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Crisis Averted!!
Nov. 19th, 2009 04:59 pmI had a scare the last couple of days, but all is well now. So well, in fact, that I must share my happiness and joy with you all!
Mom called a few days ago and said I had a letter from my grad program's financial aid office. She said it had something to do with pre-requisite mumbo-jumbo and I needed some kind of mumbly-mumbly to be eligible and that I'd better call and find out what the heck is going on. So, I called (keep in mind, I'm in Utah, my program is based out of Kansas. It's not like I can run down and give them a face-to-face chewing out if needed) and they said that I was missing two transcripts and once I got those in, I could be fully admitted into my program.
Time for Good News/Bad News:
Bad News: the transcripts I needed to send were for concurrent enrollment classes I took in high school. Altogether, they represent about nine credit hours that went toward my Associate's Degree. Not even my Bachelor's - Associate's. Also, I was aware of this problem a month ago and had mailed in my transcript requests to the schools in question. The checks for the transcripts had cleared, so I assumed that was the end of that. How much would it suck if I didn't get into my grad program because of a couple stupid concurrent enrollment transcripts?
Good News: Well, I guess that spew about pre-requisites was a bunch of BS. That's good because my advisor didn't mention pre-reqs and if I would have to take any before being accepted, I would have been severely hacked-off.
So, I make a few phone calls, make a pest of myself and end up being late to my beginning guitar class. However - by 11:00 this morning, I got an email from the lady I talked to on the phone saying that they found my transcripts - they had been filed under a different name. The graduate department is now reviewing my file and I should get an email in a few business days saying I'm accepted officially (which may be into December because of the Thanksgiving - who knows?)
Oy... I know getting into my graduate program will be worth it.
Oh - and in other good news - this morning I went to a meeting with Elder Marlin K. Jensen of the Seventy, who is also the Church Historian and Recorder. He explained how the Church History Library works and how the Church goes about collecting historical documents and publishing and displaying them for the public. (Seriously - if I don't become a public librarian, I would LOVE to work for the Church History Library in Salt Lake. I still haven't seen the new library, but from what I've heard about it, it's drool-worthy ^_^). The meeting was really interesting and informative - it's amazing how much transparency the Church really does have. Honestly - anything you want to know in the Church's history, you can pretty much find out about it. And all of it would hold up to any kind of scrutiny. Let's see the Huckleberry campaign smear Romney with the anti-Mormon tactics again (but I digress...)
Anyway, I spoke with Elder Jensen after the Q/A session and asked him how I could get a job at the Church History Library. He told me that they actually have internships at the library and even who to call to get started! I also mentioned that I'm trying to get into a Library Science program and he said that would be an excellent degree for me to have.
Wow - isn't it funny how things work out to get you thinking? First, I'm going to get going with my graduate program and then I'll look into this internship deal. I am soooo stinking excited!!!!! So many good things happened today!!
Mom called a few days ago and said I had a letter from my grad program's financial aid office. She said it had something to do with pre-requisite mumbo-jumbo and I needed some kind of mumbly-mumbly to be eligible and that I'd better call and find out what the heck is going on. So, I called (keep in mind, I'm in Utah, my program is based out of Kansas. It's not like I can run down and give them a face-to-face chewing out if needed) and they said that I was missing two transcripts and once I got those in, I could be fully admitted into my program.
Time for Good News/Bad News:
Bad News: the transcripts I needed to send were for concurrent enrollment classes I took in high school. Altogether, they represent about nine credit hours that went toward my Associate's Degree. Not even my Bachelor's - Associate's. Also, I was aware of this problem a month ago and had mailed in my transcript requests to the schools in question. The checks for the transcripts had cleared, so I assumed that was the end of that. How much would it suck if I didn't get into my grad program because of a couple stupid concurrent enrollment transcripts?
Good News: Well, I guess that spew about pre-requisites was a bunch of BS. That's good because my advisor didn't mention pre-reqs and if I would have to take any before being accepted, I would have been severely hacked-off.
So, I make a few phone calls, make a pest of myself and end up being late to my beginning guitar class. However - by 11:00 this morning, I got an email from the lady I talked to on the phone saying that they found my transcripts - they had been filed under a different name. The graduate department is now reviewing my file and I should get an email in a few business days saying I'm accepted officially (which may be into December because of the Thanksgiving - who knows?)
Oy... I know getting into my graduate program will be worth it.
Oh - and in other good news - this morning I went to a meeting with Elder Marlin K. Jensen of the Seventy, who is also the Church Historian and Recorder. He explained how the Church History Library works and how the Church goes about collecting historical documents and publishing and displaying them for the public. (Seriously - if I don't become a public librarian, I would LOVE to work for the Church History Library in Salt Lake. I still haven't seen the new library, but from what I've heard about it, it's drool-worthy ^_^). The meeting was really interesting and informative - it's amazing how much transparency the Church really does have. Honestly - anything you want to know in the Church's history, you can pretty much find out about it. And all of it would hold up to any kind of scrutiny. Let's see the Huckleberry campaign smear Romney with the anti-Mormon tactics again (but I digress...)
Anyway, I spoke with Elder Jensen after the Q/A session and asked him how I could get a job at the Church History Library. He told me that they actually have internships at the library and even who to call to get started! I also mentioned that I'm trying to get into a Library Science program and he said that would be an excellent degree for me to have.
Wow - isn't it funny how things work out to get you thinking? First, I'm going to get going with my graduate program and then I'll look into this internship deal. I am soooo stinking excited!!!!! So many good things happened today!!
