Friday, September 24, 2010

*sigh* I hate college

I have an exam at 7:25 AM tomorrow (today?), which I intended on staying up tonight to study for.  UF in an all time gesture of BS decides right now is a good time to cancel my registration because I have yet to pay tuition.  This also revokes my access to any online materials for my courses (AKA everything) so now I'm going to read the text book to try and learn as much as possible before my exam, which I may or may not be allowed to take.

I know, I know, this is what I get for procrastinating, but seriously?  This is harsh; they know this is the week like every class is giving an exam.  I have online homework I PAID FOR on the online access.  Grrr... I'm furious.  I may not have a right to be, but it's still bullshit.  Why not allow me to take the freaking class and deny my credits until I pay like a normal, reasonable university would?  Obviously I have to pay up sometime, but I'm sorry if two-grand doesn't fly out of my ass whenever I give a shit.

I think my ultimate resource here is my credit card, I've got enough credit on it to pay the tuition off, however, in another bold stroke of "fuck you"-ness I can't just pay and get access back.  I have to "re-enroll myself" as a student this semester and the office in which I do that doesn't open till fucking 8:00 AM. Then my petition to re-register has to be approved by a committee.

I hate all the red tape at UF.  I love the institution, don't get me wrong.  The education is superior and it's the #1 public university in all of Florida, plus all the amazing strides as a research university (We invented Gatorade!  Hellooo, we're totally awesome, lol, jk we're awesome because we invented all kinds of medicine too.) and the animal science program is Fucking Awesome.  The Vet School is ranked 11th in the state and that's because 3 schools tied for 4th, 5th, and 6th.

In spite of all this (or perhaps BECAUSE of all this) everything here is a chore.  People say "Oh, that's all universities," but it's not.  All universities DON'T put a hold on your record if you owe so much as 50 bucks.  I have friends attending universities right now who owe tuition in the thousands.  I also know other universities don't kick you out of your major if you're "off-track" which could mean you took your classes in the wrong order, or you couldn't get into one of your tracking courses because it was full.  Doesn't matter, you're off track and you HAVE to change majors.  Forget that this will force you to pick a major you don't want and are probably also off-track for.

*sigh* I hate college.  I can't wait for it to be over.  Now to go read 4 chapters in the next 3 hours and hope my teacher says "Sorry, I can't let you take the exam now.  Take the make-up once you re-register."

PS Sorry for the pissy rant.  I'm furious this had to happen specifically tonight, when I planned on looking over all the notes, recordings, and web-inars located online.

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