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kaydeefalls
Urg. Further hatred of bureaucracies. So last week, I had to submit a form listing the classes I wanted to take, in order of preference. I did. Belatedly, I realized that no one ever told us how we'd find out which ones we were registered for. But I figured hey, I have the timetables, I'll just go to the first course on my list that meets this week and find out from the lecturer. Which would be a class in Playwriting, my second choice course, which meets today (Monday) at 2pm.
Now, the Drama department here? The building is extremely confusing if you've never been in it before. I wasn't even sure where the correct entrance was, so I waited around outside until I saw some other students go in. Okay. So there's a long, narrow corridor, with just one door at the end. Along the corridor are bulletin boards, which include such helpful information as, y'know, what classes each student is registered for. According to the date at the top of the list, they've been there since Friday. Well, that would've been nice to know.
I find my name on the list. I'm apparently registered for six courses -- six. For the full year. And only two this term. You know how many courses I'm required to take for the UofC to consider it a full courseload? TEN.
WHAT THE FUCK. And I listed every damn course that I found even remotely interesting on that preference sheet. Twelve courses in all. I got into SIX. If I couldn't get into any of the other six I listed...well, what's left? I'm probably going to be stuck in a course I have no interest in. There's a course in Avant Garde Theatre that sounded absolutely deadly in the course descriptions. I'll bet that's the one that still has openings.
Incidentally, I might add, our places in the courses are fairly randomly selected. It has nothing to do with merit or anything. It's not like I wrote a lousy essay or something; I just got the short end of the stick in a major way. And I know a lot of the other Visiting Students are taking classes in multiple departments, so taking only six in Drama is fine because they'll take the other four in literature, or something. I'm ONLY in the Drama Dept. I don't have that option.
The Drama Dept. office opens again at 2:30 (also, WTF is it with offices here and how they close for 2+ hours for lunch?). I need to get this sorted, fast. This is ridiculous.
ETA: Sorted, finally, although I'm not entirely happy with the results, but at least I've got the proper amount of courses now. And yes, I'm in the dratted Avant Garde course. Urg. Well, Know Thy Enemy, etc.
Now, the Drama department here? The building is extremely confusing if you've never been in it before. I wasn't even sure where the correct entrance was, so I waited around outside until I saw some other students go in. Okay. So there's a long, narrow corridor, with just one door at the end. Along the corridor are bulletin boards, which include such helpful information as, y'know, what classes each student is registered for. According to the date at the top of the list, they've been there since Friday. Well, that would've been nice to know.
I find my name on the list. I'm apparently registered for six courses -- six. For the full year. And only two this term. You know how many courses I'm required to take for the UofC to consider it a full courseload? TEN.
WHAT THE FUCK. And I listed every damn course that I found even remotely interesting on that preference sheet. Twelve courses in all. I got into SIX. If I couldn't get into any of the other six I listed...well, what's left? I'm probably going to be stuck in a course I have no interest in. There's a course in Avant Garde Theatre that sounded absolutely deadly in the course descriptions. I'll bet that's the one that still has openings.
Incidentally, I might add, our places in the courses are fairly randomly selected. It has nothing to do with merit or anything. It's not like I wrote a lousy essay or something; I just got the short end of the stick in a major way. And I know a lot of the other Visiting Students are taking classes in multiple departments, so taking only six in Drama is fine because they'll take the other four in literature, or something. I'm ONLY in the Drama Dept. I don't have that option.
The Drama Dept. office opens again at 2:30 (also, WTF is it with offices here and how they close for 2+ hours for lunch?). I need to get this sorted, fast. This is ridiculous.
ETA: Sorted, finally, although I'm not entirely happy with the results, but at least I've got the proper amount of courses now. And yes, I'm in the dratted Avant Garde course. Urg. Well, Know Thy Enemy, etc.
