I just found out that I made it into my last class for my degree. YAY! I was on the wait list in 9th position originally. Then I checked a few days after and I had moved up 1 spot. I didn’t think I was going to get in, but I did.

I went up to the school to buy my books and I had a question about one of my classes. I went to the student services office and noticed a sign that said “express counseling – April 2nd.” At first I figured it was too good to be true, (and I thought it was the 3rd anyway) so I just went ahead and asked my questions to the secretary to see what she knew. She recommended that I sign up for an appointment with a counselor and 20 minutes later I was in, INSANE! Normally, at least in my experience, getting an appointment with a counselor takes a couple weeks.

Anyway, I had my appointment and asked my questions, then I asked if I was inline to graduate as my research had shown. The woman took a loot at all of my records and said that I was missing some things. She said I was missing a math class, I told her that I filed the paperwork and had it approved last year for an unapproved math class I had taken to cover for those credits. They just must not have been showing up on the printout as substituting. She then said I didn’t have the correct amount of credits for my AAUCT (transfer degree). I told her that I was going for my ATA in MIT and she once again changed her tune. She then asked if I had filled out the from to register to graduate. I said, “There’s a form?” She got me a copy of it and on the bottom it said, “To be considered for academic achievements, all graduation registration forms must be received by April 2nd, 2009.” MWWAAHHAHahahhaha. Victory is MINE! Everything was falling into place.

It was really cool to have a few things go my way for a change. Not that all things suck. In fact, I probably have it better than a lot of other people.

I’m gonna go hit the books! This extra class means a lot of work I wasn’t planning on.

56 minutes and 33 seconds. That’s how long it took me to get through to the Financial Aid office at Skagit Valley Community College. Although this is quite a long time, it’s not bad for this being the first day of classes. I’m sure the Financial Aid office is being hammered with students full of questions, kinda like myself.

I do have a complaint however, the Skagit Valley Community College website. Not bad looking, and full of information. But that is the problem, they have information in several different locations without any indication of where the rest of the information is. For instance, I’m about to graduate with my ATA in MIT as a Web / Graphics Designer. I’m on the wait list for a class that if I don’t get into will delay my graduation for another quarter. That sucks, but I’ll live. Anyway, I was a bit worried that I may not have enough credits this quarter to be eligible to receive my student loans. I went on over to the website and attempted to find the information I was looking for. After about an hour of finding nothing, I gave up and decided to call and ask. Then, whilst I was on the phone waiting to ask my myriad of questions, including the one above, I decided to take a look for other degree / certificate offerings from Skagit Valley CC. It took me about 30 minutes to locate the information on what degrees and certificates they offer. And the only reason I was able to find it was by viewing the PDF of their course catalog.

With that being said, the person in the Financial Aid office that I spoke with was very helpful and answered all of my questions with ease.