRD

sometimes you can find the same book at your local library too.

pjoasisrule

I even went as far once to copying the pages that were listed in the syllabus and returning the book for a full refund.

Sharon_Hearts_PJ

pjoasisrule wrote:

I even went as far once to copying the pages that were listed in the syllabus and returning the book for a full refund.

This is brilliant!! Wish I'd thought of that. Def cheaper (or free if you have copier access) than buying. Also consider some of the online textbook options. Half.com helped me out when I was in school.
And to reiterate....cherish your college days b/c life ain't fun on the other side

Whizbang

damn girl!!!! so that's where you've been hiding? the fucking bookstore??? j/k....hang in there...