05-03-2016, 02:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-03-2016, 02:25 PM by beastcoast94.)
I've been putting off my final degree requirements for a while. For me school is about the intrinsic reward rather than the piece of paper. If left unabated I would have never bothered to finish this. But my parents have been pressuring me to do so for a long time now. My father never finished college, so I can appreciate his wishes. FYI this is merely an AA in engineering science from a local community college which I have been attending on and off for going on four years now.
The registrar at the school emailed me several days ago stating that because I have not taken a course at the school in a year, my status will be updated to non-matriculated at the end of the semester. This means that I will have to re-apply to the program and comply with any changes that have been made. I had no knowledge of this prior to the email. I know of at least one degree requirement that has changed, which would force me to take another course. That class would cost me 750 dollars, and that is just the one that I know of.
I was told that if I can complete two humanities/fine arts CLEPs by May 9th, then I will be able to receive my degree without losing matriculation.
The only exams offered which I have not yet taken are Western Civ I, Western Civ II, Spanish, and French.
French is out the window. Spanish I took for two years in high school and I'm sure the basics would come back quickly, but I've heard of students bombing the spanish CLEP after months of prep. I have been studying for Western Civ I intermittently because I was planning on taking that exam. But now there is extreme urgency. I only covered maybe 40% of the material.
So I would need to take both of these exams by Monday. I have to work 4 days between now and then. It doesn't look good for me. These subjects are extensive and require lots of rote memorization. I passed the sociology and psychology CLEPs with less than 5 hours of studying for each. Humanities took maybe 10 hours. I've already put close to that much into Western Civ I and I am nowhere near comfortable with the material.
My only other option is to get in contact with the president of college or someone similar. I don't think that a brief extension would be too much to ask for. Is this reasonable? My situation is rather unique. Not to mention, as one of the few out of state students I have probably put more money towards this degree than anyone else who has ever attended this school. Especially considering that I have taken a lot of excessive science electives that did nothing for my degree, simply because I wanted to learn the material.
The registrar at the school emailed me several days ago stating that because I have not taken a course at the school in a year, my status will be updated to non-matriculated at the end of the semester. This means that I will have to re-apply to the program and comply with any changes that have been made. I had no knowledge of this prior to the email. I know of at least one degree requirement that has changed, which would force me to take another course. That class would cost me 750 dollars, and that is just the one that I know of.
I was told that if I can complete two humanities/fine arts CLEPs by May 9th, then I will be able to receive my degree without losing matriculation.
The only exams offered which I have not yet taken are Western Civ I, Western Civ II, Spanish, and French.
French is out the window. Spanish I took for two years in high school and I'm sure the basics would come back quickly, but I've heard of students bombing the spanish CLEP after months of prep. I have been studying for Western Civ I intermittently because I was planning on taking that exam. But now there is extreme urgency. I only covered maybe 40% of the material.
So I would need to take both of these exams by Monday. I have to work 4 days between now and then. It doesn't look good for me. These subjects are extensive and require lots of rote memorization. I passed the sociology and psychology CLEPs with less than 5 hours of studying for each. Humanities took maybe 10 hours. I've already put close to that much into Western Civ I and I am nowhere near comfortable with the material.
My only other option is to get in contact with the president of college or someone similar. I don't think that a brief extension would be too much to ask for. Is this reasonable? My situation is rather unique. Not to mention, as one of the few out of state students I have probably put more money towards this degree than anyone else who has ever attended this school. Especially considering that I have taken a lot of excessive science electives that did nothing for my degree, simply because I wanted to learn the material.
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